San Antonio Missions National Historical Park

Mission Concepción has colorful frescos inside that date to the 1750s.
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.
park ranger giving a tour
San Antonio Missions National Historical Park Sees 1.55 Million Visits in 2025 with Updated Traffic Counting
San Antonio Missions National Historical Park welcomed 1.55 million recreation visits in 2025. Despite a 43-day partial government shutdown – the longest ever – the National Park Service worked to keep parks open and accessible whenever possible so visitors could continue to experience the nation’s natural and historic treasures. 
White frescoed church with a stone ruin to the left in the foreground.
Photo by NPS Photo/Andrew Shirey
Mission Espada, World Heritage Site
Photo by NPS Photo / Andrew Shirey
Park Ranger begins a tour through Mission San José under a large mesquite tree
Photo by NPS Photo/ Chantelle Ruidant-Hansen
Rose window at mission San Jose, with linestone carvings surrounding a small glass window.
Photo by NPS Photo.
Mission San Jose church and convento during the golden hour with tree
Photo by NPS Photo.
Mission Concepcion convento with church in background.
Photo by NPS Photo.
Large room with an arches ceiling
Photo by NPS Photo / Andrew Shirey
wall art of a sun
Photo by NPS Photo / Andrew Shirey
stone aqueduct with water filling the channel
Photo by NPS Photo/ Andrew Shirey