Anza-Borrego North: Pacific Crest Trail

The Pacific Crest Trail, with several opportunities for day hikes, enters Anza-Borrego North at the Montezuma Valley Road (S-22). From here it circles around Warner Springs, turning into the mountains near the airport where it crosses Highway 79 and parallels the road to the Indian Flats campground.

The next road crossed is the dirt road from Chihuahua Valley to the Lost Valley Camp of the Boy Scouts of America. Circling around Bucksnort Mountain and heading toward Anza, the trail crosses the Tule Spring Truck Trail and then enters Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, crossing the Coyote Canyon Jeep Trail and Nance Canyon before leaving the park at the Table Mountain Truck Trail.

Turkey Track from Coyote Canyon Jeep Trail, Nance Canyon

About a mile east of the Coyote Canyon Road, the Pacific Crest Trail enters ABDSP at the Table Mountain Truck Trail. Another half mile to the east off the truck trail, a state park hiking trail goes south on Table Mountain and turns eastward, dropping into Horse Canyon.

Bucksnort Mountains from Horse Canyon Trail

Coyote Canyon from Horse Canyon Trail

White Wash from Horse Canyon Trail

Medicine Canyon tributary to Horse Canyon Trail

Box Canyon tributary to Horse Canyon Trail