Yaqui Well Trail Anza-Borrego Desert State Park Nature Trail self-guided hike San Felipe Wash Yaqui Well springs Tamarisk Grove Campground hike
Yaqui Well Trail is one of the free self-guided nature trails in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. Pair a trail guide (that you can pick up at the trailhead) with numbered markers along the way to learn about the history and botany of Anza-Borrego Desert State Park as you enjoy the surrounding scenery. The 1.6-mile round trip trail with 100 feet of elevation gain ends at Yaqui Well, a vital... Read more.
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Tagged with · Borrego Springs · California State Parks · Free Trails · Nature Trails
Distance: 1.6 miles · Elevation change: 100 feet
By: Published: Last updated: April 14, 2017
Kenyon Overlook Trail loop viewpoint Yaqui Pass hike Anza-Borrego Desert State Park California Bill Kenyon Trail
Looks can be deceiving. Kenyon Overlook Trail doesn't impress at the start - a dirt single track leaving the most primitive campground in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. The trail crosses pleasant but generic desert landscape at Yaqui Pass. Stick with this hike because the payoff is massive - a huge view across Mescal Bajada toward Sunset Mountain (which puts on a colorful display from the... Read more.
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Distance: 1.15 miles · Elevation change: 125 feet
By: Published: Last updated: January 9, 2018
Marshal South Home Trail Yaquitepec site Ghost Mountain Blair Valley hike Anza-Borrego Desert State Park California
The Anza-Borrego Desert is a beautiful place to visit, but a tough place to live. The areas inhabitants usually built homes near water, trees, and roads, but not Marshal South, who traded utility for scenery when he built a homestead in the 1930s atop Ghost Mountain (Yaquitepec) near Blair Valley in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. The trail to the ruins of the South's adobe cabin is 1.3... Read more.
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Tagged with · California State Parks · Free Trails · Ruins
Distance: 1.3 miles · Elevation change: 450 feet
By: Published: Last updated: January 9, 2018
Panoramic Overlook Trail Borrego Palm Canyon hike Anza-Borrego Desert State Park California
Grab your hiking boots and your camera for this short hike to 360-degree views. Panoramic Overlook Trail is a vista-filled one-mile out and back hike with 275 feet of elevation gain. The brief steep effort is rewarded by sweeping views over Borrego Valley from a ridge flanking Borrego Palm Canyon at the base of San Ysidro Mountains, the towering western boundary of Anza-Borrego Desert State... Read more.
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Distance: 1 mile · Elevation change: 275 feet
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Tubb Canyon Trail to Big Spring in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park hike
Driving around Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, you will pass quite a few unnamed or unmarked footpaths heading off somewhere into the desert. If you are curious enough to venture down one of these mysterious trails, make your way to Tubb Canyon. Located near Culp Valley Primitive Campground in the San Ysidro Mountains on the west side of the park, Tubb Canyon Trail offers an easy 1.5-mile... Read more.
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Distance: 1.5 miles · Elevation change: 200 feet
By: Published: Last updated: January 9, 2018