Anza Borrego and the Southern Deserts

10 backcountry hiking and 4WD adventures in Anza Borrego and the southern desert of California.

This petroglyph site is a small one in the Sonoran desert. It is a dry and harsh area. Scattered among ...
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Dan and I took a trip down to the Salton Sea region to look for a small set of petroglyphs I ...
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My friend Don Austin coined the name “Blue Sun” Cave. The Kumeyaay people once lived here. And even though there ...
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Hidden in a granite rock shelter near an ancient Kumeyaay village site is a set of unique pictographs. Most of ...
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Overlooking the rocky wash of the Carrizo Gorge, down in Anza Borrego State Park, sits a small rock shelter with a unique set ...
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Mule Tank is a small, seasonal tinaja along the foothills of the Mule Mountains along the Colorado River. It is ...
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The Oro Copia (also known as the Dos Palmas) is an old mine in the heart of the Orocopia Mountains ...
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I recently followed an ancient Native American trail out to a water tank and petroglyph site. What got my attention ...
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Back in 2015, we went out to the Piedras Grandes pictograph site. Piedras Grandes means “Large stones” and these granite ...
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At the end of a long day exploring pictographs around the badlands of Anza Borrego, we made one last stop ...
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Last Updated on January 29, 2021 by Guy Starbuck