San Miguel

San Miguel is a locality in General Plutarco Elías Calles Municipality, Sonora. San Miguel is situated nearby to the village Adolfo López Mateos, as well as near the locality Los Gallegos.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gachado Well and Line Camp and Dos Lomitas Ranch.

Gachado Well and Line Camp

Historic site

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The Gachado Well was excavated between 1917 and 1919 near the Arizona-Mexico border in Pima County, Arizona. Named after a stooped mesquite tree, the well served a ranch owned by Lonald Blankenship.

Dos Lomitas Ranch

Historic site

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The Dos Lomitas Ranch, also known as the Rattlesnake Ranch, Blankenship Well and the Gray Ranch, was the first of fifteen ranches and line camps in the Gray family cattle business in the Sonoran Desert country north of the US-Mexico border in Arizona. Dos Lomitas Ranch is situated 3½ km east of San Miguel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lukeville and Sonoyta.

Lukeville

Village

Lukeville is a small unincorporated town on the Mexico–United States border in southern Pima County, Arizona, United States. It was started by Charles Luke, brother of World War I aviator Frank Luke, an Arizona native who was awarded a posthumous Medal of Honor. Lukeville is situated 4 km northwest of San Miguel.

Sonoyta

Town

Photo: Alan Levine, CC BY 2.0.

Sonoyta, Sonora, is a town in the northern Mexican state of Sonora. It stands on the U.S.-Mexico border, facing Lukeville, Arizona, in the United States. It is the municipal seat of the municipality of Plutarco Elías Calles. Sonoyta is situated 7 km west of San Miguel.

San Miguel

Type: Locality
Location: General Plutarco Elías Calles Municipality, Sonora, Northern Mexico, Mexico, North America
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Latitude

31.8664° or 31° 51′ 59″ north

Longitude

-112.77702° or 112° 46′ 37″ west

Elevation

417 metres (1,368 feet)

Open location code

8539V68F+H5

GeoNames ID

13292351

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In Other Languages

“San Miguel” goes by many names.

Spanish: “Colonia Emiliano Zapata”
Spanish: “San Miguel”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Dos Lomitas and Blankenship Ranch.

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