On the Road to Spanish Mission Churches

Aficionados of Spanish mission churches have a new travel companion: a foldable map-guide that locates 86 missions in the U.S. Southwest and in Mexico, plus the sites of those that no longer exist.

Coop’s Maps President Bryan Cooperrider, publisher of “Coop’s Roadmap Guide to the Mission Churches,” said it is one of the most comprehensive such maps on the market, with full information on 45 U.S. sites and “fairly complete” information on Mexico’s Baja and Sonora states. Coop’s, of Menlo Park, Calif., also publishes map-guides to microbreweries, railroads and rail museums, and dinosaur sites. The new $6.95 map, available in some bookstores, can also be ordered at tel. (800) 259-3139, Internet https://www.coopsmaps.com.