San Miguel (Colonia Emiliano Zapata)
San Miguel (Colonia Emiliano Zapata) is a historic site in General Plutarco Elías Calles Municipality, Sonora. San Miguel (Colonia Emiliano Zapata) is situated nearby to the peak Dos Lomitas, as well as near the village Lukeville.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Gachado Well and Line Camp and Dos Lomitas Ranch.
Gachado Well and Line Camp
Historic site
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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. Gachado Well and Line Camp is situated 1½ km west of San Miguel (Colonia Emiliano Zapata).
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 3 km east of San Miguel (Colonia Emiliano Zapata).
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 4½ km northwest of San Miguel (Colonia Emiliano Zapata).
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 (Colonia Emiliano Zapata).
San Miguel (Colonia Emiliano Zapata)
- Type: Historic site
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: General Plutarco Elías Calles Municipality, Sonora, Northern Mexico, Mexico, North America
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Latitude
31.86683° or 31° 52′ 1″ northLongitude
-112.77267° or 112° 46′ 22″ westOpen location code
8539V68G+PWOpenStreetMap ID
node 336189690OpenStreetMap feature
historic=village
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Dos Lomitas and Gringo Pass Airfield (historical).
Nearby Places
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