Skip to content

About Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park in Santa Cruz, California

The Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park sits atop Mission Hill in Santa Cruz offering a patio, gardens, and excellent views of the city. This is one of 21 different missions in Central and Southern California. The state park features the only building left of the 12th California Mission, Misión la Exaltacion de la Santa Cruz, founded by the Franciscans in 1791. Restored to its original appearance, the austere single-story adobe was once housing for the California Indian residents of the Mission. Exhibits inside tell the story of the mission through the lens of the experience of the Ohlone and Yokuts people. The park is open Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and on Sundays from noon until 4 p.m.

Address
144 School Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Phone
(831) 425-5849
Website
Visit website
Map
Santa Cruz, US
2:21 am, April 20, 2024
temperature icon 50°F
L: 50° H: 68°
Feels like 49.64 °F broken clouds
Wind gusts: 1 m/s
UV Index: 0
Precipitation: 0 inch
Visibility: 10 km
Sunrise: 6:26 am
Sunset: 7:47 pm
Humidity 85 %
Pressure1016 mb
Wind 1 m/s

Nearby Beaches

Santa Cruz Main Beach

0.9 miles away

Santa Cruz Main Beach is known as Boardwalk Beach because of the popular boardwalk and amusement park at the...

View beach

Cowell Beach

1 miles away

Cowell Beach, aka Cowell’s, is the name of the beach west of the Municipal Wharf pier in downtown Santa...

View beach

Seabright Beach

1.2 miles away

Seabright Beach is a popular sandy beach next to Santa Cruz Main Beach in Santa Cruz. It is on...

View beach

Nearby Attractions

Nearby Lodging

Reviews

There are no reviews yet. Be the first one to write one.