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Borrego Campground

DanaMite — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 10:58:34 +0000

Anza Borrego Desert State Park & Borrego Springs Campground

Anza Borrego Desert is the largest of the California State Parks. Borrego Palm Canyon Campground is the official name of this popular palm oasis & developed campground located very close to Borrego Springs CA. Hike or bike to town. There is also a private RV Park named Palm Canyon Resort in town, just to confuse you. Desert wildflowers blooms, popular hiking & biking trails, plus mud caves & slot canyons draw plenty visitors here, mostly in the winter months. Summer high temps exceed 90 degrees for months at a time.
There are hundreds of miles of dirt roads to explore, and one could easily spend every weekend for a full year, checking out all there is to see in this vast desert, where elevations range from near sea level to 5000′ peaks.

Borrego Desert Campgrounds

Borrego Palm Canyon Campground
Culp Valley Campsite
Fish Creek Campground
Leapin Lizard RV Ranch
Palm Canyon RV Resort
Tamarisk Grove
Truckhaven Hills OHV
Yaqui Pass Campsite

Let us also remind you that this is the best place to camp in SoCal for primitive car camping (camping outside of a developed campground). Super secluded, darkest skies, free and always located on the back roads. 4×4 is not required in all areas, so there are plenty options. Blair Valley or Coyote Canyon Gardens are popular camp spots. For more info on free camping click here.

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Borrego Camping

DanaMite — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 03:12:30 +0000

Anza Borrego Park / Anza Borrego Campgrounds

Highway 78 cuts right thru the middle of the largest State Park in the lower 48. Anza Borrego Desert State Park is a place that must be visited more than once to really take in all the beauty it has to offer. North-South: San Diego County Road S2 skirts the western border with Laguna Mountain towering above. It starts at Ocotillo @ Interstate 8 and heads Northwest to Lake Henshaw at Warner Springs. East-West: a major route S22, connects Montezuma Valley to the Borrego Valley, and continues East to the Salton Sea. The center of the parks is pretty much the town of Borrego Springs. County Road S3 leads from Hwy 78 down the the town of Borrego Springs Valley. developed campgrounds:

Agua Caliente Hot Springs, S2
Blair Valley Camping (free), S2
Borrego Palm Canyon Campground
Bow Willow Campground (free), S2
Butterfield Ranch RV Park, S2
Culp Valley Campground (free), S22
Fish Creek Campground (free), off Hwy 78
Ocotillo Wells OHV Camping, Hwy 78
Stagecoach RV Park, S2
Tamarisk Grove Campground, S3 @ 78
Vern Whitaker Horse Camp, Borrego
Vallecito County Park Campground, S2

free camping: While the camping facilities listed above provide picnic tables and toilets, or more luxury camping… Total Escape thinks the best part of camping in Anza Borrego Desert is the vast amount of free, open camping available on most back roads. Hundreds of dirt roads lead off in all directions, so you can find the peace and solitude that few inside busy campgrounds ever experience.

San Diego Backcountry Map

Many routes are sandy washes, dirt roads, some for high clearance vehicles only, or 4WD in several canyons. Have a good dirt road map with you and know your cars limitations. Cell phone coverage is very unlikely out here in the most remote wilderness areas.

Borrego Park

DanaMite — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 03:35:21 +0000

Anza Park / Borrego Park

East San Diego County, Borrego Springs CA

San Diego Backcountry
600,000 acres of SoCal desert

BLOOM: mid-March thru May
Anza Park elevations range from low to high. Lowest near eastern border (next to the Salton Sea) to the upper reaches of the western slopes @ 4000′. Wide, deep, sandy, long desert washes, native petroglphs, wind caves, slot canyons and split mountain. This uncrowded state park has the most acreages than all of the parks.

OPEN CAMPING

Camp in a developed campground, a small back country site or camp primitive on nearly any dirt road. Car camping to 4×4, this park has lots to offer folks wishing to really escape. No ground fires allowed, so bring your metal campfire bucket and large trash bag to carry out your ashes. The last thing you want is to scar these pristine white desert washes.

DESERT WILDFLOWERS

Steep rocky canyons on the Laguna mountain foothills can be challenging terrain, so bring good, sturdy hiking boots. Wildflowers can be abundant on certain years. Lower elevations sprout up first; Higher elevations along County Rd S-2 & S-22 bloom later in Spring. By June 1st most of the color is gone in and around Borrego Springs, so this is a real Winter and Spring vacation kinda spot. California desert wildflowers include primrose, barrel cactus, prickly pear, monkey flower, ocotillo & many more.

ANZA BORREGO WILDFLOWERS

SUV Trail

DanaMite — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 06:29:52 +0000

Since sport utility vehicles were invented for California yuppies, it makes perfect sense that this market also has the awesome terrain to use these rugged rigs. After the first shopping cart door ding or windshield crack, most folks are open to taking their utilitarian vehicles on dirt roads, but some will only dream about it.

Here at Total Escape, we are here to change all that. The fear of outdoors, the unknown, the capability, the driving skill. Your SUV is a good reason to be outdoors in the golden state, at bare minimum. No excuses. Enjoy the California you never knew – and sometimes that means getting off the pavement. Yes, more than 2 miles.

SUV trail - any path, dirt road or route that can be driven on; high clearance vehicle are often necessary, 4×4 needed on occasion. National Forests, canyons, deserts, mountains, country lane style drives, some classic routes skirt the wilderness boundaries. We have it all for ya here. Rock crawling Rubicon adventures, all the way down to the leisurely ‘Sunday drive’ thru a forest to a meadow for a picnic.

Jeep trails, forest roads, graded roads, gravel roads, back roads, dirt roads, 4×4 routes, OHV (off highway vehicle) trails.

MAPS will get you out there!

Dust, dirt, mud, snow. Beyond the county line, way back there, where you can discover ghost towns, old mines in the desert, hot springs, historic lodges, petroglyphs, river gorges, fire lookouts, waterfalls, and so much more.

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