Christmas Circle, Borrego Springs, from Palm Canyon Drive
County Road S-22 opened in 1963. Before that time, access to the Borrego
Valley was significantly more difficult. From the west, motorists went from
the Montezuma Valley down the Grapevine Canyon Road and San Felipe Wash (Highway
78) to the Narrows where they turned northwest on what is now the Old Borrego
Valley Road. From the east, motorists used the Truckhaven Trail.
From west to east, S-22 is known locally as follows:
