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FACILITIES
MUSEUMS
Vincente Martinez Adobe
Open
Open All Year 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Phone
(925) 228-8860
Location
4202 Alhambra Avenue, Martinez (The corner of Highway 4 and Alhambra Avenue)
Closures
Thanksgiving Day Christmas Day New Years Day
Special Programs
May: John Muir's Birthday June through September: Full moon walks August: Persied Meteor Shower walk and watch September: Ranch Day (Life on an 1880's Fruit Ranch) December: Las Posadas December: Victorian Christmas
Exhibits
Photo panels and artifacts.
Available Facilities
Auditorium, bookstore, and restrooms
VISITOR CENTERS
Casa Grande
Open
Open All Year 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Location
The park is in Coolidge, Arizona, about an hour-long drive from either Phoenix or Tucson. From Interstate 10 take the Coolidge exits and follow the signs to the park entrance off Arizona Route 87/287.
Closures
Christmas Day
Special Programs
Special archeological tours are offered during the Arizona State Archeology Month in March. On National Parks Day, August 25, entrance fees are waived. During Native American Month in November, special events are held throughout the local area. Special tours and events are occasionally offered through a permit system. Please call for further information.
Exhibits
The Visitor Center includes a museum with exhibits.
Available Facilities
There is an information counter, a museum exhibit area, a book store, a public phone, rest rooms, drinking fountains, and a wheelchair available.
Pacific West Regional Office
Open
Open All Year Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Phone
510 817 1323
Location
Sixth floor of building at 1111 Jackson, in downtown Oakland. Use either Lake Merrit or Oakland Civic Center BART stops. Ask for Meredith Kaplan or David Smith at front desk.
Closures
Weekends
Exhibits
Information about all of the National Parks located in the Pacific West Region can be found in this office. Pamphlets and other visitor information can be found on the eighth floor.
Available Facilities
Restrooms
Presidio of San Francisco
Open
Open All Year 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Phone
(415)561-4323
Location
Building 102, Montgomery Street
Closures
Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years
Special Programs
Ongoing and changing historic events, walks lectures, exhibits
Exhibits
Native Americans had called the San Francisco Bay region home for over 10,000 years. The San Francisco Peninsula south to Monterey was occupied by people of a common language family known as the Ohlone or Costanoan. Archeological evidence indicates an Ohlone/Costanoan presence at the site of the Presidio by at least 740 A.D.
In 1769 a Spanish expeditionary force marched up the coast from Baja California, establishing presidio's (military outposts), and missions. During this early colonizing expedition the great inland harbor of San Francisco Bay was discovered, and plans were made to fortify and settle the area. In June of 1776, a colonizing expedition of soldiers and their families marched north from Monterey to San Francisco. These colonists, under command of Jose Joaquin Moraga, built an adobe quadrangle and living quarters, and dedicated the Presidio de San Francisco on September 17, 1776. In 1794 a thirteen-gun battery was constructed to defend the bay entrance. The presidial forces represented the northernmost expansion of Spanish rule in North America.
Today, visitors from all over the world can savor the history and beauty of this "Jewel of the Pacific."
Available Facilities
Bookstore, theatre, exhibit
Tumacacori
Open
Open All Year 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Phone
520-398-2341
Location
The Park is located in Tumcacori, Arizona. Take Interstate 19 south from Tucson 45 miles to exit 29 and follow the signs. The park is 18 miles north of Nogales, AZ, and the Mexican border.
Closures
Thanksgiving and Christmas day.
Special Programs
Guided tours are given daily during the winter months. Living history tours depicting life during the Franciscan period are given with advanced scheduling only. During the winter you will also see local and Mexican artisans demonstrate traditional crafts like tortilla and paper flower making, pottery, reverse glass painting, and Tohono O'odham basket weaving.
Exhibits
Exhibits in the visitor center museum include dioramas, santos and other information and objects related to the Kino missions, the Spanish, and the indigenous native peoples. A 14 minute video gives the visitor a good understanding of what life was like at Tumacacori in the early 1800's. Southwest Parks and Monuments Association (SPMA) has an excellent bookstore in the visitor center. Book topics are constrained to the cultural and natural resources of the general area, but range from the prehistoric period to the present. A beautiful and peaceful garden area with a fountain is representative of what many of the Missions in the area had. The tranquil nature of this living exhibit shows us how the missionaries dealt with the stresses of their day. It's an old remedy that still works well today.
Available Facilities
Public restrooms and a bookshop
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