Stop by to pick up information on wildflowers, visit the award wining museum, see a free slide show or video program, or peruse the wide selection of publications on the park's natural and cultural resources at the bookstore.
Visitor Center: 760-767-4205 200 Palm Canyon Drive Borrego Springs CA 92004-5005 anzaborrego@parks.ca.gov Get Driving Directions
Borrego Palm Canyon: Borrego Palm Canyon is the most famous and most visited area in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. Often crowded, this popular trail leads to a cool, shady, palm oasis. Self-guided trail brochure describes plants and geology. This rocky trail is three miles round-trip and takes a minimum of two hours. Begins at Borrego Palm Canyon Campground.Plants & Wildflowers: Wildflowers usually begin blooming in January and reach their peak in March. The success of each year's wildflower bloom is dependent on a variety of factors, including rainfall, temperature and winds. Click here for detailed plant trail guides in the park.
Wildflower Hotline 760-767-4684.
CAMPING & RESERVATIONSThere are three developed campgrounds in the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park®: Borrego Palm Canyon and Tamarisk Grove & Horse Camp (an equestrian camp located at the mouth of Coyote Canyon).
There is also a small campground at Bow Willow. Ask park staff about the rules for backcountry camping. Click here for more information about our campgrounds.
Use extreme CAUTION
Coyote
Ridge with Toro Peak in the background
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The Visitor
Center is state-of-the-art and uniquely situated under a
desert garden at the west end of Palm Canyon Drive near
the village of Borrego Springs. From the
parking lot take the walkway past the flagpole.
Desert
Garden:
A desert
garden just outside the Visitor Center building provides
a quick look at some of the vegetation in the 600,000
acre park, with the species identified. The garden also
includes a pupfish pond.
