Anza-Borrego Roads and Places

Borrego-Salton Seaway (S-22),
Clark Valley, Santa Rosa Mountains

For most of us, expoloring Anza-Borrego starts with a road:

Interstate 8 – West to east route across the southern desert. San Diego to Yuma, passing through Jacumba, Ocotillo, El Centro, and Winterhaven. More.

State Highway 78 – West to east route across the central desert. From Highway 79 in Julian to Yaqui Pass Road in ABDSP, then across Mescal Bajada, Lower Borrego Valley, and Imperial County points including the Sonny Bono National Wildlife Refuge and Algodones Dunes. More.

State Highway 79 – North to south route through the moutains with access to ABDSP. Interstate-15 (Temecula) to Interstate-8 (Descanso).

State Highway 86 – North to south route along the west side of the Salton Sea. Indio to Calexico.

State Highway 98 – West to east route across the southern desert. Ocotillo to Calexico.

State Highway 111 – North to south route along the east side of the Salton Sea. Palm Springs to Calexico.

State Highway 371 – North to south route from State Highway 74 to State Highway 79 at Aguanga. Access to Anza and northern entrances to Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.

County Road S-1 (Sunrise Highway, Buckman Springs Road) – From the Cuyamaca Mountains above the central desert to the Mexico border. Sunrise Highway from State Highway 79 to Interstate 8. Buckman Springs Road from Interstate-8 to Campo.

County Road S-2 – North to south road up on the west side of the Anza-Borrego desert. Known locally as the San Felipe Valley Road from Highway 79 in the mountains, four miles south of Warner Springs, to the desert at Scissors Crossing, as the Southern Emigrant Trail from Scissors Crossing to Canebrake, as the Sweeney Pass Road from Canebrake to the county line, and as the Imperial Highway from the county line to Highway 98 south of Ocotillo. Access to Anza-Borrego from Orange and Los Angeles counties. More.

County Road S-3 – North to south route across the Borrego Valley. Known locally as the Borrego Springs Road in Borrego Springs and the Yaqui Pass Road from Borrego Springs to State Highway 78.

County Road S-22 – West to east route across the northern desert. Known locally as the Montezuma Valley Road from County Road S-2 in the mountains to Borrego Springs, as Palm Canyon Drive in Borrego Springs, as Pegleg Road east of Borrego Springs, and as the Borrego-Salton Seaway east of the Pegleg Monument.