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.

  • Stargazing: The Orion Nebula, Star Factory in the Great Hunter

    ABDNHA Library 652 Palm Canyon Drive, Borrego Springs, CA, United States

    Speaker: 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.

    $8.00 – $12.00
  • Propagating Desert Plants

    ABDNHA Library 652 Palm Canyon Drive, Borrego Springs, CA, United States

    Speaker: Jose Marfori, Plant Propagation Specialist, The Living Desert
    This will be a great program for anyone interested in desert plants, especially those who garden and are interested in growing native plants from seeds or cuttings. Jose Marfori is the plant propagation specialist for The Living Desert, in Palm Desert, a non-profit zoo and desert botanical garden showcasing flora and fauna from deserts around the world. Jose will explain what plant propagation is, why it's important to The Living Desert, and how to get started. He will be using local desert plants as examples, including the difficult to propagate desert smoke tree. In the ABDNHA Library. GP: $12, M: $10, V: $8. Register online or at the ABDNHA Nature Center, 760-767-3098.

    $8.00 – $12.00
  • Astronomy Club Meeting

    ABDNHA Library 652 Palm Canyon Drive, Borrego Springs, CA, United States

    This is the first organizational meeting to form an astronomy club in Borrego Springs. If you are interested in astronomy or astrophotography and would like to learn from others or share what you know, please plan to attend. In the ABDNHA Library.

Location, Hours & Contact Information

Anza-Borrego Desert Natural History Association
652 Palm Canyon Drive
PO Box 310
Borrego Springs, CA 92004
abdnha2@att.net

ABDNHA Office
Mon. – Fri. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
760-767-3052

Borrego Desert Nature Center
Mon. – Sat. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sun. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
760-767-3098

Visitor Plaza & Desert Garden
Open every day sunrise to sunset

Mission Statement

Anza-Borrego Desert Natural History Association (ABDNHA, pronounced “AB-NA”) is an award-winning, community based, educational non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, founded in 1971.  

ABDNHA’s mission is to  information, educational programs and recreational activities to enhance the public’s understanding, appreciation, enjoyment and conservation of the Anza-Borrego Desert and surrounding area.

Tax ID: 23-7107105
All donations are tax-deductible as allowed by law.

Join ABDNHA and make the desert a part of your life!

Location, Hours & Contact Information

Anza-Borrego Desert Natural History Association
652 Palm Canyon Drive
PO Box 310
Borrego Springs, CA 92004
abdnha2@att.net

ABDNHA Office
Mon. – Fri. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
760-767-3052

Borrego Desert Nature Center
Mon. – Sat. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sun. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
760-767-3098

Visitor Plaza & Desert Garden
Open every day sunrise to sunset

Mission Statement

Anza-Borrego Desert Natural History Association (ABDNHA, pronounced “AB-NA”) is an award-winning, community based, educational non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, founded in 1971.

ABDNHA’s mission is to provide information, educational programs and recreational activities to enhance the public’s understanding, appreciation, enjoyment and conservation of the Anza-Borrego Desert and surrounding area.

Tax ID: 23-7107105
All donations are tax-deductible as allowed by law.

Join ABDNHA and make the desert a part of your life!

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