Editing Juan Bautista de Anza (section)

==Legacy==
[[File:DeAnza-Statue.jpg|left|160px|thumb|Statue by [[Dorr Bothwell]] in [[Riverside, California]]]]
[[File:Iglesia de nuestra señora de la asunción, arizpe, sonora.jpg|thumb|right|Juan Bautista de Anza's burial site in Arizpe, Sonora]]
The primary legacy is the [[Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail]] in California and Arizona, administered by the US [[National Park Service]], for hiking and driving the route of his expedition exploring [[Las Californias]]<ref>[http://www.nps.gov/juba/ National Park Service: Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail]</ref> In the [[San Fernando Valley]] the trail crosses the [[Upper Las Virgenes Canyon Open Space Preserve]], and in the [[San Gabriel Valley]] the trail is in the Puente Hills just north of [[Whittier, California]].<ref>[http://venturacountytrails.org/TrailMaps/AhmansonRanch/AreaHome.html Upper Las Virgenes Canyon Open Space: de Anza Trail]</ref><ref>[http://www.habitatauthority.org/pdf/HabAuthV2.pdf Puente Hills Habitat Authority] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304063036/http://www.habitatauthority.org/pdf/HabAuthV2.pdf |date=2009-03-04 }}</ref>

Also named for Anza is [[Anza-Borrego Desert State Park]], located mostly in eastern [[San Diego County]], California. The park contains a long and difficult stretch of the Anza trail, traveling west from the [[Imperial Valley]] to the coastal mountain passes northeast of [[San Diego, California|San Diego]].<ref name="CRL2015A">{{cite web|url=http://www.californiaresortlife.com/imperialvalley/anzaborrego_desert.htm|title=Tour Anza Borrego Desert|work=CaliforniaResortLife|access-date=2015-12-15|archive-date=2015-12-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222155408/http://www.californiaresortlife.com/imperialvalley/anzaborrego_desert.htm|url-status=usurped}}</ref> The de Anza Country Club and its 18-hole championship [[Golf course]] is located within the village of [[Borrego Springs, California]], which is entirely surrounded by the park.

A building named the [[Juan de Anza House]] in [[San Juan Bautista, California]] is a [[National Historic Landmark]]. However, it was constructed c. 1830 with its connection unclear. The Juan Bautista de Anza Community Park is in [[Calabasas, California]], and De Anza Park and the De Anza Community and Teen Center are in [[Ontario, California|Ontario]], California.

A {{convert|20|ft|m|adj=on}} statue of Anza, sculpted in 1939, is located in [[Riverside, California]] at the corner of Magnolia Ave. and 14th Street,<ref>Patterson, Tom. ''Landmarks of Riverside, and the Stories Behind Them''. The Press Enterprise Company, Riverside, CA, 1964. pp. 174–175.</ref> and another statue stands in Lake Merced park, [[San Francisco]].<ref>[http://www.nps.gov/juba/planyourvisit/californiatrailheads.htm Statue in Lake Merced]</ref>  A {{Convert|10|ft|m|-high|adj=mid|sigfig=1}} portrait of de Anza by [[Albert Herter]] in 1929 hangs in the History Room of the [[Richard J. Riordan Central Library|Los Angeles Central Library.]]<ref name="LAPL">{{cite web |title=Painted Decoration: Goodhue Building |url=https://www.lapl.org/branches/central-library/art-architecture/painting |website=Los Angeles Public Library |access-date=1 October 2023}}</ref><ref name="LADM">{{cite news |last1=Imharnish |title=Mary Mallory: Hollywood Heights – Central Library Murals |url=https://ladailymirror.com/2022/06/13/mary-mallory-hollywood-heights-central-library-murals-2/ |access-date=1 October 2023 |publisher=L.A. Daily Mirror |date=13 June 2022}}</ref>

The de Anza and De Anza spellings are also the namesake of streets, schools, and buildings in his honor including: De Anza Boulevards in [[San Mateo, California|San Mateo]] and [[Cupertino, California|Cupertino]], De Anza Park in [[Sunnyvale, California|Sunnyvale]], [[De Anza College]] in Cupertino, [[De Anza High School]] in [[Richmond, California|Richmond]], Juan Bautista De Anza elementary school in San Jacinto, Juan De Anza K-5 in the Wiseburn Elementary School District of [[Hawthorne, California|Hawthorne]], De Anza Middle School in [[Ontario, California|Ontario]], De Anza Middle School in [[Ventura, California|Ventura]], De Anza Elementary School in [[El Centro, California|El Centro]], and the De Anza School in Baldwin Park, the landmark [[De Anza Hotel]] in [[San Jose, California|San Jose]], and the historic De Anza Hotel in [[Calexico, California|Calexico]]—all in [[California]]. Also named in his honor is Juan Bautista Circle in the [[Parkmerced]] development in San Francisco.

Other places using just the name Anza in his honor include: Anza Vista Avenue within the [[Anza Vista, San Francisco|Anza Vista]] neighborhood of San Francisco, Anza Street in that city's [[Richmond District (San Francisco)|Richmond District]], [[Lake Anza]] in [[Tilden Regional Park]] above [[Berkeley, California|Berkeley]] in the [[Berkeley Hills]], Anza Avenue and Anza Elementary School in [[Torrance, California|Torrance]], and De Anza Way in [[Palm Desert, California|Palm Desert]]. 

The town of [[Anza, California]] is a mountainous town with around 7,000 people in Riverside County along [[California State Route 371|State Route 371]] between [[Aguanga, California|Aguanga]] and the [[Santa Rosa Mountains (California)|Santa Rosa Mountains]] south of [[Palm Springs]]. The town is located on the historic route of de Anza's 1774 expedition.