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San Miguel Arcangel de la Frontera
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 Protected adobe
ruins of the Dominican mission established by Padre Luis Sales in 1787
are located next to La Mision school at Km. 65.5 on Tijuana-Ensenada free
road. (Exit south from toll highway at La Fonda.) The annual La Mision
Fiesta with rodeo events, entertainment and cultural exhibitions occurs
in late May.
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Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe del Norte
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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.
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Santo Tomas de Aquino
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Adobe ruins of the second site of the mission founded by Dominicans in
1791 are located on the premises of El Palomar RV Park in Valle de Santo
Tomas, 30 miles south of Ensenada on the Transpeninsular Highway.
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San Vicente Ferrer
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Protected adobe ruins of the Dominican mission established in 1780 are
located slightly north of the town of San Vicente, 50 miles south of Ensenada.
Drive west .7 miles on the signed dirt road off the Transpeninsular Highway.
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Santo Domingo
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Preserved adobe ruins of the mission dedicated in 1775 by Dominican padres
Manuel Garcia and Miguel Hidalgo are located near Col. Vicente Guerrero,
99 miles south of Ensenada on the Transpeninsular Highway. Turn east before
the bridge at Km. 171 in Poblado Chula Vista (unsigned from north) then
follow the scenic 4.5-mile dirt road (not recommended for large RVs) to
the mission. Campgrounds nearby. Annual fiestas occur in early August.
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El Rosario de Vinadaco
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Protected adobe ruins of the Dominican mission founded in 1774 are located
just south of the Delegacion Office in "upper" El Rosario, 39 miles south
of San Quintin on the Transpeninsular Highway. The second mission site
founded in 1802 overlooks the riverbed near the Community Museum in El
Rosario de Abajo.
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San Fernando de Velicata
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Adobe ruins mark the site of the only Franciscan mission in Baja California,
established by Padre Junipero Serra in 1769. Drive west about 3 miles on
the dirt road turnoff next to Rancho El Progreso on the Transpeninsular
Highway, 77 miles south of San Quintin.
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Santa Maria de los Angeles
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Santa Maria de los Angeles
Adobe ruins in a picturesque desert oasis mark the site of the Jesuit
mission founded in 1767. Take the paved road to Rancho Santa Ines, one
mile south of Catavina. From Santa Ines, a difficult 14-mile trail leads
to the mission (4x4 or high clearance vehicle recommended). Expect to hike
the last mile. Adobe ruins in a picturesque desert
oasis mark the site of the Jesuit mission founded in 1767. T
high clearance vehicle recommended). Expect to hike the last mile.er
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San Francisco de Borja Adac
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 Inaugurated
by the Jesuits in 1762 and completed by the Dominicans in 1801, San Borja
is built of quarry stone and is one of Baja California's two fully intact
missions still in use. Primitive camping is permitted. Access is via a
23-mile dirt road off the Transpeninsular Highway, east of El Rosarito,
206 miles south of San Quintin (high clearance vehicle recommended). It
is also accessible via a dirt road at off the highway to Bahia de los Angeles.
Check road conditions with locals before traveling.
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Santa Gertrudis La Magna
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 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.
Primitive camping is permitted. Although only 23 miles east of El Arco,
best access for passenger cars is via the 37-mile dirt road northeast at
Km. 154 (Ejido Mujica) on the Transpeninsular Highway, north of Vizcaino
in the State of Baja California Sur. Check road conditions with locals
before traveling.
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