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.
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  • 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.


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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 3/15/2023.

 Road Name

 2WD

 4WD

 Good

 Poor

 Closed

Comments 
 

Coyote Canyon

           High-clearance, 4x4 necessary in all areas 
 To Desert Garden    X    x  

Muddy conditions on road.

 Vehicles with long wheelbases not advised to drive the bypass.

 

  
 Desert Garden to Bypass Road    X    x  
 Bypass Road    X    x  
 Collins Valley    X    x  
 Turkey Track Grade    X    x  

 Borrego Badlands

 Rockhouse Canyon

            
 Font's Point Wash    X    X    Deep sand; ruts; - stay on road - High clearance
 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; use caution!
Palo Verde Wash    X X     Deep soft sand, Rocks
Arroyo Salado to 17 Palms    X    X  

Soft sand at primitive camp and beyond; road is rocky; high clearance
Coachwhip    X X     Deep soft sandy at entrance area
Palm Wash    X   X  

Deep sand in all areas of wash. Washouts to the east

– high clearnace
Truckhaven south of S22    X X     High Clearance

Rockhouse/Butler Canyons

    X   X  

2 WD ok first mile, sandy shoulders. Sandynear entrance to Butler Canyon; after trail split

the area is 4x4 high clearance only
Truckhaven north of S22    X X     Deep and sandy; ONE-WAY (E>>W)

Culp Valley; Yaqui Well

            
Culp Valley Campground    X    X   Deep ruts.
Old Culp Valley Road    X X     High Clearance
Jasper Trail    X   X   High Clearance
Grapevine Canyon    X   X   High Clearance
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 and sandy
Pinyon Wash   X   X  

Deep soft sand
Nolina Wash   X   X   Sand, sharp rocks
Quartz Vein   X  X     Some soft sand
Nude Wash   X X     Soft sand
Mine Wash to Village Site   X   X   Use caution: sand, rocks
Mine Wash Beyond Village Site   X   X   Soft sand, rocky 

Blair Valley

            

Blair Valley

 

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Comments

 

X

X

 

 

 X

  

2WD OK to Morteros. 4WD High Clearance, short wheel base to Pictographs Trail.
Pinyon Mountain Road   X   X   Rough; deep soft sand
Oriflamme/Rodriquez Canyons   X   X   Impassable

Borrego Buttes & Fish Creek

            
Buttes Pass Road to The Slot

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Comments

  X X     2WD; stay on road
Buttes Pass Road to Hawk Canyon   X X     Sandy
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, soft sand; high clearance
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   Rutted, high clearance recommended. Closed at Mollusk Wash

Sandstone Canyon

   X    X   Narrow road; obey road end
Olla Wash   X X     Soft sand
Blow Sand Canyon   X   X   Soft sand; deep sand
Borrego Mountain Wash   X X     Steep drop-off
Borrego Sink Wash   X   X   Soft sand; deep sand

Bow Willow Area

            

Arroyo Tapiado /Arroyo Seco del Diablo

   X   X

 

 Soft sand; fresh slides.
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   Soft sand, rocky, high clearance
Carrizo Marsh AreaClosed     X Closed by Superintendent's Order - Foot travel only