[1] Canebrake Canyon is found southwest of Mesquite Oasis, northeast of the Tierra Blanca Mountains.
An open wilderness of San Diego County, California, it is reached nearby from popular Anza-Borrego Desert State Park and is a remote hiking destination.
[2] Canebrake Canyon forms its own California Special district with its own civil government, the Canebrake County Water District, which currently maintains 2 wells and 2 storage tanks; one "important tradition of the Canebrake County Water District is the volunteer support provided by community members to perform tasks large and small required to keep water flowing."
[3] Canebrake Canyon lies along the California Overland Trail connecting the strategic Aqua Caliente Hot Springs to Fort Yuma on the Colorado and Gila Rivers during the American settlement of California.
[4] Canebrake Canyon is listed by the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency in Bethesda, Maryland.