Anza-Borrego Desert: San Felipe Fault Wash Loop

Rating *****
Length 7.5 mile (round trip) - 3 Hour (round trip). Easy.
Elevation 250 - 440 feet
Access High clearance, 4x4 advised, see below.

The hike follows some of the many drainages forming Military Wash.
One of the striking features are the Hilaria rigida, Big galetta lining the washes.
On the way back the hike goes over a salt area and you can see why it's called Military Wash.

Warning: Watch out for off road traffic. The area west of Military road is supposed to be closed to off-road traffic, part of the hike is east of the Military road.
Ammunition is should have been removed from this area, some may resurfaced, be careful.


How to get here:
Take the 'Butte Pass' road and turn right on the first crossing towards 'Butte Pass', keep on going passing 'Goat' and 'Hawk Canyon'.
Once in the San Felipe wash, turn right (south/east) following the wide San Felipe wash down.

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Our plant listTom Chester plant list

Missing the film above or to watch full screen, use this link. (Jan/6/2019) 🌎
Oenothera deltoides deltoides, Dune evening primrose (Jan/6/2019) 🌎Chaenactis stevioides, Desert pincushion (Jan/6/2019) 🌎
Ambrosia dumosa, Burrobush (Jan/6/2019) 🌎 (Jan/6/2019) 🌎
Psorothamnus schottii, Indigo bush (Jan/6/2019) 🌎 (Jan/6/2019) 🌎
Astragalus lentiginosus borreganus, Borrego milkvetch (Jan/6/2019) 🌎Astragalus lentiginosus borreganus Borrego milkvetch (Jan/6/2019) 🌎
Geraea canescens, Desert sunflower (Jan/6/2019)Dithyrea californica, Spectacle pod (Jan/6/2019) 🌎
Oenothera deltoides deltoides, Dune evening primrose (Jan/6/2019) 🌎Cryptantha costata, Ribbed cryptantha (Jan/6/2019) 🌎
(Jan/6/2019) 🌎Oenothera deltoides deltoides, Dune evening primrose (Jan/6/2019) 🌎
Geraea canescens, Desert sunflower (Jan/6/2019) 🌎Geraea canescens, Desert sunflower (Jan/6/2019) 🌎
Isn't much, but highly visible. (Jan/6/2019) 🌎Astragalus crotalariae, Salton milkvetch (Jan/6/2019) 🌎
Geraea canescens, Desert sunflower (Jan/6/2019) 🌎 (Jan/6/2019) 🌎
Geraea canescens, Desert sunflower (Jan/6/2019) 🌎Geraea canescens, Desert sunflower (Jan/6/2019) 🌎
Phacelia crenulata ambigua, Notch leaf phacelia (Jan/6/2019) 🌎Abronia villosa villosa, Desert sand verbena (Jan/6/2019) 🌎
Geraea canescens, Desert sunflower (Jan/6/2019) 🌎Hesperocallis undulata, Desert lily (Jan/6/2019) 🌎
(Jan/6/2019) 🌎Palafoxia arida arida, Spanish needles (Jan/6/2019) 🌎
Encelia frutescens, Button brittlebush (Jan/6/2019) 🌎Encelia frutescens, Button brittlebush (Jan/6/2019) 🌎
Chylismia claviformis peirsonii, Brown eyed primrose (Jan/6/2019) 🌎 (Jan/6/2019) 🌎
Eremothera boothii condensata, Woody bottlewasher (Jan/6/2019) 🌎Rafinesquia neomexicana, Desert chicory (Jan/6/2019) 🌎
Abronia villosa villosa, Desert sand verbena (Jan/6/2019) 🌎 (Jan/6/2019) 🌎
Eremothera boothii condensata, Woody bottlewasher (Jan/6/2019) 🌎Eremothera boothii condensata, Woody bottlewasher (Jan/6/2019) 🌎
(Jan/6/2019) 🌎Fouquieria splendens splendens, Ocotillo (Jan/6/2019) 🌎
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Chylismia claviformis peirsonii, Brown eyed primrose (Jan/6/2019) 🌎Geraea canescens, Desert sunflower (Jan/6/2019) 🌎
Xylorhiza orcuttii Orcutt's, woody aster (Jan/6/2019) 🌎Xylorhiza orcuttii Orcutt's, woody aster (Jan/6/2019) 🌎
(Jan/6/2019) 🌎Cleomella obtusifolia, Mojave cleomella (Jan/6/2019) 🌎
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Monoptilon bellioides, Desert star (Jan/6/2019) 🌎 (Jan/6/2019) 🌎
Phacelia crenulata minutiflora, Littleflowered heliotrope phacelia (Jan/6/2019) 🌎Oenothera deltoides deltoides, Dune evening primrose (Jan/6/2019) 🌎
Oenothera deltoides deltoides, Dune evening primrose (Jan/6/2019) 🌎Abronia villosa villosa, Desert sand verbena (Jan/6/2019) 🌎
Oenothera deltoides deltoides, Dune evening primrose (Jan/6/2019) 🌎Astragalus lentiginosus borreganus, Borrego milkvetch (Jan/6/2019) 🌎
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Date: 2019/1/6

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