Panoche Hills
Panoche Hills | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 675 m (2,215 ft) |
Geography | |
location of Panoche Hills in California[1] | |
Country | United States |
State | California |
District | Fresno County |
Range coordinates | 36°38′40.828″N 120°43′54.641″W / 36.64467444°N 120.73184472°W |
Parent range | Diablo Range |
Topo map | USGS Chounet Ranch |
The Panoche Hills are a low mountain range in the Southern Inner California Coast Ranges System, in western Fresno County, California.[1]
They are east of the Diablo Range, on the west side of the San Joaquin Valley. They define the eastern side of the Panoche Valley.
Parks
[edit]Panoche Hills Recreation Area
[edit]The US Bureau of Land Management (BLM) maintains the Panoche Hills Recreation Area, a recreation area within the hills.[2] The entrance to the BLM area is across Little Panoche Road from the Mercey Hot Springs resort. This BLM land is under Fire Season Vehicle Restrictions from mid-April to mid-October. No motorized access is allowed during this time period.[3]
Panoche Hills Ecological Reserve
[edit]The California Department of Fish and Game also maintains the Panoche Hills Ecological Reserve, an ecological reserve within the hills.[4]
Natural history
[edit]The Hills contain examples of fossilized remains of Mesozoic era cold seeps.[5]
See also
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Panoche_Hills_Map.pdf/page1-220px-Panoche_Hills_Map.pdf.jpg)
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Panoche Hills". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
- ^ "Recreation Map of Panoche Hills" (PDF). www.blm.gov.
- ^ "Panoche Hills". www.blm.gov. 2022-06-29. Retrieved 2016-02-27.
- ^ "DFG - Lands - Ecological Reserves - Central Region - Panoche Hills Ecological Reserve". Retrieved 2012-09-10.
- ^ Schwartz, Hilde; Moore, J. Casey (3 April 2004). "A Paleocene Cold Seep System in the Panoche Hills, California" (pdf). Retrieved 2012-09-10.
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