Road Conditions

Dirt Road Conditions

Visitor Guidelines:

• Stay Active: Keep walking, jogging, hiking and biking. Watch for one-way trails.
• Stay Safer at 6 Feet: Maintain a physical distance of 6 feet or more. Gatherings, picnics and parties are not allowed. Visitors will be asked to leave if there are too many people at the park, beach or on trails to allow for the required physical distance.
• Stay Clean: Be prepared. Bring soap/sanitizer and pack out all trash.
• Stay Covered: wear a face covering whenever you are within six feet of another person who is not a member of your family or household.

Thank you for your patience and continued support of California State Parks as we work to limit your risk for exposure to COVID-19 in the outdoors. For more information, please visit parks.ca.gov/FlattenTheCurve.

PARK MAP 

CAUTION: Always use 4WD and Care after rains and be prepared for flooding. 4WD is advised for all dirt roads in the park unless noted! Road conditions can change at any time! Know and respect your own skill level. Updated 10/10/2023.

Road Name	2WD	4WD	Good	Poor	Closed	Comments
Coyote Canyon						High-clearance, 4x4 necessary in all areas
To Desert Garden			X			Gates are closed to the middle willows due to damage caused by flash flood events from this winter's storms.
Desert Garden to Bypass Road	CLOSED				X
Bypass Road	CLOSED				X
Collins Valley	CLOSED				X
Turkey Track Grade	CLOSED				X
Borrego Badlands  Rockhouse Canyon
Font's Point Wash		X		X		Very deep sand in the S-curves, difficult to traverse even with 4x4
Inspiration Wash		X		X		Sandy entrance
Thimble/Short/Ella Washes		X		X		Sand/large ruts, high clearance
Hills of the Moon Wash		X		X		High clearance, deep soft sand
Palo Verde Wash		X	X			Deep soft sand, rocks
Arroyo Salado to 17 Palms		X		X		Soft sand starting at primitive camp, rocky, high clearance
Coachwhip		X	X			Deep soft sand at entrance
Palm Wash		X		X		Deep sand, washouts to the east, high clearnace
Truckhaven south of S22		X	X			High Clearance, rocks, sand
Rockhouse/Butler Canyons	See Comment	X		X		2 WD ok first mile, sandy shoulders & rocky, high clearance starting at the intersection of Rockhouse & Butler
Truckhaven north of S22		X	X			Deep and sandy; ONE-WAY (E>W)
Culp Valley; Yaqui Well
Culp Valley Campground		X	X			Road is rutted
Old Culp Valley Road		X		X		High clearance & 4x4 only
Jasper Trail		X		X		High clearance & 4x4 only
Grapevine Canyon		X		X		High clearance & 4x4 only
Yaqui Well		X		X		Soft sand to Yaqui Well
Plum Canyon		X		X		2WD - Stay right at fork
Lizard Wash		X	X			High clearance, rocky, sandy
Pinyon Wash		X		X		Deep soft sand
Nolina Wash		X		X		Sand, sharp rocks
Quartz Vein		X	X			Soft sand
Nude Wash		X	X			Soft sand
Mine Wash to Village Site		X	X			Mixture of sand & rocks
Mine Wash Beyond Village Site		X		X		Soft sand, rocky
Blair Valley
Blair Valley	See Comments	X	X	X		2WD OK to Morteros. 4WD high clearance beyond
Pinyon Mountain Road		X		X		Rough; deep soft sand; high clearance vehicle necessary at the Pinyon Drop Off ("Squeeze") for big rocks; one way travel only
Oriflamme/Rodriquez Canyons		X		X		Ruts, deep sand, rocky
Borrego Buttes & Fish Creek
Buttes Pass Road to The Slot	See Comments		X			sand and washboard
Buttes Pass Road to Hawk Canyon		X	X			Deep sand near entrance
San Felipe Wash		X		X		Rough, washouts, sandy
Goat Trail		X		X		Ruts, washouts, high clearance
Old Kane Springs Road		X		X		Rough, sandy, rocky
Elephant Tree Trail Road		X	X			High clearance, boulders
Fish Creek to Wind Caves Trail		X		X		Rough, rocks & boulders, sand
Split Mountain to Olla Wash		X		X		Rough, boulders, sand
Lycium Wash		X		X		High clearance
Oyster Shell Wash		X		X
North Fork Fish Creek		X		X		Closed at Mollusk Wash
Sandstone Canyon		X		X		Narrow, obey road end
Olla Wash		X	X			Soft sand
Blow Sand Canyon		X		X		Very deep sand
Borrego Mountain Wash		X	X			Steep drop-off
Borrego Sink Wash		X		X		Soft, deep sand
Bow Willow Area
Arroyo Tapiado /Arroyo Seco del Diablo		X		X		Soft sand; fresh slides; high clearance vehilce needed for Diablo Drop Off into Fish Creek; One-way only
Vallecito Wash/Palm Spring		X		X		Soft sand; Cosed 7.7 miles from S2
Bow Willow Camp		X		X		Road is sandy
Mountain Palm Springs		X	X			Sandy before trailhead
Indian Gorge		X		X		Rocky; high clearance
Indian Valley		X	X			High clearance
Carrizo Canyon		X		X		Soft sand
Bow Willow Wash Road		X		X		Deep soft sand; Closed~4.7 miles from S2
South Carrizo Creek Road		X		X		Deep soft sand
Canyon Sin Nombre		X		X		Soft sand, rocky
Mortero / Jojoba Washes		X	X			Sandy, rocky; high clearance
Sweeny Pass		X		X		Deep sand & ruts
Hayden Spring	Foot Traffic Only				X
Carrizo Marsh	Area Closed				X	Closed by Supterintendent's Order