Exploring North: Highway 86

Travertine Rock

Highway 86 defines the east side of Anza-Borrego North, from Salton City north to the Riverside County Line.

On the south edge of Salton City, the road to the county dump can be followed to Pole Line Road and south into the Ocotillo Wells State Vehicular Recreation Area. The Truckhaven truck stop and cafe formerly stood on the north edge of Salton City, on the east side of Highway 86 from Truckhaven Road.

For those with four-wheel drive vehicles, several washes west of Highway 86 provide access to the Truckhaven section of OWSVRA. Of particular interest are Grave Wash for its fish traps and Wonderstone Wash for the rocks of the same name.

Travertine Rock is just south of the county line. Avenue 86 provides access to Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, one mile to the west, in San Diego County at Travertine Palms Wash.