He also built a toll road from Bell Station to Pacheco Pass.

South of Pacheco Pass, the only major nearby communities (those with a population over 15,000) are Los Baños, and Hollister.

Afterward the gang crossed Pacheco Pass, and went to Santa Cruz County.

It was renamed for Lafayette F. Bell, who had built a saloon at the entrance to a road over Pacheco Pass.

Later, Bell bought the road over Pacheco Pass from Andrew Firebaugh and began charging a toll for passage.

A portion of Route 152 from Bell Station to Pacheco Pass was a toll road from sometime in the 1840s until 1878.

After the murders the Gang crossed over Pacheco Pass, and went into hiding at a camp in the mountains above Corralitos.

Gusty winds are common in the late afternoon, especially in the vicinity of nearby Pacheco Pass.

The park entrance is on Dinosaur Point Road, a short distance from California State Route 152 near Pacheco Pass.

It was located on the stage coach route across the San Joaquin Valley, from Visalia to Pacheco Pass.