Pilot Knob
Pilot Knob is a peak in Imperial County, California. Pilot Knob is located 8 miles southeast of Ogilby, It rises to an elevation of 876 feet. Pilot Knob is a rocky landform, geologically a Volcanic plug, west of Yuma, Arizona–Winterhaven, California; it is connected to the Cargo Muchacho Mountains, the central portion of the mountains being about 7 miles north.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 827 feet
- Description: mountain in California, United States
- Also known as: “Avie Quah-la-Altwa”, “Cerro de San Pablo”, “Ha-bee-co-la-la”, “Pilot Peak”, and “San Pablo”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Morelos Dam.
Morelos Dam
Dam
The Morelos Dam was built in 1950 across the Colorado River following a 1944 treaty between the United States and Mexico. It is located about 1 mile below the junction of the California border and the Colorado River between the town of Los Algodones, Baja California, in northwestern Mexico and Yuma County, Arizona in the southwestern United States.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Andrade and Felicity.
Andrade
Hamlet
Andrade is a small locale in the southeasternmost corner of the state of California, in Imperial County. The community is located entirely within the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation.
Felicity
Hamlet
Photo: Perdelsky, Public domain.
Felicity is an unincorporated community in Imperial County, California. The town was established in 1986 by Jacques-Andre Istel who bought the land in the 1950s and developed it in the 1980s after selling off his parachute business.
Los Algodones
Town
Los Algodones or Vicente Guerrero is a town in Baja California, Mexico, approximately 16 km west of Yuma, Arizona. The northernmost town in Mexico, Los Algodones has the distinction that a person traveling from it in any of the four cardinal directions would reach a border with the US.
Pilot Knob
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Imperial County, Desert, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
32.73144° or 32° 43′ 53″ northLongitude
-114.74996° or 114° 44′ 60″ westElevation
827 feet (252 metres)Open location code
8547P7J2+H2OpenStreetMap ID
node 358790601OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ladin—“Pilot Knob” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Pilot Knob”
- Chinese: “派洛山”
- Dutch: “Pilot Knob”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل پيلوت كنوب”
- Ladin: “Pilot Knob)”
- Ladin: “Pilot Knob”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Camp Pilot Knob and Araz Junction.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pilot Knob Mesa and Pilot Knob Long Term Visitor Area.
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