Full name: San Miguel Arcángel

Founding date: March 28, 1787 (moved 7 miles west in 1788, then north 8 miles in 1810, then back circa 1814) Mission #22

Catholic Order: Dominican

Founded by: Padre Luis Sales

Condition: Adobe ruins at the second site.

Closing date: Abandoned in 1834

GPS: 32.094279, -116.854331

Access: Mex. #1, Km. 65.5, south of Tijuana, next to school in La Misión.

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May 2025 (Photos by Dave W. & David Kier):


October 2017 (Photos by David Kier):


2003 Photos by Jack Swords©


2003 Photo by David Kier:


1966 Photos by Choral Pepper:

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1956 Photo by Howard Gulick:


1949 Photo by Marquis McDonald:


1936 Photo by Peveril Meigs:


1920s mission plan (south at top):

Regional Map

Access the mission from the ‘Free Road’ (Mex. 1) at Km. 65.5