Eastern Mojave Vegetation California Highway 46  
 

Tom Schweich  

Home Page  California Highway 46 runs from US Highway 99 near Bakersfield, west across the San Joaquin Valley, sharing part of its route with California Highway 41, to Paso Robles, and then to California Highway 1, just south of Cambria.

Other articles:
• CA Hwy 99:   at CA Hwy 46;  

Junction: California Highway 99, north to Fresno, or south to Bakersfield.

 

 

Literature Cited:
- Lofgren, B. E., and R. L. Klausing, 1969.

Locations: Wasco.  

Wasco

 

Other articles:
• U. S. Interstate 5:   at CA Hwy 46;  

Junction: US Interstate 5, north to San Francisco, and south to Los Angeles.

 

   

Lost Hills

 

Full Size ImageBlackwells Corners, "World's Largest Parking Lot"  
 

 

 

Other articles:
• California Highway 33:   at Blackwells Corners;  

Blackwells Corners

Blackwells Corners
  Polonio Pass

Locations: Cholame Valley.
Full Size ImageView west on California Highway 46 into Cholame Valley  

 

Other articles:
• Cholame Road:   at CA 41/46;  

Junction: Cholame Valley Road, south to … … wherever …

Other articles:
• Cholame Road:   at CA 41/46;  

Junction: Cholame Valley Road, north to Parkfield.

Other articles:
• California Highway 41:  Cholame Valley;  

Junction: California Highway 41, east to Fresno.

 

 

Other articles:
• California Highway 41:  Cholame;

Locations: Cholame.
Full Size ImageJack Ranch Caf e and James Dean Memorial at Cholame, CA.  

Cholame

 

Other articles:
• California Highway 41:  Shandon;  

Junction: California Highway 41, west to Atascadero.
 
Paso Robles below …

Other articles:
• River Road:  60000;  

Junction: River Road
  Salinas River Bridge

Other articles:
• U. S. Highway 101:   at CA Hwy 46 East;  

Junction: US Highway 101, North

This junction is at 24th Street in Paso Robles. California Highway 46 follows the route of US Highway 101 south to the exit west just south of Paso Robles.

 

 

Other articles:
• U. S. Highway 101:  Paso Robles;

Locations: Paso Robles.  

Paso Robles

 

Locations: Paso Robles.
Full Size ImageRejuvenated Hot Spring After San Simeon Earthquake.  

 
  Paso Robles above …

Other articles:
• U. S. Highway 101:   at CA Hwy 46 West;  

Junction: US Highway 101, South through Atascadero to San Luis Obispo and Los Angeles.

Full Size ImageEarthquake cracks on California Highway 46.  
 

Other articles:
• Field Notes:  20051224050;
Full Size ImageFault scarp along CA Highway 46.  

We stopped along California Highway 46 for a view of Morro Rock and Morro Bay. But the winter sun was against us, and the photo very difficult. On the opposite side of the highway, the winter sun was lighting up this fault scarp that places Franciscan Formation above some Miocene sediments.

Other articles:
• California Highway 1:   at CA Hwy 46;  

Junction: California Highway 1, north to Cambria, Big Sur, and Monterey, south to Morro Bay and San Luis Obispo.
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Date and time this article was prepared: 9/22/2024 4:37:04 PM