Always Changing - Forever the Same
More than just adobe, plaster, and wood, these ruins evoke tales of life and land transformed by cultures meeting and mixing. Father Kino’s 1691 landmark visit to an O’odham village when he established Mission Tumacácori was just one event among many. Wave after wave of change has swept or crept across this realm - this land and its people are not static. Come visit and experience this heritage.
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Lots To Do!
Explore historic ruins, take a tour, hike to the river, enjoy the museum, experience borderland culture during special events… and more!
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Kino Festival Events - May 17
An internationally acclaimed guitarrist and a lecture about Yaqui history to be featured in coordination with the regional Kino Festival.
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One Park - Three Spanish Era Missions
Tumacácori, Guevavi and Calabazas were a part of a system of missions established on the northern frontier of New Spain.
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Mission 2000: Actual Mission Records of 1684-1848
Baptismal, marriage, and burial records of the park’s three Spanish missions and many others can be read, viewed, and printed via Mission 2000.
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Tumacácori Fiesta - Come Live It!
This cultural celebration features continous live entertainment, fifty food and craft booths, and more. Held annually - December's first full weekend.
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Did You Know?
The Tortilla Sonorense (Sonoran Tortilla), made of wheat flour, is patted and stretched until it is an arm's length in diameter before it is cooked.