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The California Department of Parks and Recreation operates the Ocotillo Wells State Vehicular Recreation Area which borders the community. This off-road vehicle area is part of the department's Southern Division, Ocotillo Wells District which is headquartered in Borrego Springs. [5] Free camping is available at numerous locations along State ...
Los Puertecitos Pass (transl. the Little Doors) in Ocotillo Wells, California, in San Diego County, is California Historical Landmark No. 635 listed on March 3, 1958. The Los Puertecitos is a desert pass used by the Spanish Commander Juan Bautista de Anza and Father Francisco Garcés expedition of 1775 and 1776. The expedition came through the ...
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The mountains lie in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, in an east–west direction, southwest of the community of Ocotillo Wells, and south of Highway 78.The range is approximately 15 miles (24 km) long, and reaches an elevation of 5,349 feet (1,630 m) above sea level at Whale Peak.
Between 1952 and 1954, the western portion of SR 98 was rerouted onto the county road, moving the western terminus to southwest of Coyote Wells; however, the new portion was not paved. [11] [12] By 1956, the entire highway was paved. [13] In the 1964 state highway renumbering, the highway was officially renumbered as Route 98. [14]
Carnegie State Vehicular Recreation Area is a state park unit of California, U.S., providing off-roading opportunities in the Diablo Range. Located in southern Alameda and San Joaquin counties, it is one of eight state vehicular recreation areas (SVRAs) administered by the California Department of Parks and Recreation .
The park and lake support outdoor recreation such as camping, picnicking, horseback riding, hiking, sail and power-boating, water-skiing, fishing, swimming, boat-in camping, floating campsites, and horse camping. [3] There is a visitor center with interpretive exhibits and a 47-foot (14 m) observation tower overlooking the lake and dam. [4]
Ocotillo Airport covers an area of 353 acres (143 ha) at an elevation of 160 feet (49 m) above mean sea level.It has two runways with dirt surfaces: 13/31 is 4,210 by 150 feet (1,283 x 46 m) and 9/27 is 2,475 by 150 feet (754 x 46 m).