Mission Santa Cruz
Mission Santa Cruz is a replica Spanish Californian mission in Santa Cruz, California. Located on the San Lorenzo River floodplain below what would later be named Mission Hill, the mission was founded on August 28, 1791, by Father Fermín Francisco de Lasuén, the successor to Father Junipero Serra.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Church
- Description: mission in Santa Cruz, California
- Also known as: “La Misión de la Exaltación de la Santa Cruz”, “Mision la Exaltacion de la Santa Cruz*”, and “Santa Cruz Mission”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hinds House and Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History.
Hinds House
Historic building
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The A. J. Hinds House, also known simply as the Hinds House, is a historic building in Santa Cruz, California. It was built in 1888–1889 for Alfred Joseph Hinds and his wife Sarah, in a Victorian style it is the largest surviving Stick-Eastlake house in Santa Cruz County. Hinds House is situated 1,600 feet south of Mission Santa Cruz.
Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History
Museum
The Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History is a nonprofit educational institution and museum founded in 1996 and located in Santa Cruz, California, at the downtown McPherson Center. Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History is situated 1,800 feet southeast of Mission Santa Cruz.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Santa Cruz and Pasatiempo.
Santa Cruz
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Santa Cruz is a coastal city in Santa Cruz County, at the north end of Monterey Bay in California, about 40 miles south of San Jose and 75 miles south of San Francisco.
Pasatiempo
Hamlet
Pasatiempo is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Santa Cruz County, California, United States, located along State Route 17 between Scotts Valley and Santa Cruz. Pasatiempo is situated 2 miles north of Mission Santa Cruz.
Twin Lakes
Village
Twin Lakes is a census-designated place in Santa Cruz County, California, United States. The population was 4,944 at the 2020 census, up from 4,917 at the 2010 census. Twin Lakes is situated 2 miles east of Mission Santa Cruz.
Mission Santa Cruz
- Categories: historic district, mission station, and religion
- Location: Santa Cruz County, Central Coast, California, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Mission Santa Cruz” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “聖塔克魯茲教會”
- French: “Mission Santa Cruz”
- Spanish: “Misión de Santa Cruz”
- Spanish: “mission de santa cruz”
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