Borrego Experience Blog

Put a stamp on it!  From 1858 to 1861 the Overland Mail route was an essential component of settling the west as mail, and people, from Saint Louis headed to San Francisco.  Although John Butterfield's mail contract was rather short lived due to the civil war, the route contin

Kesling’s Kitchen Building

On the cusp of the desert golf-and-leisure boom in 1950, Borrego Springs’ leaders envisioned becoming “another Palm Springs,” and the sleek modern building at Christmas Circle and 665 Palm Canyon Drive represented the era’s sense of optimistic possibility.

Article credited to https://www.borregosun.com/story/2019/10/01/news/tcdc-wins-award/5218.html

Research shows that Central Valley Swainson's Hawks generally migrate to Mexico, Central America, and a few to northern South America.

Borrego Valley Hawkwatch-Post Season Highlights-Thursday April 4-Sunday April 7, 2019

Watch the transit of Mercury

Mercury is not often visible, but late in the year, it will be visible in a special way.

Article Courtesy of San Diego Foundation

Article courtesy of Anza-Borrego Desert Paleontology Society

What to Do if you Find a Fossil
Please remember, private collecting of rocks or fossils is prohibited. (Public Resources code 4307 and 5097.5)

Visit the silent ruins of one man’s dream: