Madera Fairgrounds, north of Fresno

Getting There

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Directions	From highway 99 north of Fresno and south of Merced, in Madera, take Cleveland Ave. exit and turn West (left, from south; right, from north). Turn left at the traffic light that goes into the fair's main parking lot. Follow the parking lots to the left and farther back into the site; enter the agility area past the guard booth gate in the big chain-link fence to your left in the back 1/3 of the parking lot.
Distance	132 miles
Driving time to, 5 AM	unknown
Driving time from, 3 PM	2 hrs, 10 mins.
Slow bits	101 south out of San Jose can be the pits Friday from about 3:00 until 7:00; reverse the direction of the mess on Sunday late afternoon. Highway 152 turns to surface streets through Los Banos.
Notes

Site Description

Overview	Large lawn area with minor hiking required for all facilities.
Parking	Pull up onto lawn right next to rings. Later arrivals have to park in 2nd row leaving room for earlier parkers to back out.
Restrooms	Easily 100 yards from ring. Showers available. Sometimes the restrooms directly next to the lawn area are also open.
Dog romping	Lots of room in several grassy areas; some can be quite muddy during rainy season.
Shade/Shelter	Big trees along parking side of ring. No shelter from rain.
Camping	Park your RV or tent right next to ring. $10 with or without hookups; most hookups are located further away, closer to arena restrooms.
Food	Lots available along Cleveland but unless you're really into hiking you'll want to take your car. Food served by club is near restrooms, so count on a mini-hike for breakfast and lunch.
Notes	Lots of gopher holes. One year, a dog was apparently poisoned (recovered) from eating dead poisoned gopher or poison itself. Watch your dogs.