Southern Pacific Railroad bed

Mexico / Baja California / Algodones /

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Now a road, this is an old Southern Pacific Railroad Bed. This spur track, originally 6 miles long, was constructed from El Rio to the Lower Mexican Intake in August of 1906, for the purpose of assisting in closing the diversion of the Colorado River into the Alamo Canal.

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Coordinates: 32°41'41"N 114°44'53"W

California Development Company levee 1.5 km
Uncontrolled flood of the Alamo Canal 2.7 km
Start of the Alamo Canal 4.3 km
Glamis, CA 18 km
olgilby road limited use BLM camping 20 km
La 28 (poblado Lazaro Cardenas) 45 km
Inky Barley Range 57 km
mock airfield for bombing practice 59 km
NEW Cipriano Pass 62 km
Colonia Carranza 64 km

Desert Hills Municipal Golf Course 11 km
Kofa High School 11 km
Cocopah Rio Colorado Golf Course 11 km
Friendship Park 11 km
Yuma Golf & Country Club 13 km
Runway 3L/21R 14 km
MCAS Yuma WSA 14 km
Yuma International Airport 14 km
Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona 15 km
Gadsden Township 16 km

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Desert Hills Municipal Golf Course Kofa High School Cocopah Rio Colorado Golf Course Friendship Park Yuma Golf & Country Club Runway 3L/21R MCAS Yuma WSA Yuma International Airport Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona Gadsden Township