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Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail
The trail route extends from Nogales on the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona, through the California desert and coastal areas in Southern California and the Central Coast region to San Francisco.
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Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail Details
The Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail is a 1,210-mile (1,950 km) National Park Service unit in the United States National Historic Trail and National Millennium Trail programs. The trail route extends from Nogales on the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona, through the California desert and coastal areas in Southern California and the Central Coast region to San Francisco. The Trail commemorates the 1775-1776 land route that Spanish commander Juan Bautista de Anza took from the Sonora y Sinaloa Province of New Spain in Colonial Mexico through to Las Californias Province. The goal of the 1775-1776 trip was to establish a mission and presidio on the San Francisco Bay. The trail was an attempt to ease the course of Spanish colonization of California by establishing a major land route north for many to follow. It was used for about five years before being closed by the Quechan (Yuma) Indians in 1781 and kept closed for the next 40 years.
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Nearby Parks Around Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail
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Nearby Points of Interest Around Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail
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0.8 mi away
San Juan Bautista State Historic Park
This park is home to the former Mission San Juan Bautista, the 15th Spanish Mission in present-day California.
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Fremont Peak State Park
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Hollister Hills State Vehicular Recreation Area
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Route 156--Monterey County
Although the main highway runs for 25 miles from Castroville to Hollister, this short 4-mile stretch through the Salinas Valley is particularly scenic.
11.0 mi away
Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve
Centrally located between Monterey and Santa Cruz, this easily accessible nature reserve is one of the best birding destinations on the coast of California.
