Mission Pass (Alameda County)

Mission Pass
Mission Pass
	Stockton Pass
	Descending from Mission Pass on I-680 northbound
Elevation	662 ft (202 m)
Traversed by	Interstate 680
Location	Alameda County, California, United States
Range	Diablo Range
Coordinates	37°33′37″N 121°54′39″W
Topo map	Midway, California
	Mission Pass Mission Pass (Alameda County)

Mission Pass, also known as the Sunol Grade[1] and formerly as Stockton Pass, is a gap in the hills of the Mount Hamilton Range in Alameda County, California. It lies to the northeast of Mission San José, in Fremont, and leads from there into the Sunol Valley. Its elevation is 659 feet (201 m) above sea level. Today, Interstate 680 traverses this pass.

History

The first Europeans to cross Mission Pass were the Spanish explorers Pedro Fages, and Padre Juan Crespí in 1772. It was later used by Spanish soldiers in their expeditions into the San Joaquin Valley. It was part of the route of El Camino Viejo between Livermore Valley and the Mission San Jose and from the Mission to what is now Contra Costa County. It was used by later American explorers Jedediah Smith and John Fremont. During the early part of the California Gold Rush it was on the main land route to Stockton and the gold fields.[1]

References

Hoover, Mildred Brooke; Rensch, Hero Eugene; Rensch, Ethel Grace; Abeloe, William N.; Kyle, Douglas E. (2002). Historic Spots in California (5th ed.). Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-8047-4483-6.

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[historic-spots-1] Hoover, Mildred Brooke; Rensch, Hero Eugene; Rensch, Ethel Grace; Abeloe, William N.; Kyle, Douglas E. (2002). Historic Spots in California (5th ed.). Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-8047-4483-6.