BorregoHiking.com: Along the 78

All hikes south along Highway 78 from the Scissors crossing towards the Salton sea.
Includes hikes along the Old Kane Springs RD and Split mountain RD.
Most of these hikes are easy accessible by car, but some are on unpredictable wash roads.

2.5 Mile mine wash loop 5.6 mile 3 hour 30 minutes Moderate 2013
74.9 Mile Loop 3.2 mile 1 hour 35 minutes Easy/Moderate 2014
83.4 Mile wash 2.7 mile 1 hour 50 minutes Moderate 2014
Alma wash 11.3 mile 5 hour 45 minutes Moderate
Alma wash north fork loop 5.6 mile 2 hour 50 minutes Moderate 2014
Bighorn canyon to blue spring loop OK 10 mile 5 hour Easy/Moderate
Cactus Garden OK 4x4 1 mile 30 minutes Easy 2012
Cactus Valley West Loop 6.6 mile 3 hour 45 minutes Moderate 2020
Chuckwalla Wash 5.4 mile 3 hour Easy/Moderate
Chuckwalla San Felipe loop 7.9 mile 4 hour Easy/Moderate 2023
Chuckwalla Wash Loop 7 mile 4 hour 30 minutes Moderate 2016
Harper canyon OK 4x4 9.7 mile 4 hour 20 minutes Easy/Moderate 2011
Harper Canyon west fork 4x4 8.6 mile 4 hour 30 minutes Moderate (boulders) 2017
Harper Dams OK 7.2 mile 3 hour Easy/Moderate 2014
Kenyon Cove Wash 4.6 mile 2 hour 10 minutes Easy 2014
Kumeyaay village OK 1 mile 30 minutes Easy 2012
Lizard canyon trail 1.9 mile 2 hour 5 minutes Moderate
Lizard wash Chuckwalla wash loop OK 4.7 mile 2 hour 20 minutes Easy/Moderate 2013
Mine Wash East Fork Loop 6 mile 2 hour 40 minutes Moderate 2015
Mine wash loop 5.7 mile 2 hour 45 minutes Moderate 2012
Narrows Earth trail OK 0.7 mile 30 minutes Easy 2015
Nolina canyon 4x4 7 mile 4 hour Easy/Moderate 2017
Nolina canyon south fork 4x4 6.1 mile 3 hour 30 minutes Moderate 2016
North of Alma Wash 4x4 6.7 mile 4 hour Moderate 2020
Old Kane Mile 1.7 Loop 4x4 9 mile 6 hour Hard 2014
Perpendicular Bluff Yaqui Ridge 3.4 mile 3 hour Moderate 2017
Pinyon Harper Nolina loop 4x4 7 mile 4 hour 15 minutes Moderate (boulders) 2017
Pinyon Wash - Split Rock 4x4 9 mile 6 hour Hard 2015
Pinyon canyon loop 4x4 7.4 mile 3 hour Easy/Moderate 2012
Pinyon Wash - Harper Flat Loop OK 9.1 mile 4 hour Easy/Moderate 2014
Pinyon Nolina loop 10.5 mile 5 hour 20 minutes Moderate 2014
Plum canyon trail OK 15 mile 3 hour 20 minutes Easy
Plum canyon loop 5.7 mile 3 hour 10 minutes Moderate 2014
Plum canyon - North pinyon mountain peak loop 6.5 mile 3 hour 50 minutes Easy/Moderate 2012
Quarz vein wash east 1.7 mile 1 hour 5 minutes Easy/Moderate 2015
Quartz vein wash middle 2.3 mile 2 hour 5 minutes Moderate 2013
Sentenac Canyon 2.2 mile 1 hour 5 minutes Easy/Moderate 2015
Sentenac Cienega 4.2 mile 2 hour 50 minutes Easy 2019
Sentenac Plum Canyon Loop 4 mile 2 hour 30 minutes Easy/Moderate 2015
Sunset Mountain Peak 6.3 mile 5 hour Moderate/Hard 2015
Sunset wash 4.1 mile 1 hour 55 minutes Moderate 2013

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