Anza-Borrego Desert: Little Clark dry lake loop

Rating *****
length 6.5 mile - 3 hour, 15 minutes (Loop). Easy/Moderate.
Elevation 600 - 800 feet
Access High clearance, see below.

A hike up to Little Clark dry lake.
Start hiking north/east, crossing the very wide and rocky Rattlesnake wash.
Continue west in Rattlesnake wash, loop around Little Clark dry lake back towards the car.
The hike is easy, except for crossing wide Rattlesnake wash with numerous drainages.
The dry lake area may be muddy after significant rain.

How to get here:
Take the Truckhaven trail, just west of Inspiration wash.
Follow dir road up to point "Park".

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Our plant list

Missing the film above or to watch full screen, use this link.Desert lily, Hesperocallis undulata (Mar/4/2017) 🌎
(Mar/4/2017) 🌎Dune evening primrose, Oenothera deltoides deltoides (Mar/4/2017) 🌎
Spectacle pod, Dithyrea californica (Mar/4/2017) 🌎Desert sand verbena, Abronia villosa villosa (Mar/4/2017) 🌎
Desert chicory, Rafinesquia neomexicana (Mar/4/2017) 🌎Spectacle pod, Dithyrea californica (Mar/4/2017) 🌎
Gray desert sunflower, Helianthus petiolaris canescens (Mar/4/2017) 🌎 Ribbed cryptantha, Cryptantha costata (Mar/4/2017) 🌎
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Desert lily, Hesperocallis undulata (Mar/4/2017) 🌎Desert lily, Hesperocallis undulata (Mar/4/2017) 🌎
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Brown eyed primrose, Chylismia claviformis peirsonii (Mar/4/2017) 🌎Button brittlebush, Encelia frutescens (Mar/4/2017) 🌎
Brown eyed primrose, Chylismia claviformis peirsonii (Mar/4/2017) 🌎Long beak streptanthella, Streptanthella longirostris (Mar/4/2017) 🌎
Long beak streptanthella, Streptanthella longirostris (Mar/4/2017) 🌎Notch leaf phacelia, Phacelia crenulata ambigua (Mar/4/2017) 🌎
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White tackstem, Calycoseris wrightii (Mar/4/2017) 🌎Desert star, Monoptilon bellioides (Mar/4/2017) 🌎
Woody bottlewasher, Eremothera boothii condensata (Mar/4/2017) 🌎 (Mar/4/2017) 🌎
(Mar/4/2017) 🌎Desert dandelion, Malacothrix glabrata (Mar/4/2017) 🌎
California barrel cactus, Ferocactus cylindraceus (Mar/4/2017) 🌎California barrel cactus, Ferocactus cylindraceus (Mar/4/2017) 🌎
Desert chicory, Rafinesquia neomexicana (Mar/4/2017) 🌎Creosote bush, Larrea tridentata (Mar/4/2017) 🌎
Parish's poppy, Eschscholzia parishii (Mar/4/2017) 🌎 (Mar/4/2017) 🌎
Arizona lupine, Lupinus arizonicus (Mar/4/2017) 🌎Chuckwalla combseed, Pectocarya heterocarpa (Mar/4/2017) 🌎
Chuckwalla combseed, Pectocarya heterocarpa (Mar/4/2017) 🌎Brown eyed primrose, Chylismia claviformis peirsonii (Mar/4/2017) 🌎
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Bearded cryptantha, Cryptantha barbigera fergusoniae (Mar/4/2017) 🌎Pale yellow suncup, Camissoniopsis pallida pallida (Mar/4/2017) 🌎
Desert chicory, Rafinesquia neomexicana (Mar/4/2017) 🌎Whispering bells, Emmenanthe penduliflora penduliflora (Mar/4/2017) 🌎
(Mar/4/2017) 🌎Purplemat, Nama demissa demissa (Mar/4/2017) 🌎
