San Marcos, California

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is San Diego. It is located about 22 miles [35 km] to the south of San Marcos and has a population of 1,223,400 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Chula Vista. It is located about 36 miles [57 km] to the south of San Marcos and has a population of 173,556 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Carlsbad	W	6 mi [9.66 km]	96,374	23.17% increase
	El Cajon	SE	26 mi [41.84 km]	92,718	2.27% decrease
	Encinitas	SW	7 mi [11.27 km]	60,372	4.06% increase
	Escondido	E	5 mi [8.05 km]	137,103	2.65% increase
	Hemet	N	42 mi [67.6 km]	70,991	20.71% increase
	Irvine	NW	50 mi [80.5 km]	207,500	45.03% increase
	La Mesa	S	26 mi [41.84 km]	54,673	0.14% decrease
	Laguna Niguel	NW	40 mi [64.4 km]	64,469	4.17% increase
	Lake Forest	NW	46 mi [74 km]	75,566	28.72% increase
	Mission Viejo	NW	43 mi [69.2 km]	94,461	1.46% increase
	National City	S	32 mi [51.5 km]	58,680	8.15% increase
	Oceanside	NW	9 mi [14.48 km]	169,684	5.37% increase
	Santee	SE	22 mi [35.41 km]	53,860	1.67% increase
	Temecula	N	25 mi [40.23 km]	97,100	68.24% increase
	Vista	NW	5 mi [8.05 km]	91,144	1.43% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Bonsall	N	11 mi [17.7 km]	---
	Del Mar	SW	12 mi [19.31 km]	4,447	1.32% increase
	Fairbanks Ranch	S	9 mi [14.48 km]	---
	Fallbrook	N	17 mi [27.36 km]	---
	Hidden Meadows	NE	7 mi [11.27 km]	---
	Lake San Marcos	W	2 mi [3.22 km]	---
	Lawrence Welk Resort Village	N	6 mi [9.66 km]	---
	Poway	SE	13 mi [20.92 km]	48,858	1.69% increase
	Rainbow Canyon Village	N	22 mi [35.41 km]	---
	Rainbow	N	19 mi [30.58 km]	---
	Ramona	E	18 mi [28.97 km]	---
	Rancho Santa Fe	S	8 mi [12.87 km]	---
	Solana Beach	SW	10 mi [16.09 km]	12,825	1.19% decrease
	University City	S	19 mi [30.58 km]	---
	Valley Center	NE	9 mi [14.48 km]	---

San Diego County

San Marcos is located in San Diego County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of San Diego: Imperial, Orange and Riverside.

Other nearby counties: Orange County is located northwest of San Marcos; Riverside County is to the north.

The Commemorative Quarter for California<3>

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) San Marcos. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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