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The Salinas River ( Rumsen: ua kot taiauaÄorx) [ 6] is the longest river of the Central Coast region of California, running 175 miles (282 km) and draining 4,160 square miles (10,800 km 2 ). [ 7] It flows north-northwest and drains the Salinas Valley that slices through the central California Coast Ranges south of Monterey Bay. [ 3]
Soledad is a city in Monterey County, California, United States. It is in the Salinas Valley, 21 miles (34 km) southeast of Salinas, the county seat. [6][8] Soledad's population was 24,925 at the 2020 census, [7] down from 25,738 in 2010. Soledad's origins started with Mission Nuestra Señora de la Soledad, founded by the Spanish in 1791, under ...
Salinas Valley, on River Road near Greenfield. The Salinas Valley (Spanish: Valle de Salinas) [1][2] is one of the major valleys and most productive agricultural regions in California. [3] It is located west of the San Joaquin Valley and south of San Francisco Bay and the Santa Clara Valley.
As of 6:15 p.m. Monday, the Salinas River was at 31.2 feet in Paso Robles — more than 2 feet above flood stage of 29 feet, according to the NWS’s Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service.
Draining 275 square miles (710 km 2), the Arroyo Seco River is the last major tributary of the Salinas River that enters before it reaches the Pacific.Most of the watershed lies in the rugged coastal range areas southwest of Greenfield and Soledad, and the drainage divide runs along the crest of the Santa Lucia Mountains to the west and the lower Sierra de Salinas to the northeast.
County Road G17 Arroyo Seco Road, Fort Romie Road, River Road, Reservation Road Location Monterey County Length 44.9 mi (72.3 km) Tourist routes River Road Wine Trail The River Road Wine Trail is a Salinas Valley wine-tasting route following River Road (County Route G17) along the western banks of the Salinas River. It is not to be misidentified with the Great River Road that traverses along ...
Pinnacles National Park is a national park of the United States protecting a mountainous area located east of the Salinas Valley in Central California, about five miles (8 km) east of Soledad and 80 miles (130 km) southeast of San Jose. The park's namesakes are the eroded leftovers of the western half of an extinct volcano that has moved 200 ...
Near this point, the wide agricultural bottomlands of the Salinas Valley begins. North of King City, US 101 once again switches intermittently between freeway and expressway status, passing through Greenfield, Soledad, Gonzales, and Chualar before reaching Salinas. Shortly after leaving Salinas, US 101 joins SR 156 in Prunedale for about eight ...