Waking on the Carpinteria Bluffs

Short Walk | Long Trail

Join us for a leisurely walk on a beautiful coastal segment of the California Missions Trail in Carpinteria, Callifornia with long-distance walker and guidebook author Sandy Brown. We will meet in the parking lot of Viola Fields in Carpinteria, near the stone restrooms, at …

Drawing by Henry Chapman Ford

Turn of the Century Drawing of the Mission San Juan Bautista

In the summers of 1880 and 1881, while living in Santa Barbara, California, Henry C. Ford traveled by horse and buggy to each mission. In 1893, he exhibited his mission etchings at the Chicago World’s Fair. He died in 1894, leaving behind his California mission paintings.

Missions Trail Story Map

Story Map from San Miguel to Ventura

Our interactive Story Map features six missions in the Central Coast area of California. The journey begins with Mission San Miguel and travels approximately 190 miles south to Mission Ventura.