Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail - National Park Service Sites (U.S. National Park Service)

Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail is a 1200 mile trail through Arizona and California. There are eight National Park Service sites affiliated with the Anza Trail. Park sites are listed by state and then alphabetically. Visit the park websites to find directions. Links are provided in the titles below.

Arizona

NPS

Ruins at Casa Grande

Casa Grande Ruins National Monument - Anza and Pedro Font visited the ruins on a side trip from one of their campsites on October 31, 1775

NPS

Entrance sign to Saguaro National Park

Saguaro National Park - Enjoy spectacular views of the desert landscape as the Anza expedition members saw it in October 1775

Chapel at Tumacacori National Historical Park

NPS

Mission San José de Tumacácori

Tumacácori National Historical Park - On October 17, 1775, Pedro Font held mass at the mission as the expedition headed towards Tubac

California

NPS

Channel Islands National Park

Channel Islands National Park - The Anza expedition members saw the islands when they camped on the mainland near Santa Clara River on February 23, 1776

Martinez Adobe at John Muir National Historic Site

NPS

Vincent Martinez Adobe

John Muir National Historic Site - On the grounds is the Vicente Martinez Adobe, once occupied by descendants of the 1776 Anza Expedition (Anza Trail Exhibit opening by summer 2010)

NPS

Volcanic peaks of Pinnacles National Monument

Pinnacles National Monument - Some of the expedition members may have seen these volcanic peaks rising above California's Salinas Valley as they traveled north to San Francisco

NPS

Historic pilots' quarters

Presidio of San Francisco - On March 28, 1776, Captain Anza selected the site for the Presidio and Mission of San Francisco

NPS

Mountain bikers at the Las Virgenes trailhead along the Anza Trail

Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area - Explore the landscape similar to what the Anza expedition members encountered in February 1776