Anza-Borrego Desert: Fonts Point wash loop

Rating *****
Length 6.9 mile (return) - 3 Hour, 30 minutes (return trip). Easy/Moderate.
Elevation 860 - 1180 feet
Access See below

A slightly adventurous, but amazing hike into sand canyons and mud hills.

This hike doesn't take you to Fonts Point, but the views will be great.

Don't take this hike without a GPS, it's a maze and sometimes you have to go back, the latter may be more complicated than you might think.
Hike counter clockwise, heading north in the wide fork of the Fonts Point wash.

This GPS trail is an indication only, conditions will change, a route we took may be impossible the next year.
It's not uncommon to get stuck in a too narrow wash, having to go back and try it somewhere else.

Most of the hike is considered easy, but some short stretches are moderate.

How to get here:

Most car should be able to make it up to the trail head. On the S22 between mile 29-30, take the dirt road marked Fonts Point and drive for about 4 miles, up to a barred wash. Be aware of the sand, if you don't have a 4x4, make sure to stay on the "road".
Don't blame us when you get stuck in loose sand.

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Our plant list

Missing the film above or to watch full screen, use this link.The start at the wide fonts wash. (Dec/31/2015)
(Dec/31/2015)Alkali goldenbush, Isocoma acradenia var. acradenia (Dec/31/2015)
White rhatany, Krameria bicolor (Dec/31/2015)Alkali goldenbush, Isocoma acradenia var. acradenia (Dec/31/2015)
(Dec/31/2015)Desert holly, Atriplex hymenelytra (Dec/31/2015)
(Dec/31/2015)Go down this ridge (Feb/25/2022) 🌎
Over the ridge (Dec/31/2015)Over the ridge as far as possible (Dec/31/2015)
Down we go (Dec/31/2015) (Dec/31/2015)
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Arizona lupine, Lupinus arizonicus (Jan/1/1970) (Dec/31/2015)
(Dec/31/2015)Notch leaf phacelia, Phacelia crenulata var. ambigua (Dec/31/2015) 🌎
Woody bottlewasher, Eremothera boothii ssp. condensata (Dec/31/2015) 🌎Notch leaf phacelia, Phacelia crenulata var. ambigua (Dec/31/2015) 🌎
Brown-eyed primrose, Chylismia claviformis ssp. peirsonii (Dec/31/2015) 🌎Brown-eyed primrose, Chylismia claviformis ssp. peirsonii (Dec/31/2015) 🌎
Narrow-leaved cryptantha, Cryptantha angustifolia (Dec/31/2015) 🌎Pebble pincushion, Chaenactis carphoclinia carphoclinia (Dec/31/2015) 🌎
Desert plantain, Plantago ovata (Dec/31/2015) 🌎Female Anna's Hummingbird, guarding the only patch of flowers in the area. (Dec/31/2015)
Salton milk-vetch, Astragalus crotalariae (Dec/31/2015) 🌎Salton milk-vetch, Astragalus crotalariae (Dec/31/2015) 🌎
(Dec/31/2015) (Dec/31/2015)
(Dec/31/2016) 🌎 (Dec/31/2016) 🌎
(Dec/31/2016) 🌎Euphorbia polycarpa , Small seeded spurge (Feb/25/2022) 🌎
Cylindropuntia echinocarpa , Golden cholla;Silver cholla (Feb/25/2022) 🌎 (Feb/25/2022) 🌎
(Feb/25/2022) 🌎 (Feb/25/2022) 🌎
Eremothera boothii condensata , Woody bottlewasher (Feb/25/2022) 🌎Perityle emoryi , Emory's rockdaisy (Feb/25/2022) 🌎
Hilaria rigida , Big galetta (Feb/25/2022) 🌎Xylorhiza orcuttii , Orcutt's woody aster (Feb/25/2022) 🌎
Eriogonum trichopes , Little desert trumpet (Feb/25/2022) 🌎Larrea tridentata , Creosote bush (Feb/18/2025) 🌎
Atriplex hymenelytra , Desert holly (Feb/18/2025) 🌎Fouquieria splendens splendens , Ocotillo (Feb/18/2025) 🌎
(Feb/18/2025) 🌎Fouquieria splendens splendens , Ocotillo (Feb/18/2025) 🌎
Fouquieria splendens splendens , Ocotillo (Feb/18/2025) 🌎Cylindropuntia echinocarpa , Golden cholla;Silver cholla (Feb/18/2025) 🌎
Salsola paulsenii , Paulsen's Russian thistle (Feb/18/2025) 🌎 (Feb/18/2025) 🌎
Stephanomeria pauciflora , Wire lettuce (Feb/18/2025) 🌎 (Feb/18/2025) 🌎
Eremothera boothii condensata , Woody bottlewasher (Feb/18/2025) 🌎Psorothamnus spinosus , Smoketree (Feb/18/2025) 🌎
Schistocerca nitens Gray Bird Grasshopper (Feb/18/2025) 🌎Astragalus crotalariae , Salton milkvetch (Feb/18/2025) 🌎
Xylorhiza orcuttii , Orcutt's woody aster (Feb/18/2025) 🌎Hilaria rigida , Big galetta (Feb/18/2025) 🌎
Aliciella latifolia latifolia , Broad leaf gilia (Feb/18/2025) 🌎Eriogonum trichopes , Little desert trumpet (Feb/18/2025) 🌎
Date: 2022/2/25
Date: 2015/12/31
Date: 2016/12/31
Date: 2022/2/25
Date: 2025/2/18

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