San Quintín, Mexico
San Quintín is a town of 4,777 people in Baja California, Mexico, founded in 1918.
Why visit San Quintín
Townapedia lists 1 park or trail, 14 places to eat and 4 places to stay in and around town.
Weather in San Quintín
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About San Quintín
San Quintín (Spanish for 'Saint Quentin') is a city in San Quintín Municipality, Baja California, located on the Pacific Coast of Mexico. The city had a population of 4777 in 2011. San Quintín is an important agricultural center for Baja California.
From the Wikipedia article San Quintín, Baja California (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Parks, trails and playgrounds1
Restaurants and cafes14
Misión Santa Isabel
Restaurant · International, Italian, Mexican · 0.6 km
Carretera Transpeninsular
Mo-Su 06:30-22:30
Baresito Baja Sport Bar
Bar and pub · 1.6 km
Carretera Transpeninsular, San Quintín
Mo-Th 14:00-02:00; Fr 14:00-03:00, Sa-Su 14:00-02:00
Super Tortas La Única
Fast food · Regional, Sandwich, Mexican · 1.6 km
2 more on the map.
Where to stay4
Churches and places of worship1
History
In the early 1800s the sea otters of San Quintín Bay were targeted by a series of joint ventures between American maritime fur traders and the Russian–American Company (RAC). The first such venture involved the Boston-based maritime fur trading merchant ship O'Cain. RAC Chief Manager Alexander Baranov supplied O'Cain with twenty baidarkas (Aleutian kayaks) and about forty indigenous Alaskan sea otter hunters, plus two overseers to manage the hunters and hunting, Afanasii Shvetsov and Timofei Tarakanov. O'Cain sailed to San Quintín Bay and stayed for over three months while Tarakanov and Shvetsov led indigenous sea otter hunting parties all along the coast between Mission Rosario and Misión Santo Domingo de la Frontera. Several other US-Russian joint ventures followed. Within a few years the sea otters of Baja California were almost extinct.
From the History section of San Quintín, Baja California on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Shopping2
Gas and EV charging1
Schools, colleges and libraries12
Colegio de Bachilleres de Baja California Plantel San Quintin
School · 0.8 km
Domicilio Conocido
Escuela Normal Experimental, Profr. Gregorio Torres Quintero
School · 1.2 km
SN Ejido Raul Si�Nchez DiAz S/N Valle de San Qintin
CUT Universidad de Tijuana - Campus San Quintín
School · 1.1 km
135 Calle Tercera, Ensenada
Healthcare2
Map of San Quintín
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Getting there and nearby towns
San Quintín Military Airstrip (SNQ) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 5 km away.
- Lázaro Cárdenas 5 km south, about 5 min by car
- Ejido General Leandro Valle 6 km north, about 6 min by car
- Pueblo Benito García 6 km south, about 6 min by car
- Colonia Nueva Era 8 km south, about 8 min by car
- Santa Fe 12 km north, about 12 min by car
- Playas de la Vicente Guerrero 13 km north, about 13 min by car
- Colonia Lomas de San Ramón (Triquis) 15 km north, about 15 min by car
- Vicente Guerrero 18 km north, about 18 min by car
- Luis Rodríguez (El Vergel) 19 km south, about 19 min by car
- Emiliano Zapata 21 km north, about 21 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- San Quintin BC Mexico, Ll1324, CC0
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