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MISSIONS

San Miguel Arcangel De La Frontera
Protected adobe ruins of the Dominican mission established by Padre Luis Sales in 1787. Next to La Mission school at Km. 65.5 on Tijuana-Ensenada free road.

Nuestra Senora De Guadalupe Del Norte
A sign marks the original site of the Dominican mission founded in 1834. In Francisco Zarco, Valle de Guadalupe, just off Highway 3 to Tecate.

Santo Tomas De Aquino
Adobe ruins of the second site of the mission founded by the Dominicans in 1791. Located in Valle de Santo Tomas at El Palomar, 30 miles south of Ensenada on the Transpeninsular Highway.

 
 


San Vicente Ferrer

Protected adobe ruins of the Dominican mission established in 1780. 7 miles on the signed dirt road just north of San Vicente near Km. 88 on the Transpeninsular Highway.

Santo Domingo
Preserved adobe ruins of the mission dedicated in 1775 by Dominican padres Manuel Garcia and Miguel Hidalgo. Turn east near the bridge before Col. Vicente Guerrero on the Transpeninsular Highway. Follow the scenic 4.5-mile dirt road (not recommended for large RVs) to the Community museum in El Rosario de Abajo.

El Rosario De Vinadaco
Protected adobe ruins of the Dominican mission founded in 1774 in El Rosario de Arriba (near the Delegacion Office), and its second site in 1802 overlooking the riverbed near the Community Museum in El Rosario de Abajo.

San Fernando De Velicata
Adobe ruins of the only Franciscan mission in Baja California, esatablished by padre Junipero Serra in 1769. Drive west 3.5 miles on the dirt road at Km. 114 on the Transpeninsular Highway.

San Francisco De Borja Adac
Inaugurated by the Jesuits in 1762, San Borja is built of quarry stone and is one of Baja California’s two fully intact missions still in use. Best access is via the 23-mile dirt road off the Transpeninsular Highway, east of El Rosarito. (High clearance vehicle recommended).

Santa Gertrudis La Magna
Founded by the Jesuits in 1752, Santa Gertrudis features its original freestanding bell tower and is one of Baja California’s two fully intact missions still in use. Best access is via the 37-mile dirt road northeast at Km. 154 (Ejido Mujica) on the Transpeninsular Highway. North of Vizcaino in Baja California Sur.

 
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