Tassajara Hot Springs, California
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Tassajara Hot Springs is an unincorporated community in Monterey County
, California, located 9 miles (14 km) east-northeast of Partington Point, at an elevation of 1637 feet (499 m).
The Tassajara post office operated from 1892 to 1894 followed by the Tassajara Hot Springs Post Office, which was open from 1912 until 1944. A hotel was built at the site between 1893–1894 and the (Tassajara Hot Springs
) resort established at one the 17 or so natural hot springs in the area. The name comes from Native American or Mexican and means "the place where meat is cured by drying".
Monterey County, California
Monterey County is a county located on the Pacific coast of the U.S. state of California, its northwestern section forming the southern half of Monterey Bay. The northern half of the bay is in Santa Cruz County. As of 2010, the population was 415,057. The county seat and largest city is Salinas...
, California, located 9 miles (14 km) east-northeast of Partington Point, at an elevation of 1637 feet (499 m).
The Tassajara post office operated from 1892 to 1894 followed by the Tassajara Hot Springs Post Office, which was open from 1912 until 1944. A hotel was built at the site between 1893–1894 and the (Tassajara Hot Springs
Tassajara Hot Springs
Tassajara Hot Springs is a natural hot springs in the Ventana Wilderness, within the Santa Lucia Range and Los Padres National Forest in Monterey County, California. The hot springs have been the site of a resort of one kind or another since the 1860s...
) resort established at one the 17 or so natural hot springs in the area. The name comes from Native American or Mexican and means "the place where meat is cured by drying".