![]() ![]() Otherwise, it's not unique enough to merit a side trip.īetween 17 - just 54 years - the Spanish Fathers founded 21 missions in what is now the state of California. San Diego: The most important thing about Mission San Diego de Alcala is that it was the first one in California, established seven years before the American Revolution began. San Juan Capistrano: The beautiful but ruined church at San Juan Capistrano would have been the grandest of all the missions, but it was destroyed during an earthquake. Santa Barbara: The mission church at Santa Barbara is unique in its architecture, and they have an excellent museum. The building is also unique, and the layout is linear instead of arranged around a courtyard. La Purisima: The best thing about La Purisima Concepcion is the way the state park has recreated the grounds. When you arrive, you'll be in the middle of a valley that is little changed since the mission era, giving an idea of what things were like in the 1700s. San Antonio: You'll have to take a detour from CA Highway 101 to visit Mission San Antonio de Padua. Don't miss the animal paw prints in the church floor tiles - and the traces of the San Andreas Fault not far away. San Juan Bautista: Not only is the mission in San Juan Bautista mostly intact, but it faces a town square surrounded by businesses and buildings from the same era. It was Father Serra's home mission and has an excellent museum. You can get a good look at the mission period by visiting these missions, in order from north to south:Ĭarmel: Mission San Carlos de Borromeo looks more like missions in Texas than California. Because I've done that, I can tell you that would be too much of a good thing. If you're planning a tour of the California missions, you could use this map and plot a course to see every last one of them. ![]() ![]() Inset of same regions, but showing Indian language groups: Algonquian, Athapaskan, Hokan, Penutian, Uto-Aztecan, Yukian.Ī map of California showing energy infrastructure, including electric generating power plants, by energy source.Ī map of California and its different animals and habitats.Ī map showing the geography of California, including patterns of migration, population change over time, foreign born population, and current land use.Ī map that shows the relative level of human influence on California's landscape, based on population density, land use, energy systems, and transportation networks.Ī map that identifies California’s natural regions and includes images of plants and animals that live in each region.Ī map of California showing human uses of the land.Ī map showing various views of California taken from satellite images.Ī map of California showing land ownership, by category (federal, state, county, and non-government).This map shows where all the missions are, but if you prefer a map that's interactive, with direct links to mission information - and where you can get driving directions, use the California Missions Map at Google. Also depicting what tribes live within each region. The map also shows ocean habitats of Monterey Bay.Ī map of California that breaks the state up into: northwest, northeast, north central, south central, east, southwest and southeast. Contact us at if you need technical assistance with accessing the site.Ī map of California showing climatic zones, biological diversity hot spots, and types of natural vegetation. Here are the instructions for how to obtain access to the new EEI SharePoint site, for which you will need to have a Microsoft account (available to anyone). IMPORTANT UPDATE: Effective July 1, 2020, the EEI Curriculum, including the National Geographic California maps below, were migrated to a password-protected SharePoint site. From satellite images to California’s energy infrastructure, these maps offer vibrant color with great detail. Many of our EEI units come with full color National Geographic California maps showing dramatic visualization of the Golden State’s physical geography. ![]()
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