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Salinas Valley. 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.
277589, 2411768. Website. www.cityofsalinas.org. Salinas (/ səˈliːnəs /; Spanish for "Salt Flats") is a city in the U.S. state of California and the seat of government of Monterey County. With a population of 163,542 in the 2020 Census, Salinas is the most populous city in Monterey County. [10] Salinas is an urban area located along the ...
The Salinas River ( Rumsen: ua kot taiauačorx) [ 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]
The Steinbeck House is a turreted Victorian building at 132 Central Avenue in downtown Salinas. It is a two-story wood framed Queen Anne style residence constructed in 1897–98. The house is on a concrete foundation with a full basement. Exterior walls are a combination of horizontal wood siding and buttwood shingles.
Opened. May 1996. Managed by. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Warden. Trent Allen. Salinas Valley State Prison (SVSP) is a 300-acre (120 ha) California state prison located 5 miles (8 km) north of Soledad, in Monterey County, California, adjacent to the Correctional Training Facility (aka Soledad State Prison).
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.
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 ...
The Salinan are a Native American tribe whose ancestral territory is in the southern Salinas Valley and the Santa Lucia Range in the Central Coast of California. Today, the Salinan governments are now working toward federal tribal recognition from the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Map of Salinan placenames, dialects, and tribelets.