• Anza-Borrego Desert State Park ® - The park is named after Spanish explorer Juan Bautista de Anza and the Spanish word "borrego" for bighorn sheep.

• 600,000 + acres

• Anza-Borrego Desert State Park® is located on the eastern side of San Diego County, with portions extending east into Imperial County and north into Riverside County.

• Many visitors approach from the east or west via Highways S22 and 78. From the coast, these highways descend from the heights of the Peninsular range of mountains with spectacular views of the great bowl of the Colorado Desert. Highway S2 enters the park from the south off of Interstate 8.  More

Visitor Center:

• 9:00am to 5:00pm
  • 7 days a week  October through May
  • open weekends only June through September.

• Park Office
• Visitor Center
• Campgrounds -
  • Borrego Palm Canyon Campground. Three campsites are designated accessible. All are accessibly furnished and located. Tent sites are 12'x 12' on soft sand. There are 48 sites with full hook-ups, many of them level and generally accessible, though they are not so designated. Restrooms with showers: Five accessible unisex toilet rooms with separate showers are dispersed through upper and lower ends of campground with some near tent sites and some near sites with RV hookups. Routes of travel from sites to restrooms are accessible. There is one accessible parking space adjacent to each of the accessible restrooms.
  • Tamarisk Grove Campground. Two campsites are accessible. Restroom: A new accessible restroom and shower building is adjacent to one of the accessible campsites. An accessible parking space is adjacent to the building. The campfire center has been made accessible.
  • Bow Willow Campground. There are two accessible campsites and an accessible non-flush restroom at this remote and undeveloped campground.

• Trails
  The .75-mile All-Access Trail near the Visitor Center has been improved and now connects the Visitor Center to the Borrego Palms Campground. Interpretive panels focus on area plants and animals and include Braille text keyed to alternate senses.

• Exhibits/Programs
  Anza Borrego Visitor Center. The Visitor Center is generally accessible and includes automatic doors at the entry. Exhibits are generally accessible. Assistive listening devices are available. Exterior accessible restrooms off the parking area are available. Parking includes four designated accessible spaces with one van accessible. Route of travel from lot to Visitor Center entry is 300 feet, but path is paved and generally accessible.