BorregoHiking.com: Borrego Badlands between S22 and 78

This is the area in between the S22 and Highway 78, this area includes:
The Borrego badlands, Arroyo Salado and parts of the Ocotillo Wells SVRA.
For hiking the SVRA should be avoided in the weekends as it's rather dangerous and because of the high amount of fine dust.
The area includes: 1 Palm, 5 Palms, 17 Palms, Ant hill, Arroyo salado, Artesian well, Bank Wash, Big wash, Blow sand canyon, Borrego Badlands, Borrego Mountains, Clay Hills, Dump Wash, East Butte, Ella Wash, Eriogonum Wash, Fault wash, Fonts point, Gas Domes, Hawk canyon, Hills of the moon, Inspiration point, Ironwood Resort, Malpais, Military Wash, Palo Verde Wash, Pumpkin patch, Rainbow wash, Slot canyon, San Felipe creek, San Sebastian marsh, Short wash, Tarantula wash, Thule Wash, The Slot, Third wash, Thimble trail, Oil Well Wash, West butte.

1 5 17 Palm trail 4x4 2.9 mile 1 hour 30 minutes Easy 2009
17 Palms Loop 5.3 mile 2 hour 10 minutes Easy 2014
17 Palms West Loop 4.8 mile 2 hour Easy 2019
Ant Hill loop 8.7 mile 4 hour Easy/Moderate 2016
Arroyo Salado loop, North fork 8.1 mile 3 hour 10 minutes Easy 2012
Arroyo Salado loop 7.3 mile 2 hour 55 minutes Easy/Moderate 2014
Arroyo Salado loop2 4x4 6.4 mile 2 hour 35 minutes Easy/Moderate 2017
Bank Wash loop 4x4 6 mile 2 hour 30 minutes Easy 2019
Big Wash 4x4 9.4 mile 3 hour 30 minutes Easy 2014
Blow Sand canyon loop OK 4x4 3.8 mile 1 hour 40 minutes Easy 2014
Buttes Canyon Loop 4x4 4.9 mile 3 hour Easy/Moderate 2019
Borrego Mountain wash loop OK 4x4 3.8 mile 1 hour 40 minutes Easy/Moderate 2013
Clay Hills Loop 4x4 7.4 mile 3 hour 30 minutes Moderate/Easy 2021
Dump Wash Loop 4x4 6.3 mile 3 hour Easy/Moderate 2023
East Butte Loop 4x4 7.9 mile 4 hour Easy 2019
Fault Wash loop 4x4 7.8 mile 3 hour Easy 2016
Fault Wash east 4x4 4.1 mile 2 hour Easy 2019
Fonts Bowl loop 4x4 7.1 mile 2 hour 55 minutes Easy/Moderate 2016
Fonts Point wash loop 4x4 6.9mile 3 hour 30 minutes Easy/Moderate 2016
Gas Domes - Artesian Well 4x4 3.6 mile 1 hour 30 minutes Easy 2015
Hawk Canyon loop OK 4x4 2.3 mile 1 hour 15 minutes Moderate 2013
Hawk Canyon loop2 OK 4x4 2.3 mile 1 hour 10 minutes Moderate 2014
Hills Of The Moon 4x4 8.5 mile 3 hour Easy 2014
Inspiration Point wash loop 7.8 mile 3 hour 20 minutes Easy 2017
Inspiration Point to below Fonts Point 8.7 mile 3 hour 45 minutes Easy 2014
Ironwood East Butte loop 5.9 mile 3 hour 30 minutes Easy/Moderate 2019
Malpais loop 4x4 6 mile 2 hour 30 minutes Moderate 2015
Military Wash 4x4 5.9 mile 3 hour Easy 2019
Military Wash South 4x4 5.9 mile 3 hour Easy 2019
Military Wash South East 4x4 7.2 mile 3 hour Easy 2019
Oil Well Wash Loop 7.2 mile 3 hour Easy 2023
Palo Verde Ella Wash loop 5.5 mile 2 hour 30 minutes Easy 2019
Pumpkin Patch 4x4 4.5 mile 2 hour 15 minutes Easy/Moderate 2011
Rainbow Wash 4x4 6.9 mile 2 hour 30 minutes Easy 2013
Rainbow Wash loop 4x4 6.6 mile 3 hour Easy/Moderate 2017
Slot Canyon 2.8 mile 2 hour 30 minutes Moderate 2009
San Felipe East loop 4x4 6.7 mile 3 hour Easy/Moderate 2019
San Felipe Borrego Sink Loop 4x4 6.2 mile 3 hour 20 minutes Easy 2021
San Felipe Fault Wash Loop 4x4 7.5 mile 3 hour Easy 2019
San Sebastian Marsh West 5 mile 2 hour 20 minutes Easy 2015
Tarantula Wash - San Felipe Creek loop 9 mile 4 hour 30 minutes Easy 2017
The Slot Cascade loop OK 3.8 mile 1 hour 55 minutes Easy/Moderate 2014
The Slot 5.8 mile 3 hour 10 minutes Easy/Moderate 2009
Third Wash Loop 9 mile 3 hour 35 minutes Easy 2016
Thimble Palo Verde loop 6.8 mile 3 hour Easy/Moderate 2019
Thimble - Short Wash Loop 5.3 mile 2 hour 20 minutes Moderate 2015
Thimble Trail Loop OK 6.5 mile 2 hour 45 minutes Easy/Moderate 2015
Third Wash 10.6 mile 3 hour 50 minutes Easy 2015
Thule Eriogonum Loop 2.9 mile 1 hour Easy 2019
West Butte east 4x4 1 mile 1 hour Easy/Moderate 2019
West butte - The Slot loop 6.5 mile 4 hour Moderate 2010

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