Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail
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Acadia NP SE Maine 1919 48,419 (19,603) Mountain and coast scenery.
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Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail:
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Name Type1 Location Year authorized Size
acres (hectares)
Description
Acadia NP SE Maine 1919 48,419 (19,603) Mountain and coast scenery.
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Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail
Address:PO Box 42612
Tucson, AZ 85733
Phone:520-792-0554 - Phone
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Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail
Address:c/o Heritage Trails Fund
1350 Castle Rock Rd
Walnut Canyon, CA 94598
Phone:925-937-7661 - Phone
Web: www.therapure.com/anza-trail/
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Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail
Address:1111 Jackson St, Suite 700
Oakland, CA 94607
Phone:510-817-1438 - Phone
Fax:510-817-1505 - Fax
Web: www.nps.gov/juba
Established: August 15, 1990. Description:Trail follows the route over which a party of Spanish colonists, led by Captain Juan Bautista de Anza, set out from Mexico to establish an overland route to California in 1775. This party of 30 families, a dozen soldiers, and 1,000 cattle, horses,and mules spent three months traversing the deserts of the Southwestbefore reaching the missions of the California coast. Another threemonths were spent traveling up the Pacific coast to the Golden Gate,where the city of San Francisco now stands. They sought to build a presidio and mission overlooking the Golden Gate and secure it from threats by the Russians and British. In 1975 and 1976, an expedition reenactment took place from Horcasitas, Mexico, to San Francisco, CA.
Legth: 1,200 miles.
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