Mercy Hot Springs and the BLM area were the two sites suggested by the
locals during my trip. They advised me that the BLM area was very much "no
rules" so I should probably not observe alone.
The springs has a "campground" so you could overnight there.
I could not find anything closer to the pass itself that was not obviously
private land.
Rob Hawley
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From: sf-bay-tac-bounces@seds.org [mailto:sf-bay-tac-bounces@seds.org]On
Behalf Of jimc8ngt@comcast.net
Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 10:16 PM
To: sf-bay-tac@seds.org
Subject: [TAC] Panoche Pass "Dark Site" Candidates
Greetings,
I searched the archives for some concrete information on where EXACTLY one
might observe near the Panoche Pass and found more questions than answers.
So I decided to take a drive this afternoon from Hollister across to I-5
along Panoche Rd. looking for candidate sites.
In summary, I found three pretty good candidates along Little Panoche Rd.,
and I posted my detailed findings on the following web page:
http://home.comcast.net/~solospam/panoche.html
I would be very interested in some feedback. In particular, has anyone
actually observed from any of these sites? How good/accessible/dark are
they? Anyway, hope this is helpful and/or thought provoking.
Thanks,
Jim S.
Received on Thu Apr 1 09:29:27 2004