Pilot Knob Check and Wasteway
Pilot Knob Check and Wasteway is in Imperial County, Desert, California. Pilot Knob Check and Wasteway is situated nearby to the hamlet Andrade, as well as near the locality Camp Pilot Knob.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Pilot Knob and Morelos Dam.
Pilot Knob
Peak
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. Pilot Knob is situated 2 miles west of Pilot Knob Check and Wasteway.
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. Morelos Dam is situated 2½ miles south of Pilot Knob Check and Wasteway.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Andrade and Los Algodones.
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.
Los Algodones
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.
Camp Pilot Knob
Locality
The Camp Pilot Knob was a sub camp of the US Army, Desert Training Center in Imperial County, California. The main headquarters for the Desert Training Center was Camp Young, this is where General Patton's 3rd Armored Division was stationed. Camp Pilot Knob is situated 2½ miles northwest of Pilot Knob Check and Wasteway.
Pilot Knob Check and Wasteway
Latitude
32.73727° or 32° 44′ 14″ northLongitude
-114.7169° or 114° 43′ 1″ westElevation
174 feet (53 metres)Open location code
8547P7PM+W6GeoNames ID
5382781
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