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Anza-Borrego Desert State Park (/ ˈ æ n z ə b ə ˈ r eɪ ɡ oʊ /, AN-zə bə-RAY-goh) is a California State Park located within the Colorado Desert of Southern California, United States. The park takes its name from 18th century Spanish explorer Juan Bautista de Anza and borrego , a Spanish word for sheep. [ 1 ]
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park: Located between San Diego and the Salton Sea, Anza-Borrego is the largest state park in California. "Visitors can see remaining sand verbena and desert sunflowers ...
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park: State park San Diego, Imperial, and Riverside: 585,930 237,120 1933 Preserves a vast tract of the Colorado Desert in California's largest state park. [10] Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve: State natural reserve Sonoma: 752 304 1934 Preserves a grove of coast redwoods. [11] Arthur B. Ripley Desert Woodland ...
Vista of Anza Borrego. Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, portions of which are in Imperial County, is the largest state park in California. 500 miles (800 km) of dirt roads, 12 wilderness areas and miles of hiking trails provide visitors with an opportunity to see the Colorado Desert.
Joshua Tree is a popular choice, but there is also the Mojave Desert, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park and even trailheads and campsites as close as the Angeles National Forest near Pasadena.
El Vado campsite (transl. the Ford on the Anza Trail) in the Borrego Valley, Borrego Springs, California, in San Diego County, is a California Historical Landmark No. 634 listed on March 3, 1958. The El Vado campsite was a desert camp for the Spanish Commander Juan Bautista de Anza and Father Francisco Garcés expedition of 1775 and 1776.
Box Canyon in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park in San Diego County, is a California Historical Landmark No. 472 listed on September 11, 1950. Box Canyon is a desert canyon and mountain pass on the Historic Southern Emigrant Trail. The US troops under General Stephen Watts Kearny and with US scout Kit Carson found Box Canyon and its pass in ...
View southwest across the Carrizo Badlands from the Wind Caves, in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. The Carrizo Badlands are a landform of badlands that lie within Anza-Borrego Desert State Park in eastern San Diego County, and in the Carrizo Impact Area in western Imperial County, in Southern California. [1]