Please review our hiker info page to familiarize yourself with hiker safety rules and our hike ratings so that you can select hikes that meet your level of fitness. Unless specified otherwise in the activity descriptions below, hikes have a 15 person limit, and they begin in the ABDNHA parking lot.
Short Walk in ABDNHA’s Desert Garden
ABDNHA Parking Lot 652 Palm Canyon Drive, Borrego SpringsLeader: Amateur Botanist Kathy Bussey
Join Kathy Bussey for a short stroll around ABDNHA’s garden, a peaceful and beautiful spot filled with desert plants from throughout the southwest deserts, trees, cacti, shrubs, and annual flowers, featuring many colorful signs and artwork. The garden begins to bloom in mid-February. Bird activity, artwork, and information panels lend additional color. The garden surface is flat, making it very easy to walk on. Meet in the ABDNHA Parking lot. Call or drop by the Nature Center to register. Also presented on Jan. 11, and Jan. 25.
Stargazing: The Orion Nebula, Star Factory in the Great Hunter
ABDNHA Library 652 Palm Canyon Drive, Borrego SpringsSpeaker: Astronomer Randolph Baron
What in "heavens" is a star factory? Join us and find out. In the ABDNHA library. General Public $12, Members $10, Volunteers $8. Register online or at the Nature Center, 760-767-3098. Half-hour lecture followed by stargazing. Stargazing may be cancelled with cloud cover.