Weekend Driver San Diego

Drives in the Desert

Canyon Sin Nombre drive.

Along the Canyon Sin Nombre drive. GO>

Coyote CanyonExplore Anza-Borrego

  • Grape Trip: Check out Grapevine Canyon in this Weekend Driver Online Exclusive from March 2009. GO> GPS
  • Conquering The Desert: Take a trip from the remains of the old plank road near the California/Arizona border to the base of the Laguna Mountains. From 2004. Now an online exclusive. GO>GPS Available
  • Coyote In A Hybrid: Take a drive up Coyote Canyon, a popular and close-by off-road cruise near Borrego Springs. GO>
  • Canyon Sin Nombre: Take a rocky, sandy trip through a place with no name. GO> TVButton GPS Tour
  • Fish Creek: Spectacular drive through Split Mountain is like something out of an Indiana Jones movie. GO>
  • Desert Daze: Explore Drive 17 from Weekend Driver San Diego. Retrace history through the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, visit Font’s Point. GO> GPS Tour
  • Jacumba Hills: The terrain looks lunar, so let's push an all-wheel-drive 2009 Nissan Murano and see how far we can go. Updated for Online Exclusive. GO>

More Desert Trips from the Union-Tribune

  • Day At The Dunes: Head east on Highway 78... past San Marcos, past Escondido, past Ramona... well almost past everything, and you'll find the sand dunes of Imperial County. Take a ride way out there in the Wheels section. Ran April 22, 2006. GO>
  • Palms To Pines: It’s the place where Jimmy Durante said look for “the big dubbaya” long before anybody ever heard of George W. Bush. It’s a mountain and desert drive. Ran Feb. 26, 2005. GO>
  • Desert View Tower and “The Broadway Of America”: Explore the easternmost leg of old U.S. 80 from the Desert View Tower to Boulevard on a toasty trip through the high desert, published June 26, 2004. GO>