The Pinecate Rocks of US 101 on the Prunedale Cutoff

[Max Rockatansky]

The Pinecate Rocks are a geographical feature found along US Route 101 in western San Benito County in the Gabilan Range.  The Pinecate Rocks are an often-cited location of numerous bandit holdups during the California Gold Rush.  The Pinecate Rocks became part of US Route 101 when the highway was realigned past them during July 1932.  Pictured above as the blog cover is a then two-lane US Route 101 passing by the Pinecate Rocks during 1932. 

https://www.gribblenation.org/2023/01/the-pinecate-rocks-of-us-route-101.html?m=1

[Northcoast707]

Hi Max:  The Pinecate Rocks are also the location of where the San Andreas fault crosses U.S. 101; they (or rather, the eucalyptus trees around them) entered the public conscious int he 1958 Hitchcock film "Vertigo."