Borrego Springs & Anza-Borrego
Badlands, palms, steel creatures, and desert roads that punish casual planning.
37Borrego Springs is the supply stop and the desert is the reason to come. Start before the heat builds, use the visitor center or current park reports to choose roads, and keep one paved-road fallback. The strongest day combines one hike, one badlands view, and the sculptures instead of chasing every distant pin.
7 verified places across the full guide. Focus a pin to see the exact block and nearby streets.
Reach the Visitor Center when it opens and rebuild the rest of the day around what staff know now.
Palm Canyon remains the route's signature hike, but the destination has changed.
More than 130 metal sculptures across roughly 50 groupings turn the valley into a drive-through desert story.
A desert itinerary needs a real recovery interval, and Carlee's is the verified central-town option that makes the route work.