32°44′19″N 115°58′03″W / 32.73861°N 115.96750°W
Coyote Wells | |
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 Coyote Wells and environs, c. 1920 | |
  Coyote Wells Location in California | |
| Coordinates: 32°44′19″N 115°58′03″W / 32.73861°N 115.96750°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Imperial County |
| Elevation | 299 ft (91 m) |
| Population | |
| • Estimate (1998) | 1,409 |
Coyote Wells is an unincorporated community in Imperial County, California.[1] It is located on the San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway 24 miles (39 km) west of El Centro,[2] at an elevation of 299 feet (91 m).[1]
There is a petrified forest in and around Yuha wash, about 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Coyote Wells.[3]
- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Coyote Wells, California
- ^ Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 1409. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
- ^ Rensch, Hero Eugene; Rensch, Ethel Grace (1932). Historic Spots in California: The Southern Counties. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press. p. 3.