Yaqui Pass, California

Yaqui Pass is a mountain pass on in San Diego County in the U.S. state of California. The pass lies at an elevation of and is located within Anza-Borrego Desert State Park approximately east of the and traverses the Santa Rosa Mountains.

History

Local historians have described the Yaqui Pass route as an "old Indian trail." The Yaqui Pass Road was built in 1934–35 to connect with the new state highway through the Narrows. It was paved by the military during World War II— first paved road in the valley. During World War II, Yaqui Pass was used by the Marines to get to Camp Ensign, near Clark Dry Lake. Yaqui Pass is named after the nearby Yaqui Well, referring to a Yaqui Indian of Sonora, Mexico, who lived with a local Kumeyaay woman near the well sometime prior to 1909.