Desert sand verbena, Abronia villosa villosa (Mar/4/2017) 🌎Pale yellow suncup, Camissoniopsis pallida pallida (Mar/4/2017) 🌎
(Mar/4/2017) 🌎Bristly fiddleneck, Amsinckia tessellata tessellata (Mar/4/2017) 🌎
Chuckwalla combseed, Pectocarya heterocarpa (Mar/4/2017) 🌎Chuckwalla combseed, Pectocarya heterocarpa (Mar/4/2017) 🌎
Lineleaf whitepuff, Oligomeris linifolia (Mar/4/2017) 🌎Bristly fiddleneck, Amsinckia tessellata tessellata (Mar/4/2017) 🌎
White mallow, Eremalche exilis (Mar/4/2017) 🌎Cleveland's tobacco, Nicotiana clevelandii (Mar/4/2017) 🌎
Cleveland's tobacco, Nicotiana clevelandii (Mar/4/2017) 🌎Cleveland's tobacco, Nicotiana clevelandii (Mar/4/2017) 🌎
Cleveland's tobacco, Nicotiana clevelandii (Mar/4/2017) 🌎Sand blazing star, Mentzelia involucrata (Mar/4/2017) 🌎
Cleveland's tobacco, Nicotiana clevelandii (Mar/4/2017) 🌎 (Mar/4/2017) 🌎
Desert lily, Hesperocallis undulata (Mar/4/2017) 🌎 Ives phacelia, Phacelia ivesiana (Mar/4/2017) 🌎
Yellow comet, Mentzelia affinis (Mar/4/2017) 🌎Desert pincushion, Chaenactis stevioides (Mar/4/2017) 🌎
Dune evening primrose, Oenothera deltoides deltoides (Mar/4/2017) 🌎Dune evening primrose, Oenothera deltoides deltoides (Mar/4/2017) 🌎
White mallow, Eremalche exilis (Mar/4/2017) 🌎 (Mar/4/2017) 🌎
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Flat-tail Horned Lizard, Phrynosoma mcallii (Mar/4/2017) 🌎Flat-tail Horned Lizard, Phrynosoma mcallii (Mar/4/2017) 🌎
Desert lupine, Lupinus shockleyi (Mar/4/2017) 🌎Desert lupine, Lupinus shockleyi (Mar/4/2017) 🌎
Abronia villosa villosa, Desert sand verbena (Jan/19/2019) 🌎Baileya pauciradiata, Laxflower (Jan/19/2019) 🌎
Oenothera deltoides deltoides, Dune evening primrose (Jan/19/2019) 🌎Astragalus lentiginosus borreganus, Borrego milkvetch (Jan/19/2019) 🌎
Dithyrea californica, Spectacle pod (Jan/19/2019) 🌎Erodium cicutarium, Red stem filaree (Jan/19/2019) 🌎
Bristly fiddleneck, Amsinckia tessellata tessellata (Jan/19/2019) 🌎Camissoniopsis pallida pallida, Pale yellow suncup (Jan/19/2019) 🌎
Erodium texanum, Texas filaree (Jan/19/2019) 🌎Abronia villosa villosa, Desert sand verbena (Jan/19/2019) 🌎
Krameria bicolor, White rhatany (Jan/19/2019) 🌎Encelia farinosa farinosa, Brittlebush (Jan/19/2019) 🌎
Chylismia claviformis peirsonii, Brown eyed primrose (Jan/19/2019) 🌎Calycoseris wrightii, White tackstem (Jan/19/2019) 🌎
Phacelia crenulata ambigua, Notch leaf phacelia (Jan/19/2019) 🌎Phacelia crenulata ambigua, Notch leaf phacelia (Jan/19/2019) 🌎
Abronia villosa villosa, Desert sand verbena (Jan/19/2019) 🌎Helianthus petiolaris canescens, Gray desert sunflower (Jan/19/2019) 🌎
Helianthus petiolaris canescens, Gray desert sunflower (Jan/19/2019) 🌎Oenothera deltoides deltoides, Dune evening primrose (Jan/19/2019) 🌎
Hesperocallis undulata , Desert lily (Feb/8/2020) 🌎Abronia villosa villosa , Desert sand verbena (Feb/8/2020) 🌎
Croton californicus , California croton (Feb/8/2020) 🌎Amsinckia tessellata tessellata , Bristly fiddleneck (Feb/8/2020) 🌎
Astragalus crotalariae , Salton milkvetch (Feb/8/2020) 🌎Lycium brevipes brevipes , Common desert thorn (Feb/8/2020) 🌎
