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Plan a Road Trip > Explore America > National Parks > Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail |
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600 Harrison Street, Suite 600, National Park Service, Pacific West Region, San Francisco, CA 94107-1372
Phone: 415-744-1438
Fax: 415-744-4043
Open All Year
Overview. The Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail stretches 1,200 miles from the Arizona-Mexico border at Nogales to San Francisco, California. It commemorates the route of Lieutenant Colonel Juan Bautista de Anza, a soldier of the Spanish frontier in New Spain, who in September 1775 set out from Horcasitas, Mexico to establish a Spanish hold on the bay of San Francisco. For three months his party, consisting of families, soldiers and 1,000 head of cattle, horses and mules made their way northwestward until they reached Alta (Upper) California and the safety of the missions already established there. The settlers arrived at their final stopping point, the Presidio of Monterey, in March 1776. There they waited while Anza traveled to the bay of San Francisco to select sites for a presidio and mission. The Presidio, established June 1776, is now part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. The trail first-used by this expedition became the route along which countless others followed.
What to see and do. The end of the Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail forms a loop around the east bay of San Francisco. Portions of the trail available for hiking or horseback riding can be found along the route in Arizona and California. Dozens of historic sites, associated with the trail and available to public visits, interpret Spanish colonial history and American Indian cultures. Contact the National Park Service Pacific Great Basin System Support Office for information about historic sites and auto routes associated with the Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail.
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