Mercey Hot Springs, California


Mercey Hot Springs is an unincorporated community in the Little Panoche Valley of Fresno County, central California, about west-southwest of Fresno. It is a resort along South Fork Little Panoche Creek and the Little Panoche Road located at the western edge of Fresno County.
The unincorporated area is about ten driving miles west of Interstate 5. NAD83 latitude and longitude for the site are listed as in the National Geographic Names Database. The NGND shows a feature ID number of 1659109. The facility is along the San Andreas Rift Zone.
Located in the Little Panoche Valley, the facility includes a campground and natural hot springs. The ZIP Code is 93622, and the community is inside area code 559. It lies at an elevation of.

History

The springs were discovered on the Arroyo de Pannochita in 1848. During the California Gold Rush it was known as the Aguaje Panochita. This watering place was used by mesteneros as holding point for their captured mustangs. It was a station on La Vereda del Monte used by the Five Joaquins Gang driving their horses southward to their hideout on the Arroyo de Cantua. The later resort opened after 1900. The name is in honor of J.N. Mercy, an early stockman.

Nearby

About south, in San Benito County near the intersection of Panoche Road and Little Panoche Road, is the Panoche Inn. The bar is popular with motorcyclists on weekends in good weather. NAD27 latitude and longitude for the Inn are .
Four miles northwest, the county lines for Merced County, San Benito County, and Fresno form a "T".
Path 15, a major electric transmission corridor in California, runs approximately five miles to the east of the resort.
Five miles to the south in the Panoche Valley is the Panoche Valley Solar Farm.