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.
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HIKE IS FULL. Call 760-767-3098 to get on waitlist. Leader: Robin Halford, ABDNHA Volunteer Aggregate Canyon is one of the most fascinating slot canyons in the Mecca Wilderness. The long hike up the wash is interesting and then the slot canyon goes for quite a distance. This hike would be rated easy, except that the […] |
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FIELD TRIP IS FULL. Call 760-767-3098 to get on waitlist. Leader: John Peterson, Hydrologist and Geologist Starting approximately 12,000 years ago, the Colorado River periodically changed its course, flowing north into the Salton Sink and creating a massive prehistoric lake. For thousands of years, this lake filled and dried up repeatedly, becoming an important source […]
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HIKE IS CANCELED DUE TO WEATHER - RESCHEDULED FOR NOV 22 Leader: Kathy Bussey, ABDNHA Volunteer Surround yourself with the natural beauty of Santa Rosa Mountains, Clark Dry Lake, and the Borrego Badlands on this easy 2.5-mile round trip hike. We will drive up Inspiration Wash, then hike up an unnamed wash to the man-made […]
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TOUR IS CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER Leader: Dave Walters, ABDNHA Volunteer We meet at ABDNHA parking lot at 9:00am. We will caravan to the Banner Store at 36342 HWY 78, then enter the trail there. We travel along and across the Chariot Creek and will take a break above Oriflamme Canyon. We proceed on the […] |
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HIKE IS FULL. Leaders: Carmelita Logerwell & Terri Straub, ABDNHA Volunteers Hike 4 miles, 500’ gain. You'll be amazed at the size and beauty of the oasis around this spring! We'll drive up Coyote Canyon and park at 2nd Crossing. Then we'll hike past 3rd Crossing and follow the old bypass road to the spring […] |
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HIKE IS CANCELLED DUE TO RAIN Leader: Geologist Don Barrie, ABDNHA Volunteer Note: Meet on S2 and Shell Canyon Road near Ocotillo! Meet at the intersection of S2 (Imperial Highway) and Shell Canyon Road, just north of the town of Ocotillo. Bring lunch and water. 4WD required. Register at the Nature Center or 760-767-3098.
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PROGRAM IS CANCELLED DUE TO RAIN Speaker: Dr. Randolph Baron, Astronomer, ABDNHA Volunteer Lecture followed by stargazing. Our solar system is part of the Milky Way Galaxy, and the Milky Way Galaxy has neighbors. Would you like to meet them? Then join us! In the ABDNHA Library for a lecture followed by viewing the Milky […] |
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FIELD TRIP IS FULL. Call 760-767-3098 to get on waitlist. Leader: John Peterson, Hydrologist and Geologist Visit this interesting old mine site, active in the 1940s, located north of the entrance to Fish Creek and north of the gypsum mine. The deposit was mined for strontium in WWII, which was used in flares during the […] |
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HIKE IS FULL. Call 760-767-3098 to get on waitlist. Leaders: Tom Keffer & Lee Christie, ABDNHA Volunteers |
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HIKE IS FULL. Call 760-767-3098 to get on waitlist. Leader: Robin Halford, ABDNHA Volunteer This hike goes into the red colored mud hills of the Skeleton Canyon Fault, part of the larger San Andreas Fault Complex, with a wonderful slot canyon before the stopping point. Expect uneven ground and some bouldering. The total hike distance […] |
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HIKE IS FULL. Call 760-767-3098 to get on waitlist. Leaders: Tom Keffer & Lee Christie
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4WD TRIP IS FULL. Call 760-767-3098 to get on waitlist. Leader: Jim Torian, ABDNHA Volunteer Join us for the "Cold Moon" rising as viewed from Font's Point. This is the last full moon of 2025. The sun's low angle should offer striking views of the Borrego Badlands, Ocotillo Wells, and the Salton Sea. Meet at […] |
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HIKE IS FULL. Call 760-767-3098 to get on waitlist. Leader: Geologist Don Barrie Note: Meet at the intersection of S2 and Canyon Sin Nombre Road. |