Junipero Serra
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Junipero Serra is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 112 m. Reyes Peak stands 2,284 m to the north, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Mission Cross, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away.
The story
The Father Serra statue at the Mission San Buenaventura in Ventura, California, representing Junípero Serra, the founder of the mission, was commissioned by Ventura County through the Works Progress Administration as part of the Federal Art Project in 1935. This statue, made of concrete from a clay model by Uno John Palo Kangas, was originally placed in 1936 in a prominent location in a public park across the street from the Ventura County Courthouse. After the Courthouse was repurposed as Ventura City Hall, the statue was designated as City of Ventura Historic Landmark No. 3 in 1974. As deterioration of the concrete statue became a concern, a wood replica was created by local carvers and used to make a bronze cast. The concrete statue was replaced by the bronze cast in 1989. The wood replica was set in the atrium of the city hall for public display. The public display of statuary honoring Serra has been a source of controversy, particularly among those alleging that Serra was responsible for the suppression of the culture of Chumash people. The city council decided in 2020 to remove the bronze statue and the wood replica from public display. The bronze sculpture was installed in the mission garden in 2024.
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Dates from 1936.
Wikidata Q54958868, matched on coordinates and name (409 m apart).
What the record says
- Material
- metal
- Inscription
- In Memory of the 200th Anniversary of the Birth of Padre Junipero Serra, founder of the Franciscan Missions of California, who closed the labor of his useful life with the founding of the Mission of San Buenaventura, March 31, 1782. This tablet is placed
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Serra Cross Park: 0.0 mi
- Eastwood Park: 0.2 mi
- Ventura Botanical Gardens: 0.3 mi
- Albinger Archeological Museum: 0.3 mi
- Downtown Mini Park: 0.3 mi
- Loma de la Cruz: 0.0 mi
- Red Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Twin Peaks: 7.8 mi
- Rincon Mountain: 9.3 mi
- Sulphur Mountain: 10.1 mi
- Mission San Buenaventura Museum and Gift Shop: 0.3 mi
- Albinger Archeological Museum: 0.3 mi
- Museum of Ventura County: 0.3 mi
- A J Comstock Fire Museum: 0.3 mi
- Dudley House: 3.2 mi
- Willoughby Preserve: 0.7 mi
- Rancho Ventura: 3.5 mi
- Big Rock Preserve: 4.6 mi
- BLM Open Space: 5.2 mi
- Harmon Canyon Preserve: 5.5 mi
- Mission Cross: 0.0 mi
- Mission Chumash Barracks: 0.3 mi
- Mission Chumash Barracks: 0.3 mi
- Mission Chumash Barracks: 0.3 mi
- Mission Chumash Barracks: 0.3 mi
- Little Beach: 2.4 mi
- Big Beach: 2.9 mi
- Surfer's Knoll: 3.5 mi
- Faria Beach: 6.2 mi
- Mandalay State Beach: 6.3 mi
- China Alley Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Phoenix: 0.5 mi
- Ventura Vinnie: 0.6 mi
- Ventura V: 1.7 mi
- The Mermaid of Soter Point: 2.8 mi
- Chilean Cactus and Succulents: 0.2 mi
- Chilean Matorral: 0.2 mi
- Chilean Wine Palms: 0.2 mi
- Rockery Plantings: 0.2 mi
- Acacia Trees: 0.2 mi
- San Buenaventura City Hall: 0.2 mi
- Carpinteria Tar Pit: 13.7 mi
- The Sunburst Railbikes: 14.3 mi
- Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club: 17.8 mi
- Hartley Botanica: 19.5 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 13.5 mi
- Hot Spring: 15.1 mi
- Bellyache Springs: 16.1 mi
- Wilsie Spring: 16.4 mi
- Kerr Spring: 22.3 mi
- 33 Falls: 17.0 mi
- Rose Valley Falls: 18.0 mi
- Punch Bowl: 18.1 mi
- Jackson Falls: 18.6 mi
- White Swift Falls: 19.6 mi
- Area 2: 5.1 mi
- Area 4: 18.2 mi
- Upper Rose Valley Lake Day Use Area: 18.5 mi
- Skunk Hollow: 22.1 mi
- Wildwood Canyon: 22.3 mi
- Foothill Crag "The Foot": 13.1 mi
- Topatopa Bluff: 17.8 mi
- San Ysidro Rock: 22.0 mi
- Echo Cliffs: 23.8 mi
- Arch Rock: 18.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.4 miles of Junipero Serra. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reyes Peak | N 2° | 2,284 m | 23.9 mi |
| Haddock Mountain | N 8° | 2,265 m | 23.6 mi |
| Thorn Point | NNE 23° | 2,092 m | 24.2 mi |
| Hines Peak | NE 39° | 2,041 m | 20.1 mi |
| Topatopa Bluff | NE 36° | 1,945 m | 18.3 mi |
| Monte Arido | NNW 331° | 1,831 m | 20.1 mi |
| Chief Peak | NNE 25° | 1,703 m | 17.2 mi |
| Old Man Mountain | NNW 331° | 1,688 m | 18.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:36 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 19:36 | 20:13 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:22 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:00 | 16:13 | 16:52 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 56 | 57 | 57 | 59 | 61 | 64 | 67 | 67 | 67 | 65 | 60 | 56 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 3.3 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oxnard Ventura CO AP, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12753644057
Day trips start here
- Ventura · 4 mi
- Ventura County · 8 mi
- Oxnard · 9 mi
- Port Hueneme · 11 mi
- Ojai · 12 mi
- Santa Paula · 14 mi
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