University of California, Merced
The University of California, Merced is a public land-grant research university in Merced, California. It is one of the ten campuses in the University of California (UC) system. Established in 2005, UC Merced is the newest campus within the UC system. The primary campus is located around five miles north of Merced and sits adjacent to Lake Yosemite. The main campus is around 1,026 acres in size, and total land owned by the university amounts to around 8,195 acres including large areas of preserve land. Large swaths of almond orchards and natural grasslands surround the university.
The Beginnings Sculpture located in the Carol-Tomlinson Keasy Quadrangle
Ansel Adams Road
Scholars Lane
Solar Archway at Science and Engineering 2
Merced is a city in, and the county seat of, Merced County, California, United States, in the San Joaquin Valley. As of the 2020 Census, the city had a population of 86,333, up from 78,958 in 2010. Incorporated on April 1, 1889, Merced is a charter city that operates under a council–manager government. It is named after the Merced River, which flows nearby.
Image: Merced Theatre (cropped)
Image: Tioga Hotel Merced California (cropped)
Image: Merced Court House panoramio (cropped)
Image: Merced County High School (cropped)