Cholame, California is an unincorporated community in San Luis Obispo County, California, USA. It sits at an elevation of 1,157 feet (351 m) above sea level and is located at 35.72389° N 120.29556° W. Cholame is reached via California State Route 41, just south of the junction of Route 46. Rainfall data from a nearby ranch shows that the area around Cholame only receives about eight to nine inches of rain in a normal year. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with unincorporated. ... Jump to: navigation, search Location in the state of California Formed 1850 Seat San Luis Obispo Area - Total - Water 9,364 km² (3,616 mi²) 806 km² (311 mi²) 8. ... Elevation has several related meanings: Geography The elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or possibly some other fixed point). ... The term above mean sea level (AMSL) refers to the elevation (on the ground) or altitude (in the air) of any object, relative to the average sea level. ... JUNCTION POSTMILE SR-1 SLO 0. ... California State Route 46, is an east-west highway from the Pacific coast of California at Cambria, California through the western part of the southern San Joaquin Valley, intersecting California State Highway 99 about five miles east of Wasco It has an interchange with Interstate 5 near Lost Hills. ...
The town is best known as the place where James Dean died on September 30, 1955. (Dean actually died at a spot located a short distance away.) On September 30, 2005, the fiftieth anniversary of Dean's death, a few hundred people gathered in Cholame to pay tribute to Dean. Cholame has a restaurant and a memorial to James Dean. Jump to: navigation, search James Dean James Byron Dean (February 8, 1931 – September 30, 1955) was a charismatic, slightly androgynous American film actor who epitomized youthful angst. ... Jump to: navigation, search September 30 is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 92 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
California State Senator Jack O'Connell, longtime advocate of highway safety introduced Senate Concurrent Resolution 52--declaring, henceforth and forever, the intersection of Highways 41 and 46 the James Dean Memorial Junction in honor of James Dean-and marking it as the location of his tragic death.
Cholame is cut in two by a slim ribbon of highway--California 46 which runs westward from just above Bakersfield to Paso Robles where it joins Highway 101 and farther west to the sea.
California State Senator Jack O'Connell, longtime advocate of highway safety, introduced and has seen passed, a formal resolution--SCR 52--declaring, henceforth and forever, the intersection of Highways 41 and 46 the James Dean Memorial Junction in honor of James Dean and marking it as the location of his tragic death.
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