San Antonio Missions National Historical Park
Welcome to San Antonio Missions, a National Park Service site and the only UNESCO World Heritage Site in Texas. Each mission in the park is a center of community and has been since the early 1700s. They changed life in this region, introducing new technologies while enforcing new cultural guidelines. As you visit, reflect on change, culture, power, and how people have used the land.
Map showing location of park.
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Kevin Lilly Visits San Antonio Missions, Honors Joint Base San Antonio and Military Members
On Dec. 10, San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, a unit of the National Park Service and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, proudly welcomed Kevin Lilly, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife and Parks, for a visit celebrating the park’s collaboration with Joint Base San Antonio.
Tourism to San Antonio Missions National Historical Park contributes $171 million to local economy
A new National Park Service report shows that 1.3 million visitors to San Antonio Missions in 2024 spent $114,683,000 in communities near the park. That spending had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $171,164,000.
Photo by NPS Photo/Andrew Shirey
Photo by NPS Photo / Andrew Shirey
Photo by NPS Photo/ Chantelle Ruidant-Hansen
Photo by NPS Photo.
Photo by NPS Photo.
Photo by NPS Photo.
Photo by NPS Photo / Andrew Shirey
Photo by NPS Photo / Andrew Shirey
Photo by NPS Photo/ Andrew Shirey
Photo by NPS Photo/ Andrew Shirey