Auto Club maps of San Felipe South area (1930-2010)

Not all years included, see message at bottom. Maps shown for historical education. 1930: 1934: 1955: 1959: 1962: 1967: 1971: 1973: 1974:   1975: 1978: 1979: 1980: 1982: 1983: 1984: 1985: 1987: 1988: 1989: 1990: 1991: 1992: 1994: 1995: 1996: 1997: 1998: 2000: 2001: 2003: 2004: 2007: 2010: Missing some Auto Club Maps, can you […]

Gulick’s 1954 El Camino Real Maps and Notes

Gulick, Howard E. “The Baja California Mission Trail – Loreto to El Rosario.” *Unpublished paper made available by the author. Encompasses intelligent and informed suppositions about the route of El Camino Real. Although it is supplanted by first-hand field research, it remains a model preliminary study, marshalling all manner of indirect evidence of the trail. […]

Rock Art: Petroglyphs, Pictographs, Geoglyphs

The stories these forms of communications would be wonderful to know! What do we mean by petroglyphs, pictographs, and geoglyphs? *Petroglyphs are rock carvings (rock paintings are called pictographs) made by pecking directly on the rock surface using a stone chisel and a hammerstone. When the desert varnish (or patina) on the surface of the […]

Photographs

See over 1,600 location photos on this interactive map. Zoom in to reveal multiple photos at specific locations. CLICK HERE to quickly find photos at Baja locations (1999-2022)! Baja California Travel and Camping Photos (1965-2022): 1965-1999 Photos  “David’s Old Baja Photo Album”  1999 – 2004 Baja Trip Photo Albums (28 albums) 2005 – 2007 Baja Trip […]

San Borja (2017, 2016, 2009, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001)

The following are photos at San Borja from my seven visits there, off my photo albums. >> To see where this mission is, maps and directions at the bottom of this page << Feb. 2017 Sept. 2016 July 2009   Jan. 2004   July 2003   Apr. 2002   Apr. 2001 GPS: 28.744547, -113.753997 Directions: […]

Viva Baja Index (frequently updated)

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Edward H. Davis 1926 Photos

Edward H. Davis photographed the Baja California Native people and mission sites during his 1926 expedition. His San Diego County and other photo collections are preserved on many sites like SanDiegoHistory.org       The next three photos show how adobe ruins vanish when unprotected from the elements: +24 years= +73 years= +84 years= +93 […]

Rancho San Gregorio 1960, 2001, 2022

San Gregorio is an old ranch in central Baja California, 8.6 miles (14 kms.) southeast from San Borja. In the canyon are many fruit trees (including citrus and guava) that are watered from a natural spring. It is such a picturesque location, it made the cover of a popular 1980 guidebook. We appreciate ranch owner […]

Historic Images

J. Ross Browne from 1868 Margaret Brown Baldwin Photos from ~1900 Edward Nelson Photos (1905-1906) in boxes 40 to 44  Margaret Wood Bancroft Photos from early 1930s Margaret Wood Bancroft 1934 Lost Mission Search Peveril Meigs’ Northern Baja Photos (1925 to 1936) Peveril Meigs photos on Calisphere Edward H. Davis Baja California Photos of 1926 […]

Slow Baja

Listen to the SLOW BAJA PODCASTS  (Great interviews with dozens of Baja-loving folks who have done some incredible things). Below episodes are with Viva Baja host David:  June 14, 2020: AUTHOR DAVID KIER REFLECTS ON FIFTY YEARS OF BAJA TRAVEL January 17, 2021: ON A MISSION WITH DAVID KIER June 15, 2021: MEET THE BENCHMARK MAPS […]

Media

VIDEOS, TV shows, & a motion picture (by or with David Kier): The 1973 Baja 1000 (a Super 8 film by David), east of Ojos Negros (3 min)* 2001 Video: Amigos de Baja Caravan to the Sulfur Mine & Matomí Canyon waterfall.(18 min) 2001 Video: Cielito Lindo Baja Bash, Las Pintas, and a Lost Mission […]

Driving

Advice for border crossing and driving David’s Road Guide Maps (2018-2021) Kilometer Marker Guide GPS Waypoints in Baja California 2010 Auto Club Map of Baja California (the final edition) Up-to-date Satellite Road Map Get the 2021 Benchmark Maps Baja California Atlas: SPECIAL PRICE Get the 2023 Benchmark Baja California Road Atlas, Second Edition Download the 2023 Digital […]

History

The Spanish Missions and Visitas in Baja California (Photos, GPS, History)  Quick look Mission & Visita Photos, north to south (+ historic facts) Mission-basic-facts-names-dates-founders/ 1774 List of Missions and Populations 1776 List of Missions and Populations Santo Domingo Mission Photos Rosario de Arriba Mission Photos Rosario de Abajo Mission Photos San Fernando Mission Photos Santa María Mission […]

Locations

David’s (111) Baja Bound Travel Adventure articles Travel Adventure articles by category Subscribe to receive free monthly Baja Bound bulletins with news and articles Interactive Baja Articles Map, showing the Travel Article Locations (Links & Photos) Interactive Baja Photos Map to see over 1,600 locations photos, throughout the peninsula Baja California Maps (1685-2021) click here […]

What’s New at VivaBaja.com

In addition to the following links, notice that many of the subject links are now off the main page and grouped on subject pages of their own. This was done to make the main page easier to scroll down to see the kind of content found on VivaBaja.com. Also, more links have been added to […]