Borrego Springs Vacations, Borrego Springs Vacation Reviews, Tourism Guide

Borrego Springs Vacation Guide

Borrego Springs is a little desert town about an hour east of San Diego, and 2 hours from Los Angeles. It's the "capitol" of the Anza Borrego State Park, a beautiful desert open space the size of an east coast state.

The Anza Borrego Desert is lower and more cactus filled than the Mojave Desert to the north, more like the deserts of northern Mexico. Borrego Springs is a good starting point for exploring the desert. At the north end is a ranger station and museum at the foot of Borrego Palm Canyon, and great hike through up palm lined creek. There are hundreds of miles of dirt roads and trails to drive and hike, camping is permitted most everywhere, or campgrounds with facilities are available for a minimal fee.

The weather is unbearably hot during the summer months, but nice the rest of the year. The area around Borrego Springs is famous for it's wildlfower bloom, which takes place for a few weeks between February and May, depending on rains.