Mission Santa Barbara Tower - Santa Barbara, CA
Posted by: bluesnote
N 34° 26.299 W 119° 42.789
11S E 250706 N 3814096
The south tower (left tower in the main photo) at the main entrance to the mission is a benchmark.
Waymark Code: WMR0AD
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 04/22/2016
Views: 1
Taken from Wikipedia, "Mission Santa Barbara, also known as Santa Barbara Mission, is a Spanish mission founded by the Franciscan order near present-day Santa Barbara, California. It was founded by Padre Fermín Lasuén on December 4, 1786, the feast day of Saint Barbara, as the tenth mission for the religious conversion of the indigenous local Chumash—Barbareño tribe of Native American people. The mission is the namesake of the city of Santa Barbara as well as Santa Barbara County.
The Mission grounds occupy a rise between the Pacific Ocean and the Santa Ynez Mountains, and were consecrated by Father Fermín Lasuén, who had taken over the presidency of the California mission chain upon the death of Father Presidente Junípero Serra. Mission Santa Barbara is the only mission to remain under the leadership of the Franciscan Friars since its founding, and today is a parish church of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles."
Condition: Mark found in good condition
Designation: SANTA BARBARA MISSION S TOWER
Benchmark Agency: other (not included below)
Monumentation type: Church Spire
County: Santa Barbara County
USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Santa Barbara
Special category (optional): Not listed
Find type: Coordinates and/or to-reach information from the NGS database (or Geocaching's copy of it) were used
Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): [Web Link]
NGS PID: EW7974
Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed
Monumentation type (if other): Not listed
Special Category (if other): Not listed
Local database's URL (optional): Not listed
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