6.1 miles away
Colorado River State Historic Park
A state park in Yuma preserving the 1870s quartermaster depot that supplied the south-western frontier forts.
Morelos Dam
The last dam on the Colorado River, built in 1950 to divert Mexico's treaty share of the water to the Mexicali Valley.
- Rank in Arizona
- #406of 727 ranked
- Overall score
- Score 38.0 out of 100medium confidence
- Category
- Landmark
Morelos Dam was built across the Colorado River in 1950, under a 1944 treaty between the United States and Mexico. It stands about a mile below the point where the California border meets the river, between Los Algodones in Baja California and Yuma County, Arizona. The eastern half of the dam lies in United States territory, but Mexico is responsible for all of its maintenance. The dam allows Mexico to divert its allotted share of the Colorado to croplands in the Mexicali Valley, and it is the final dam on the river. It is operated by the International Boundary and Water Commission. On 23 March 2014 a gate was opened to begin an eight-week release intended to restore desert riparian habitat downstream.
Where it is
Morelos Dam is a landmark near Yuma, in Yuma County. It is one of the landmarks in this database, and appears in the statewide ranking of Arizona attractions.
How this ranking was reached
No official visitor count is published for Morelos Dam, so its score rests on public interest and tourism significance, and is capped below the level a measured attraction can reach. That is why the medium confidence above is not higher. The weighting is explained in full on the methodology page, and every axis is broken out under Facts and sources at the foot of this page.
Note on the data: No official visitor count is published for this attraction.
Sources
- Public interest: Wikimedia pageviews (en.wikipedia, human traffic), 2024
- Coordinates and designations: Wikidata(opens in a new tab)
- County: U.S. Census geography via FCC Area API, resolved from coordinates
Record last verified 2026-08-12.
Nearby attractions
6.1 miles away
Desert Sun Stadium
A Yuma stadium built for the 1970 spring training season, home of the San Diego Padres until 1993 and converted for soccer in 2015.6.4 miles away
Sanguinetti House Museum and Gardens
Sanguinetti House Museum and Gardens, in Yuma, Arizona, is an 1870s adobe house with exhibits on the lower Colorado River region since the 1540s.
6.7 miles away
Ocean To Ocean Bridge
A 1915 through truss bridge at Yuma, the first highway crossing of the lower Colorado and the only Pennsylvania truss in Arizona.
6.7 miles away
Yuma Crossing
A crossing of the Colorado River between Arizona and California, used in the Spanish colonial period and after.
6.8 miles away
Yuma Territorial Prison
A prison that took inmates from 1876 to 1909, now operated as a museum by Arizona State Parks in Yuma.
Facts and sources
Place
- Category
- Landmark
- Destination
- Yuma
- County
- Yuma County
- State
- Arizona
Visitation
- Annual visits
- Not published
Ranking
- Overall score
- 38.0 / 100
- Visitation score
- No published count
- Popularity score
- 29.7
- Significance score
- 45.0
- Confidence
- medium
Visiting
- Coordinates
- 32.7050, -114.7280
- Last verified
- 2026-08-12