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Welcome to Mission Springs ...

Mission Springs is located in Santa Cruz County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Mission Springs: Mission Spgs. (or less commonly used: Mission Spngs. or Mission Sprngs.)

Mission Springs is 480 feet [146 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Mission Springs lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities near Mission Springs ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Mission Springs.

  • San Jose
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Jose
    • San Jose is located in Santa Clara County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,013,616 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for San Jose <3>
  • Santa Cruz
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Cupertino
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Watsonville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Campbell
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Saratoga
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Los Gatos
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Capitola
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Monte Sereno
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Pasatiempo
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pasatiempo
    • Pasatiempo is located in Santa Cruz County

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Mission Springs. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Mission Springs.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Mission Springs. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mission Springs.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Mission Springs. See our Newspapers Page for Mission Springs.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mission Springs ...

Looking for more information about Mission Springs? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Mission Springs, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Mission Springs.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Santa Cruz, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mission Springs - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.