What is California's largest state park?

Anza-Borrego Desert State Park is the largest State Park in California. It runs 25 miles east to west and 50 miles north to south. It has 12 wilderness areas and many miles of hiking trails. Anza-Borrego comprises areas in 3 counties; San Diego, Imperial County and Riverside County. It is also 600,000 acres.

It is named after Spanish explorer Juan Bautista de Anza and the Spanish word “Borrego” for bighorn sheep. It is famous for its spring wildflowers and Desert Bighorn sheep - Peninsular Bighorn Sheep. The Peninsular Bighorn Sheep are an endangered species. They are tracked by volunteers and members of the Park Rangers. It is the 2nd largest State Park in the Contiguous States. The largest is The Adirondack Park in New York.

Anza-Borrego points of interest:

Fonts Point: Badlands and viewpoint reached by sandy primitive road. Sometimes this requires four-wheel drive.

Borrego Palm Canyon is located one mile from the Visitors Center. It is the location of the Palm Canyon Campground and the trailhead for an easy three-mile round-trip nature trail that leads to a grove of native California Fan Palms.

Pegleg’s Monument is located at the intersection of Pegleg Road and Henderson Canyon Road. Here you will find a large pile of rocks, a monument, guest sign-in book and a good story about one of the most famous prospectors of the time, trapper/gold seeker “Pegleg Smith” who traveled through this region in the 1830’s.