Algodones Dunes

Rating *****
Length 6.7 mile (loop) - 4 Hour (loop). Easy.
Elevation 200 - 480 feet
Access All cars, see below

From the parking, watch out for off road vehicles.
Crossing the 78, you enter the wilderness area.
Expect drifting dunes and washes.

The sand dunes are often surprisingly firm, otherwise loose sand.
Not recommended when high wind is predicted.

How to get here:
This stretch of the 78 is no parking anytime.
Along the 78 park at the Hugh T Osborne Lookout Parking (free, but for only 2 hours).
If you want to park longer, you need a permit.
Navigation point: 32.983058, -115.132812.

Or you can start at the free parking "Park 2".
In Glamis, take the first dirt road left (north/east Ted Kipf Rd) before the railroad crossing.
At the wildlife watching sign turn right into a free parking area. The only free parking without a parking limit yet (2020).

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Our plant list

Missing the film above or to watch full screen, use this link. (Feb/5/2020) 🌎
(Feb/5/2020) 🌎 Ephedra trifurca , Long leafed ephedra (Feb/5/2020) 🌎
Oenothera deltoides deltoides , Dune evening primrose (Feb/5/2020) 🌎Palafoxia arida gigantea , Giant spanish needle (Feb/5/2020) 🌎
Palafoxia arida gigantea , Giant spanish needle (Feb/5/2020) 🌎Oenothera deltoides deltoides , Dune evening primrose (Feb/5/2020) 🌎
(Feb/5/2020) 🌎Croton wigginsii , Wiggins' croton (Feb/5/2020) 🌎
Algodones dunes sunflower, Helianthus niveus tephrodes (Feb/5/2020) 🌎 Algodones dunes sunflower, Helianthus niveus tephrodes (Feb/5/2020) 🌎
Abronia villosa villosa , Desert sand verbena (Feb/5/2020) 🌎Oenothera deltoides deltoides , Dune evening primrose (Feb/5/2020) 🌎
Oenothera deltoides deltoides , Dune evening primrose (Feb/5/2020) 🌎Abronia villosa villosa , Desert sand verbena (Feb/5/2020) 🌎
(Feb/5/2020) 🌎Palafoxia arida gigantea , Giant spanish needle (Feb/5/2020) 🌎
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Palafoxia arida gigantea , Giant spanish needle (Feb/5/2020) 🌎Oenothera deltoides deltoides , Dune evening primrose (Feb/5/2020) 🌎
(Feb/5/2020) 🌎Baileya pleniradiata , Woolly desert marigold (Feb/5/2020) 🌎
Baileya pleniradiata , Woolly desert marigold (Feb/5/2020) 🌎Brandegea bigelovii , Desert star vine (Feb/5/2020) 🌎
Baileya pleniradiata , Woolly desert marigold (Feb/5/2020) 🌎Sphaeralcea coulteri , Coulter's globemallow (Feb/5/2020) 🌎
Oenothera deltoides deltoides , Dune evening primrose (Feb/5/2020) 🌎Plantago ovata fastigiata , Desert plantain (Feb/5/2020) 🌎
Sphaeralcea coulteri , Coulter's globemallow (Feb/5/2020) 🌎Dalea mollis , Silky dalea (Feb/5/2020) 🌎
Dalea mollis , Silky dalea (Feb/5/2020) 🌎Datura discolor , Desert thorn apple (Feb/5/2020) 🌎
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Parkinsonia florida , Blue palo verde (Feb/5/2020) 🌎Baileya pauciradiata , Laxflower (Feb/5/2020) 🌎
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Eriogonum deserticola , Dune buckwheat (Feb/5/2020) 🌎 Algodones dunes sunflower, Helianthus niveus tephrodes (Feb/5/2020) 🌎
Algodones dunes sunflower, Helianthus niveus tephrodes (Feb/5/2020) 🌎Croton wigginsii , Wiggins' croton (Feb/5/2020) 🌎
Algodones dunes sunflower, Helianthus niveus tephrodes (Feb/5/2020) 🌎Astragalus magdalenae peirsonii , Peirson's milkvetch (Feb/5/2020) 🌎
Astragalus magdalenae peirsonii , Peirson's milkvetch (Feb/5/2020) 🌎Astragalus magdalenae peirsonii , Peirson's milkvetch (Feb/5/2020) 🌎
Astragalus magdalenae peirsonii , Peirson's milkvetch (Feb/5/2020) 🌎Parking, on top of a sand dune. (Feb/5/2020) 🌎
Astragalus magdalenae peirsonii , Peirson's milkvetch (Feb/5/2020) 🌎Encelia farinosa farinosa , Brittlebush (Nov/22/2023) 🌎
Brandegea bigelovii , Desert star vine (Nov/22/2023) 🌎Pectis papposa papposa , Chinch weed (Nov/22/2023) 🌎
Baileya pleniradiata , Woolly desert marigold (Nov/22/2023) 🌎Oenothera deltoides deltoides , Dune evening primrose (Nov/22/2023) 🌎
Palafoxia arida, Spanish needles (Nov/22/2023) 🌎Sphaeralcea coulteri , Coulter's globemallow (Nov/22/2023) 🌎
Sphaeralcea ambigua rosacea , Rosy apricot mallow (Nov/22/2023) 🌎Ditaxis neomexicana , New Mexico ditaxis (Nov/22/2023) 🌎
Baileya pleniradiata , Woolly desert marigold (Nov/22/2023) 🌎Parkinsonia florida , Blue palo verde (Nov/22/2023) 🌎
Eriogonum deserticola , Dune buckwheat (Nov/22/2023) 🌎Eriogonum deserticola , Dune buckwheat (Nov/22/2023) 🌎
Baileya pauciradiata , Laxflower (Nov/22/2023) 🌎Abronia villosa villosa , Desert sand verbena (Nov/22/2023) 🌎
Eriogonum deserticola , Dune buckwheat (Nov/22/2023) 🌎Larrea tridentata , Creosote bush (Nov/22/2023) 🌎
Psorothamnus emoryi emoryi , Emory's indigo bush (Nov/22/2023) 🌎Oenothera deltoides deltoides , Dune evening primrose (Nov/22/2023) 🌎
Pectis papposa papposa , Chinch weed (Nov/22/2023) 🌎Baileya pleniradiata , Woolly desert marigold (Nov/22/2023) 🌎
Datura discolor , Desert thorn apple (Nov/22/2023) 🌎Achyronychia cooperi , Frost mat (Nov/22/2023) 🌎
Helianthus niveus tephrodes , Algodones dunes sunflower (Nov/22/2023) 🌎Croton wigginsii , Wiggins' croton (Nov/22/2023) 🌎
Helianthus niveus tephrodes , Algodones dunes sunflower (Nov/22/2023) 🌎
Date: 2020/2/5
Date: 2023/11/22

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