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Anza-Borrego Desert State Park

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Anza-Borrego Desert State Park

Photo: Sand wash in Ocotillo Wells
Off-Road Information
Other Names: Anza-Borrego, Anza Borrego
Terrain: Desert
Off-Road Use: Open and restricted
Difficulty: All types
Camping: Yes
Geography
County: San Diego County, California and Imperial County, California
Nearest Cities: Borrego Springs, CA
Map Links: Google Map Yahoo Map
Satellite Map: Google Satellite
Special Map: CA State Park map (pdf)
GPS Coords: 33.181813,-116.248398
Google Earth: Anza-Borrego-1.kmz
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Area Size: 600,000 acres
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With over 600,000 acres, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park is the largest desert state park in the contiguous United States. 500 miles of dirt roads, two huge wilderness areas (comprising 2/3 of the park) and 110 miles of riding and hiking trails provide visitors with an unparalleled opportunity to experience the wonders of the Colorado Desert.


Contents

Google Earth, kmz/kml files and GPS units

Indicate that a kmz. file is available allowing you to see the highlighted trail and/or POI in Google Earth.

If you have Google Earth installed in your computer download the kmz file next to Google Earth on the right. This file will open in Google Earth and it will show you with great accuracy the trails and POI (points of interest) that we have marked. While on Google Earth, look on the left side under Places, all the way down under Temporary Places you will see the name of the downloaded file with a check mark in its square and a plus sign next to it, clicking the plus sign will show you sub-folders and eventually the individual POI or trails, removing the check mark will make them not visible or visible on the map.

This multi trail / multi POI file can be used to generate single trails or single POI kmz. or kml. files for this area. - - kml. files can easily be converted to a gpx. file using a free program like GPS Babel, gpx. files then can be uploaded to a GPS receivers (many of them). On Google Earth choose the trail or POI you want, (one at the time only) be sure the check mark is on, click the trail / POI name once until it become blue - - right click on it - - Save Place As … - - Make sure that in Save as type: = kml - - Save, - - (kmz. file is a compressed kml. file)

This kmz. file can also be edited adding more POI or trails, make sure you close all sub-folders and save/upload only the main/root folder. In this case the main folder is called Anza-Borrego

Anza Borrego Off-Road Trails


Highlighted Trails
Highlighted Trails

Directions

Anza-Borrego Desert State Park® is located on the eastern side of San Diego County, with portions extending east into Imperial County and north into Riverside County. It is about a two-hour drive from from San Diego, Riverside, and Palm Springs. Many visitors approach from the east or west via Highways S22 and 78. From the coast, these highways descend from the heights of the Peninsular range of mountains with spectacular views of the great bowl of the Colorado Desert. Highway S2 enters the park from the south off of Interstate 8.

Maps and GPS Coordinates

Anza-Borrego Desert State Park Coordinates: 33.181813° -116.248398° Coordinates: 33.181813° -116.248398°

External Links

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