• Elevation: 780 feet above sea level.
• County: San Diego. 
• Distances: 78 miles northeast of the city of San Diego in the Borrego Valley of southeastern California.  The Salton Sea is 30 miles to the east following S-22. Borrego Springs is also 40 miles from the border of Mexico.
• Desert: in the extreme western Sonoran Desert completely surrounded by the 600,000+ acre Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.
• Mountains: Surrounded by the Santa Rosa (8,000 ft), San Ysidro (6,500 ft) and Vallecito (3,600) mountains.
• Highways:  County Highways S-3 and S-22 meet in downtown Borrego Springs.
• Maps & Directions:  Map & Directions to Borrego Springs.
• Coordinates:
  USGS  33°15′24″N, 116°22′30″W (33.2558717, -116.375012)^GR1. (This is near the intersection of Palm Canyon Drive and Borrego Springs Road, where most maps place the community).
  USCB   33°14′50″N, 116°22′19″W (33.247113, -116.371969)^GR1. This is approximately 3,300 feet south-southeast of the USGS location. According to the United States Census Bureau, the Borrego Springs census-designated place (CDP) has a total area of 110.1 km² (42.5 mi²), all land.