Panoche Hills Recreation Area — Attraction in Los Banos

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Hilltops over 2,500 feet high offer scenic vistas of the lush San Joaquin Valley and spectacular Sierra Nevada Mountains. The Panoche Hills was once part of a vast inland sea. Fossils found include vertebrates such as mosasaurs, plesiosaurs, and marine turtles. Visitor service improvements are now complete at the new day use facility, which features a parking area, a shade structure, picnic benches, a vault toilet, and a kiosk providing an interpretive panel, a map, and information about the activities. (Activities include Auto touring,Biking, Camping,Hiking, wildlife viewing, photography and day use area. Well as Both hunting and Target shooting are allowed in on BML hunting includes anything from varmint (none-game hunting) to upland game birds mostly consisting of Chakar and quails well as small game all the way up to big game like Deer and wild pigs. Also the area is CLOSED to Motorized vehicles during fire season typically from mid April to mid October,but Yu can still bike hike walk run or whatever...

We went to Panoche Hills on Sunday April 2. From April through October the last 6 miles of the unpaved road to the visitor center is closed due to fire prevention. Visitors can park in the parking area on the side of Little Panoche Road. Towards visitor center is a easy to moderate uphill hiking. After about 1 hour or 2-3 miles, one enters into the public land. This is where we stopped and returned. This is also where the most spectacular wild flowers are displayed. It’s great, and can be better in one or two weeks when the blooms will be...

Awesome place to come and express your 2nd amendment. Bring your friends and family just remember to practice firearm safety and please cleanup afterwards there is a restroom you might want to bring some TP just make sure it's septic safe. Oh and don't forget to bring a canopy there...