Mission San Buenaventura Museum and Gift Shop
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Mission San Buenaventura Museum and Gift Shop is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 10 m. Reyes Peak stands 2,284 m to the north, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is China Alley Memorial, a artwork 0.1 miles away.
The story
Mission San Buenaventura (Spanish: Misión San Buenaventura, Ventureño: mitsqanaqan̓), formally known as the Mission Basilica of San Buenaventura, is a Catholic parish and basilica in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. The parish church in the city of Ventura, California, United States, is a Spanish mission founded by the Order of Friars Minor. Founded on March 31, 1782, it was the ninth Spanish mission established in Alta California (or Nueva California) and the last to be established by the head of the Franciscan missions in California, Junípero Serra. Designated a California Historical Landmark, the mission is one of many locally designated landmarks in downtown Ventura. The mission was named after St. Bonaventure, a 13th-century Franciscan saint, one of the early leaders of the Order to which the friars belonged, and a Doctor of the Church. On June 9, 2020, Pope Francis elevated the church to a minor basilica, and on July 15, 2020, the feast day of its patron saint, the announcement of the Pope's action was made and the elevation of the mission's status was officially proclaimed by Archbishop José Gómez of Los Angeles. The name of the mission was changed to reflect this new status in the Catholic Church. Mission San Buenaventura was planned to be founded in 1770 and become 3rd mission, but the founding was delayed because of the low availability of the military escorts needed to establish the mission. In 1793, the first church burned down. When the mission was completed, it included an adjacent quadrangle with living and work space. All that remains of the original mission is the church and its garden.
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Dates from 1782.
Wikidata Q12061890, matched on coordinates and name (64 m apart).
What to expect
- Operated by
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mission Park: 0.1 mi
- Albinger Archeological Museum: 0.1 mi
- Downtown Mini Park: 0.1 mi
- Eastwood Park: 0.1 mi
- California Street Mini Park: 0.3 mi
- Loma de la Cruz: 0.3 mi
- Red Mountain: 5.3 mi
- Twin Peaks: 8.0 mi
- Rincon Mountain: 9.4 mi
- Sulphur Mountain: 10.4 mi
- A J Comstock Fire Museum: 0.1 mi
- Albinger Archeological Museum: 0.1 mi
- Museum of Ventura County: 0.1 mi
- Dudley House: 3.3 mi
- Carnegie Art Museum: 8.8 mi
- Willoughby Preserve: 0.6 mi
- Rancho Ventura: 3.6 mi
- Big Rock Preserve: 4.8 mi
- BLM Open Space: 5.4 mi
- Harmon Canyon Preserve: 5.6 mi
- Old Mission Church Foundation: 0.1 mi
- Old Well and Borrow Pit: 0.1 mi
- Mission Chumash Barracks: 0.1 mi
- Mission Chumash Barracks: 0.1 mi
- Mission Chumash Barracks: 0.1 mi
- Little Beach: 2.3 mi
- Big Beach: 2.7 mi
- Surfer's Knoll: 3.4 mi
- Mandalay State Beach: 6.1 mi
- Faria Beach: 6.2 mi
- China Alley Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Phoenix: 0.4 mi
- Ventura Vinnie: 0.5 mi
- Ventura V: 1.8 mi
- The Mermaid of Soter Point: 2.7 mi
- Chilean Cactus and Succulents: 0.3 mi
- Rockery Plantings: 0.4 mi
- Acacia Trees: 0.4 mi
- Chilean Wine Palms: 0.4 mi
- Chilean Matorral: 0.4 mi
- San Buenaventura City Hall: 0.2 mi
- Carpinteria Tar Pit: 13.8 mi
- The Sunburst Railbikes: 14.4 mi
- Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club: 17.9 mi
- Hartley Botanica: 19.5 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 13.7 mi
- Hot Spring: 15.3 mi
- Bellyache Springs: 16.4 mi
- Wilsie Spring: 16.7 mi
- Kerr Spring: 22.5 mi
- 33 Falls: 17.3 mi
- Rose Valley Falls: 18.3 mi
- Punch Bowl: 18.3 mi
- Jackson Falls: 18.8 mi
- White Swift Falls: 19.8 mi
- Area 2: 5.4 mi
- Area 4: 18.3 mi
- Upper Rose Valley Lake Day Use Area: 18.8 mi
- Skunk Hollow: 22.1 mi
- Wildwood Canyon: 22.3 mi
- Foothill Crag "The Foot": 13.4 mi
- Topatopa Bluff: 18.0 mi
- San Ysidro Rock: 22.1 mi
- Echo Cliffs: 23.8 mi
- Arch Rock: 18.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.5 miles of Mission San Buenaventura Museum and Gift Shop. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reyes Peak | N 2° | 2,284 m | 24.2 mi |
| Haddock Mountain | N 8° | 2,265 m | 23.9 mi |
| Thorn Point | NNE 23° | 2,092 m | 24.5 mi |
| Hines Peak | NE 38° | 2,041 m | 20.3 mi |
| Topatopa Bluff | NE 36° | 1,945 m | 18.5 mi |
| Monte Arido | NNW 332° | 1,831 m | 20.3 mi |
| Chief Peak | NNE 25° | 1,703 m | 17.5 mi |
| Old Man Mountain | NNW 331° | 1,688 m | 18.6 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.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/470029464
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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