Pilot Knob

#747 among destinations in the United States

Nature, Natural attraction, Top attraction, Mountain

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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 was named for its prominence as a landmark for riverboat traffic in the 19th-20th centuries on the Colorado River which borders Winterhaven–Yuma. Pilot Knob is an Area of Critical Environmental Concern administered by the Bureau of Land Management. ()

Elevation: 876 ftCoordinates: 32°43'53"N, 114°45'0"W

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Pilot Knob – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Andrade Port of Entry, Morelos Dam.

1.6 miSE
Harbor
Andrade Port of Entry, Los Algodones
40 min walk • The Andrade Port of Entry is the easternmost and lowest volume border crossing of the United States-Mexico border in California, USA. It is located 2 miles south of Interstate 8, and about 2000 feet west of the Colorado River, in Imperial County opposite the Los Algodones border crossing in Baja California, Mexico.
2.2 miSE
Dam
Morelos Dam, Los Algodones
56 min walk • After a 1944 United States Mexico Treaty the Morelos Dam was built in 1950 across the Colorado River. 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.

Pilot Knob

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Pilot Knob – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Andrade Port of Entry, Los Algodones

Morelos Dam, Los Algodones