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Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic TrailMule packer along Anza Trail near Calabassas, California
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Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail
Things To Do
 

Special events, programs, and activities are planned along the Anza Trail throughout the year. Look up the events by month on the Schedule of Events.

Collect one or all of the National Park Service Passport Stamps for the Anza Trail in Arizona and California.

Use the Anza Trail Guide to plan your visit along the trail.

Ride the Coast Starlight Amtrak train between Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo March-October and enjoy a Trails & Rails public program.

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Anza Trail Guide
Use this guide to plan your visit along the Anza Trail
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NPS Trails and Rails program on the Anza Trail
Take the Train
Amtak offers a Trails & Rails program on the Coast Starlight route along the Anza Trail
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The Anza Trail stretches 1200 miles from Nogales, Arizona to San Francisco, California  

Did You Know?
Franciscan Father Pedro Font wrote a journal during his 1775-6 trip on the Anza Trail. Suffering culture shock, his journals are a study in personal bigotry. However, by the time Font reached California he had grown more tolerant and wrote less insulting things about the tribes he met along the way.
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Last Updated: May 04, 2009 at 18:26 EST