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Even the most seasoned Baja traveler will probably say "where?" if you ask
them if they have be to Algodones in northern Baja. And for good reason...it's
not really a tourist town. As a matter of fact, it's barely even located in Baja!
But if you take a peek at a map of Baja, and look in the upper right hand corner
near Yuma Arizona and the California border, you will find the warm and friendly
Baja town of Algodones, Baja California, Mexico.
ALGODONES, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
Home to 15,000 happy souls, what makes this town somewhat important is that it is one of only a few border areas where one can cross from the United States to Baja, and a customhouse is available for importing and exporting. The town is somewhat 'famous' for its dental offices...14 at last count! Algodones hosts 2 festivals each year, a Welcome Winter Visitors Festival in December, and a Thank You Visitors Festival in March!
Algodones can be reached by taking Baja Highway 8 east of Mexicali all the way to the end, or by crossing the U.S. border off of U.S. Highway 8 a dozen miles west of Yuma, Arizona.
Folks from Arizona headed to San Felipe and parts south can trip through Algodones after heading west on U.S. Highway 8 and then taking Mexico Highway 186 south. It is also possible to take Baja Highway 2 from the U.S. border south of Yuma. After traveling through the farming communities south of Algodones tourists can look for the real Baja beach fun in San Felipe, Puertecitos and Gonzaga Bay.
Algodones is one of the few towns in Mexico to be located adjacent to the Colorado River. This is the exact location where the mighty Colorado leaves the borders of the United States, and then meanders its way south through Mexico to the Sea of Cortez. The location where the Colorado River meets the Sea of Cortez is where Carlos Fiesta finished his 2,200 mile solo circumnavigation in a 19 foot panga after departing Los Angeles one month earlier. For more information drop by the 'Circumnaviagtion' section of Baja Expo!
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