Pacheco Pass is a named sub-zone of Santa Clara Valley in the United States, covering 1,095 ha. It lies 13 km north of Hollister and 18 km south-east of Gilroy.
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Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.
Measured over the whole outline on 47,145 elevation cells of about 15 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).
General. The Pacheco Pass viticultural area is located in California. The starting point of the following boundary description is the crossing of Pacheco Creek under California Highway 156, about 4 miles north of Hollister Municipal Airport, in San Benito County, California. Boundary Description. (i) From the starting point northwestward along Pacheco Creek to the intersection with the straight-line extension of Barnheisel Road. ( Note. This is an old land grant boundary and appears on the U.S.G.S. map as the western boundary of an orchard.) (ii) From there in a straight line northeastward to the intersection of Barnheisel Road and California Highway 156. (iii) From there northward along Highway 156 to California Highway 152 (“Pacheco Pass Highway”). (iv) Then northward along Pacheco Pass Highway to the 37° latitude line. (v) Then eastward along that latitude line to the land line R. 5E./R. 6E. (vi) Then southward along that land line, crossing Foothill Road, and continuing southward to a point exactly 2,300 feet south of Foothill Road. (vii) From there is a straight line to the starting point.
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