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Templeton Gap District

Sub-zone

Templeton Gap District is a named sub-zone of Paso Robles in the United States, covering 7,694 ha. It lies around the town of Templeton and 31 km north of San Luis Obispo.

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Key facts

Official name
Templeton Gap District viticultural area
Type
AVA (American Viticultural Area)
Within
Paso Robles
Protected since
2014-11-10
Area
7,694 ha
Extent N–S × E–W
11.7 × 15.23 km
Centre
35.5626° N, 120.6839° W
State
CA
Federal rule
27 CFR 9.248
Petitioner
Paso Robles Viticultural Area Committee

Where it is

Nearest town
around the town of Templeton
Nearest city
31 km north of San Luis Obispo 47,339 people
To the sea
23 km
Rivers nearby
Salinas (2.4 km)
Same latitude
Yamanashi (Japan), Αρχάνες (Greece), Malta (Malta)

Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.

Terrain

Elevation
210–491 m
Mean elevation
283 m
Mean slope
6.7° (12 %)
Steepest tenth
above 16°
Faces
several directions, mostly south-west

Measured over the whole outline on 80,306 elevation cells of about 31 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).

Counties · 1

Within

Legal boundary

Read the boundary description

Sources

UC Davis Library AVA project (CC0)

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