by site editor Rick McCharles
My second visit to Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, I had time for a quick late afternoon day hike.
Right after I took photos of this coyote, hunting road kill.
If you park in the visitor center, you don’t need any kind of State Park permit. That adds a mile or so to the walk.
Borrego Palm Canyon is the most popular trail in California’s largest state park. It leads to the third-largest palm oasis in California, which was the first site sought for a desert state park back in the 1920s.
It’s a beautiful, well-watered oasis, tucked away in a rocky V-shaped gorge. If you’re lucky, you may glimpse a bighorn sheep, in a canyon vegetated by California’s only native species of palm. The park receives many visitors due to its proximity to the metropolises of Southern California, and the trail is relatively easy to access and hike (three miles round trip with 600′ elevation gain). …
I got lost on the “alternate” route back.
related – official website – Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
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