Anza-Borrego Desert: Fish Creek mountain north mile 3.5

Rating *****
Length 5 mile (round trip) - 3 hour, Moderate (rocks/boulders).
Elevation 83 - 520 feet
Access 4x4 see below

A rocky hike up to a magnificent dry fall.
Very little sand on this hike, mostly rocks and boulders.

Warning
Avoid this area in the weekends, south of the rail road is used as a firing range. Be visible when entering and exiting the canyon.

How to get here:

Drive Split mountain road past the Fish Creek exit, turn left on a park dirt road parallel to a rail road track.
Follow the road for about 3.5 mile and park at point "park".
The road is good, some ground clearance is needed and because of the soft sand a 4x4 is advised.

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Our plant list

Missing the film above or to watch full screen, use this link.Railroad, Desert sand verbena, Abronia villosa villosa (Mar/20/2017) 🌎
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Hoffmannseggia, Hoffmannseggia microphylla (Mar/20/2017) 🌎Hoffmannseggia, Hoffmannseggia microphylla (Mar/20/2017) 🌎
Sweetbush, Bebbia juncea aspera (Mar/20/2017) 🌎Creosote bush, Larrea tridentata (Mar/20/2017) 🌎
Emory's rockdaisy, Perityle emoryi (Mar/20/2017) 🌎Brittle Spineflower, Chorizanthe brevicornu brevicornu (Mar/20/2017) 🌎
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Sand blazing star, Mentzelia involucrata (Mar/20/2017) 🌎Parish's poppy, Eschscholzia parishii (Mar/20/2017) 🌎
(Mar/20/2017) 🌎Ghost flower, Mohavea confertiflora (Mar/20/2017) 🌎
Hoffmannseggia, Hoffmannseggia microphylla (Mar/20/2017) 🌎 (Mar/20/2017) 🌎
Heart leaf suncup, Chylismia cardiophylla cardiophylla (Mar/20/2017) 🌎 (Mar/20/2017) 🌎
Emory's rockdaisy, Perityle emoryi (Mar/20/2017) 🌎 (Mar/20/2017) 🌎
Narrowleaf suncup, Eremothera refracta (Mar/20/2017) 🌎Narrowleaf suncup, Eremothera refracta (Mar/20/2017) 🌎
(Mar/20/2017) 🌎Specter phacelia, Phacelia pedicellata (Mar/20/2017) 🌎
Specter phacelia, Phacelia pedicellata (Mar/20/2017) 🌎Specter phacelia, Phacelia pedicellata (Mar/20/2017) 🌎
Prickly poppy, Argemone munita (Mar/20/2017) 🌎Prickly poppy, Argemone munita (Mar/20/2017) 🌎
Prickly poppy, Argemone munita (Mar/20/2017) 🌎 (Mar/20/2017) 🌎
(Mar/20/2017) 🌎Hairy climbing milkweed, Funastrum hirtellum (Mar/20/2017) 🌎
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Thick leaf ground cherry, Physalis crassifolia (Mar/20/2017) 🌎 (Mar/20/2017) 🌎
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Heart leaf suncup, Chylismia cardiophylla cardiophylla (Mar/20/2017) 🌎Dry fall (Mar/20/2017) 🌎
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Steep part of the fall (Mar/20/2017) 🌎 (Mar/20/2017) 🌎
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Prickly poppy, Argemone munita (Mar/20/2017) 🌎Prickly poppy, Argemone munita (Mar/20/2017) 🌎
California ditaxis, Ditaxis serrata var. californica (Mar/20/2017) 🌎California ditaxis, Ditaxis serrata var. californica (Mar/20/2017) 🌎
California ditaxis, Ditaxis serrata var. californica (Mar/20/2017) 🌎 (Mar/20/2017) 🌎
Brown turbans, Malperia tenuis (Mar/20/2017) 🌎 (Mar/20/2017) 🌎
Narrowleaf suncup, Eremothera refracta (Mar/20/2017) 🌎Desert chicory, Rafinesquia neomexicana (Mar/20/2017) 🌎
Slender threadplant, Nemacladus tenuis tenuis (Mar/20/2017) 🌎Slender threadplant, Nemacladus tenuis tenuis (Mar/20/2017) 🌎
(Mar/20/2017) 🌎Desert star, Monoptilon bellioides (Mar/20/2017) 🌎
Broad leaf gilia, Aliciella latifolia latifolia (Mar/20/2017) 🌎 (Mar/20/2017) 🌎
Desert dandelion, Malacothrix glabrata (Mar/20/2017) 🌎Sand blazing star, Mentzelia involucrata (Mar/20/2017) 🌎
Arizona lupine, Lupinus arizonicus (Mar/20/2017) 🌎 (Mar/20/2017) 🌎
Parish's poppy, Eschscholzia parishii (Mar/20/2017) 🌎Ghost flower, Mohavea confertiflora (Mar/20/2017) 🌎
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Emory's rockdaisy, Perityle emoryi (Mar/20/2017) 🌎Indigo bush, Psorothamnus schottii (Mar/20/2017) 🌎
Catclaw acacia, Senegalia greggii (Mar/20/2017) 🌎 (Mar/20/2017) 🌎
Winged cryptantha, Cryptantha holoptera (Mar/20/2017) 🌎Winged cryptantha, Cryptantha holoptera (Mar/20/2017) 🌎
Winged cryptantha, Cryptantha holoptera (Mar/20/2017) 🌎Rock hibiscus, Hibiscus denudatus (Mar/20/2017) 🌎
Desert five spot, Eremalche rotundifolia (Mar/20/2017) 🌎 (Mar/20/2017) 🌎
(Mar/20/2017) 🌎Desert sand verbena, Abronia villosa villosa (Mar/20/2017) 🌎
Paulsen's Russian thistle, Salsola paulsenii (Mar/20/2017) 🌎Bristly langloisia, Langloisia setosissima setosissima (Mar/20/2017) 🌎
Emory's globemallow, Sphaeralcea emoryi emoryi (Mar/20/2017) 🌎Emory's globemallow, Sphaeralcea emoryi emoryi (Mar/20/2017) 🌎
Date: 2017/3/20

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