Location: County: Santa Cruz. Nearest City: Santa
Cruz.
Campsites, facilities: No campsites. Point of interest
to visit while on tour.
Reservations, fees: Call park for information.
Contact: Phone the park at 1-831-425-5849.
Operating hours, seasons: Call the park for information;
open all year round.
Directions: The historic park is in downtown Santa
Cruz; take Mission Street to Mission Plaza. The adobe is located
one block off the plaza on School Street.
Weather, clothing: The weather can be changeable; layered
clothing is recommended.
Trip notes: Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park
is the site of a complex of buildings erected around the original
Santa Cruz Mission. Part of the cluster, the Neary-Rodriguez
Adobe was built in 1791 and is the last of the mission's many
buildings to survive. The lovely, single-story adobe has been
restored to its original appearance. Misión la Exaltacion
de la Santa Cruz was the 12th mission built in California.
It was completed during the 1790s. Damaged by several earthquakes,
it collapsed in 1857.
© 2001, Miwok Lodge 439, Order of the
Arrow, Santa Clara County Council Inc., BSA
Revision 1.2