Abronia villosa villosa , Desert sand verbena (Feb/8/2020) 🌎Mohavea confertiflora , Ghost flower (Feb/8/2020) 🌎
Nicotiana clevelandii , Cleveland's tobacco (Feb/8/2020) 🌎Geraea canescens , Desert sunflower (Feb/8/2020) 🌎
Rafinesquia neomexicana , Desert chicory (Feb/8/2020) 🌎Eschscholzia parishii , Parish's poppy (Feb/8/2020) 🌎
Malacothrix glabrata , Desert dandelion (Feb/8/2020) 🌎Emmenanthe penduliflora penduliflora , Whispering bells (Feb/8/2020) 🌎
Monoptilon bellioides , Desert star (Feb/8/2020) 🌎Mirabilis laevis retrorsa , Wishbone plant (Feb/8/2020) 🌎
Ambrosia salsola salsola , Cheesebush (Feb/8/2020) 🌎Psorothamnus emoryi emoryi , Emory's indigo bush (Feb/8/2020) 🌎
Oenothera deltoides deltoides , Dune evening primrose (Nov/12/2022) 🌎Abronia villosa villosa , Desert sand verbena (Nov/12/2022) 🌎
(Nov/12/2022) 🌎 (Nov/12/2022) 🌎
Abronia villosa villosa , Desert sand verbena (Nov/12/2022) 🌎 (Nov/12/2022) 🌎
Chylismia claviformis peirsonii , Brown eyed primrose (Nov/12/2022) 🌎 (Nov/12/2022) 🌎
Mirabilis laevis retrorsa , Wishbone plant (Nov/12/2022) 🌎Abronia villosa villosa , Desert sand verbena (Nov/12/2022) 🌎
Pectis papposa papposa , Chinch weed (Nov/12/2022) 🌎 (Nov/12/2022) 🌎
Krameria bicolor , White rhatany (Nov/12/2022) 🌎Asclepias subulata , Rush milkweed (Nov/12/2022) 🌎
Pectis papposa papposa , Chinch weed (Nov/12/2022) 🌎Abronia villosa villosa , Desert sand verbena (Nov/12/2022) 🌎
Chylismia claviformis peirsonii , Brown eyed primrose (Nov/12/2022) 🌎Sphaeralcea angustifolia , Narrow leaf globemallow (Nov/12/2022) 🌎
Lepidium lasiocarpum lasiocarpum (Nov/12/2022) 🌎Abronia villosa villosa , Desert sand verbena (Nov/12/2022) 🌎
Geraea canescens , Desert sunflower (Nov/12/2022) 🌎Sphaeralcea angustifolia , Narrow leaf globemallow (Nov/12/2022) 🌎
Abronia villosa villosa , Desert sand verbena (Nov/12/2022) 🌎Abronia villosa villosa , Desert sand verbena (Nov/12/2022) 🌎
(Nov/12/2022) 🌎Psorothamnus emoryi emoryi , Emory's indigo bush (Oct/14/2023) 🌎
Cylindropuntia echinocarpa , Golden cholla;Silver cholla (Oct/14/2023) 🌎Hilaria rigida , Big galetta (Oct/14/2023) 🌎
Allionia incarnata incarnata , Small flowered trailing windmills (Oct/14/2023) 🌎Physalis crassifolia crassifolia , Thick leaf ground cherry (Oct/14/2023) 🌎
Petalonyx thurberi thurberi , Thurber's sandpaperplant (Oct/14/2023) 🌎Krameria bicolor , White rhatany (Oct/14/2023) 🌎
Asclepias subulata , Rush milkweed (Oct/14/2023) 🌎Ditaxis neomexicana , New Mexico ditaxis (Oct/14/2023) 🌎
Ditaxis neomexicana , New Mexico ditaxis (Oct/14/2023) 🌎Pectis papposa papposa , Chinch weed (Oct/14/2023) 🌎
Sphaeralcea angustifolia , Narrow leaf globemallow (Oct/14/2023) 🌎Pectis papposa papposa , Chinch weed (Oct/14/2023) 🌎
Isocoma acradenia eremophila , Toothed leaved alkali goldenbush (Oct/14/2023) 🌎Abronia villosa villosa , Desert sand verbena (Oct/14/2023) 🌎
Date: 2017/3/4
Date: 2019/1/19
Date: 2020/2/8
Date: 2022/11/12
Date: 2023/10/14

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