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Retracing History through the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
Borrego Springs is the northeastern outpost of San Diego County, an oasis at the edge of the Colorado Desert, which extends east to Arizona
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Along the Canyon Sin Nombre drive. GO>
- Grape Trip: Check out Grapevine Canyon in this Weekend Driver Online Exclusive from March 2009. GO>

- 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>

- 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>

- 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>

- 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: Its the place where Jimmy Durante said look for the big dubbaya long before anybody ever heard of George W. Bush. Its 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>




