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Joaquin Ridge

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Joaquin Ridge is a ridge in the Diablo Range in Fresno County, California. The ridge is named for Joaquin Murietta (1830-1853), a California Gold Rush bandit, leader of the Five Joaquins Gang, who used this region as a rendezvous and camp that overlooked the gangs base at the Rancho de Cantua. The ridge is ten miles long, running from its high point at {{coord|36|19|48|N|120|34|09|W|display=inline}}, east of Spanish Lake, eastward to Joaquin Rocks {{coord|36|19|11|N|120|27|32|W|display=inline}}, and then southwestward to {{coord|36|18|15|N|120|24|11|W|display=inline}} near Black Mountain the high point on Anticline Ridge.^[1] Joaquin Ridge is bound on the northeast by the Big Blue Hills and on the southwest by Portuguese Canyon. Its highest elevation 4,701 feet / 1,433 meters, is 0.64 km (0.4 mi) east of Spanish Lake.^[1]

The most distinguishing feature of Joaquin Ridge is Joaquin Rocks, originally known as "Las Tres Piedras" (The Three Rocks). These three pillars of rock on the ridge are clearly visable on the ridge for many miles from many directions in the San Joaquin Valley and has a veiw of much of the valley.^[2] On the slope nearby just south of the Rocks at {{coord|36|18|55|N|120|27|11|W|display=inline}} is Joaquin Spring, that until the 1950's was known as Valenzuela Spring.^[3]

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1. ^¹{{GNIS|244069|Joaquin Ridge}}
2. ^{{GNIS|244070|Joaquin Rocks}}
3. ^{{GNIS|24407|Joaquin Spring}}

3 : Ridges of California|Landforms of Fresno County, California|Diablo Range

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