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Park Hours:
9:00 AM to 5:00 PM DAILY
Visitor Center Hours:
10:00 AM to 4:00 PM Tuesday thru Sunday
Call 805-735-2174
For information about the Mission tours and Student Learning History Days for 4th graders please email lapurisimamission@gmail.com
LA TIENDA our GIFT SHOP HOURS:
Call 805-736-3605
SUMMER HOURS
11:00 am to 3:30 PM Monday
11:00 am to 3:30 PM Wednesday & FRIDAY
10:00 am to 4:00 PM SATURDAY & SUNDAy
CLOSED TUESDAY & THURSDAY
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Check out our gift shop for unique gift ideas for all ages.
Call the Tienda 805-736-3605 or email at lapurisimatienda@gmail.com for availability of items.
Mission maps are available for visitors.
Also bottled water, for a $1.00
Short video introducing Prelado De Los Tesoros and La Purísima Mission State Historic Park
Our Purpose
Prelado de los Tesoros de La Purísima (Prelado) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. Prelado roughly translates to “Keepers of the treasures of La Purísima." La Purísima Mission is the jewel of the California Missions and California State Parks. This precious jewel is financially supported by Prelado.
Prelado's support provides La Purísima Mission State Historic Park with animal care, money for enrichment programs, docent training, building repairs and many other aspects of operating this historic park. Prelado also plays an important role in keeping La Purísima Mission open to the public through letter writing campaigns and other park supporting events. If you would like to become a member of Prelado please contact us.
For more information about the Mission tours email lapurisimamission@gmail.com
Overview
History comes alive here at the most extensively restored mission in the state. La Purísima mission is restored to the 1820’s mission era. La Purísima hosts over 200,000 visitors each year for recreation and a chance to explore California's heritage.
Founded in 1787, the La Purísima Mission land holdings once covered nearly 300,000 acres. Bordered by the Santa Maria River in the North and the Gaviota coastline in the South, the land was home to the Chumash people and Spanish settlers. The mission was best known for its hides and blankets, and at its peak two-thousand inhabitants herded as many as 24,000 cattle and sheep.
La Purísima Mission State Historic Park is open nearly every day for self-guided tours. The park interpreters lead a free one o’clock tour most days. The park frequently provides a re-creation of mission life during the 1820's, when the residents engaged in weaving, pottery making, candle making, blacksmithing, animal husbandry, and leatherwork. For dates, you can visit La Purísima Mission State Historic Park website
For more information about the Mission email prelado@lapurisimamission.org
The Visitor Center, which opened in 2009, tells the mission story from a multicultural perspective. This important exhibit hall was possible by Prelado’s efforts in raising over $300,000 in grants and donations and sales from La Tienda.
The visitor center:
10:00 AM to 4:00 PM Tuesday thru Sunday
Holiday Mondays 11:00 am to 4:00 pm
The Visitor center closed for thanksgiving, christmas, and new year’s
DAY USE Parking Fees
$6.00 - for Private Vehicle per car - Use the Automated Pay Machine which accepts credit cards.
Use the Passport Parking App www.passportparking.com Parking Zone # 9109
$5.00 - for Seniors (62 and over) per car
Frequent Visitors Parking Pass Golden Poppy $125, California Historian $50, California Explorer $195. To purchase, contact us at (805) 733-3713, or online at www.parks.ca.gov
DIRECTIONS
To reach the mission from the north or the south, take Highway 101 to Buellton. Take Exit 140A, for Buellton/Solvang - Highway 246 - and head west (a right turn from the northbound exit, a left turn if southbound).
Proceed west on Highway 246 for approximately 18 miles. On a slight downhill grade you will pass the La Purísima Golf Course on the right. After the golf course, take the second right.
Continue on Purisima Road approximately 1 mile. The mission entrance is on the right.
La Purísima Mission State Historic Park
2295 Purisima Road, Lompoc, CA 93436
Video
A Place in Time: The Story of
La Misión de la Purísima Concepción
(with subtitles)
