Visitor Center Open 9 am to 5 pm:
- 5 days a week, Thursday - Monday until May 31,
2010
- Weekends and Holidays only
June 1 - September 30, 2010
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.
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
 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.
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.
 Wi-Fi
Service:
Anza-Borrego
Desert State Park offers AT&T Wi-Fi Service! This
service enables park visitors with wireless enabled
laptop computers or personal digital assistants (PDAs)
to access the Internet. You can access this service if
you are within a 150 foot range base of the Ranger's
Office. For more information about this service please
see
January 19, 2005, News Release.
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There 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).
or
call
800-444-7275
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
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Unless
visitors know the park very well, or carry
detailed maps, it is wise NOT to venture too far
from vehicles or from marked highways or roads.
Getting lost is one of the easiest things to do
in the desert. It is always wise to ask a
ranger or a park volunteer about desert hazards
and to make sure someone else knows where you
are going.
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Coyote
Ridge with Toro Peak in the background
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