Mercey Hot Springs, California

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Mercey Hot Springs is a resort along Little Panoche Road (Fresno County Road J1) located at the western edge of Fresno County, California. The unincorporated area is about ten driving miles west of Interstate 5. NAD27 latitude and longitude for the site are listed as 36°42′15″N, 120°51′33″W in the National Geographic Names Database (NGND). The NGND shows a feature ID number of 1659109. The facility is along the San Andreas Rift Zone. Located in the Panoche Valley, the facility includes a campground and natural hot springs.

Contents 1 Nearby 2 Sources 3 See also 4 External links

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The campground serves as a point where users of a nearby the US Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Panoche Hills Management Area stay. The Panoche Access Road, entrance to the area, is just east of the resort. The BLM reservation is used, in part, by off-road driving enthusiasts.

About eight miles west, in San Benito County near the intersection of Panoche Road and Little Panoche Road, is the Panoche Inn. The bar is popular with motorcyclists on weekends in good weather. NAD27 latitude and longitude for the Inn are approximately 36°36′25″N, 120°53′02″W.

Four miles northwest, the county lines for Merced County, San Benito County, and Fresno form a "T".

[edit] Sources

• National Geographic Names Database
• "Mercey Hot Springs, California," 7.5-minute quadrangle, US Geological Survey, 1981.

[edit] See also

• Ophiuroidea (area fossilized starfish)
• County Route J1 (California)

[edit] External links

• BLM web page for Panoche Hills.
• Nearby Little Panoche Reservoir.
• US Bureau of Reclamation Panoche Dam page.
• Maps and aerial photos Coordinates: 36.704167° -120.859167°
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