Anza-Borrego Desert: Coyote Mountain Loop

Rating ****
length 6 mile, 3 hour 15 minutes (loop). Moderate.
Elevation 530 - 1680 feet
Access Start at the S22 close to mile 26 at the road to the dry lake. (all cars)

A nice hike up the Coyote mountain range.

Some parts follow the old (closed) "road", other parts on well defined trails and some parts cross country.

At the peak (sign unreadable) you can go back the way you came or go further on a more difficult hike down a small boulder drainage.

Go downhill up to what looks like a crater.
Left of the "crater" a drainge/wash goes downhill. Follow that drainage/wash all the way down.
Some parts are easy, parts are full of boulders, but there is always a relatively easy way to go down.

Keep close to the mountain range on your right and hike back towards the car.

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Our plant list

Missing the film above or to watch full screen, use this link.Arizona lupine, Lupinus arizonicus (Mar/6/2017) 🌎
Brown eyed primrose, Chylismia claviformis peirsonii (Mar/6/2017) 🌎Desert lily, Hesperocallis undulata (Mar/6/2017) 🌎
Woody bottlewasher, Eremothera boothii condensata (Mar/6/2017) 🌎Desert plantain, Plantago ovata (Mar/6/2017) 🌎
Sand blazing star, Mentzelia involucrata (Mar/6/2017) 🌎Desert chicory, Rafinesquia neomexicana (Mar/6/2017) 🌎
Brittlebush, Encelia farinosa (Mar/6/2017) 🌎 (Mar/6/2017) 🌎
(Mar/6/2017) 🌎Littleflowered heliotrope phacelia, Phacelia crenulata minutiflora (Mar/6/2017) 🌎
California fagonia, Fagonia laevis (Mar/6/2017) 🌎Silky dalea, Dalea mollis (Mar/6/2017) 🌎
Bishop's lotus, Acmispon strigosus (Mar/6/2017) 🌎 (Mar/6/2017) 🌎
Sand blazing star, Mentzelia involucrata (Mar/6/2017) 🌎Sand blazing star, Mentzelia involucrata (Mar/6/2017) 🌎
(Mar/6/2017) 🌎Desert pincushion, Chaenactis stevioides (Mar/6/2017) 🌎
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Bristly langloisia, Langloisia setosissima setosissima (Mar/6/2017) 🌎Bristly langloisia, Langloisia setosissima setosissima (Mar/6/2017) 🌎
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(Mar/6/2017) 🌎Desert sunflower, Geraea canescens (Mar/6/2017) 🌎
Desert dandelion, Malacothrix glabrata (Mar/6/2017) 🌎 (Mar/6/2017) 🌎
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(Mar/6/2017) 🌎Wishbone plant, Mirabilis laevis retrorsa (Mar/6/2017) 🌎
Wishbone plant, Mirabilis laevis retrorsa (Mar/6/2017) 🌎 (Mar/6/2017) 🌎
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(Mar/6/2017) 🌎Cryptantha pterocarya cycloptera , Tucson cryptantha (Mar/6/2017) 🌎
Turkey peas, Astragalus nuttallianus imperfectus (Mar/6/2017) 🌎 (Mar/6/2017) 🌎
Desert star, Monoptilon bellioides (Mar/6/2017) 🌎 (Mar/6/2017) 🌎
Small flowered trailing windmills, Allionia incarnata incarnata (Mar/6/2017) 🌎 (Mar/6/2017) 🌎
(Mar/6/2017) 🌎Arizona lupine, Lupinus arizonicus (Mar/6/2017) 🌎
Emory's rockdaisy, Perityle emoryi (Mar/6/2017) 🌎Brown eyed primrose, Chylismia claviformis peirsonii (Mar/6/2017) 🌎
Desert chicory, Rafinesquia neomexicana (Mar/6/2017) 🌎Desert dandelion, Malacothrix glabrata (Mar/6/2017) 🌎
(Mar/6/2017) 🌎Desert lily, Hesperocallis undulata (Mar/6/2017) 🌎
Desert lily, Hesperocallis undulata (Mar/6/2017) 🌎 (Mar/6/2017) 🌎
Pollen: Brown eyed primrose, Chylismia claviformis peirsonii (Mar/6/2017) 🌎Texas filaree, Erodium texanum (Mar/6/2017) 🌎
Texas filaree, Erodium texanum (Mar/6/2017) 🌎Desert sand verbena, Abronia villosa villosa (Mar/6/2017) 🌎
Desert chicory, Rafinesquia neomexicana (Mar/6/2017) 🌎 (Mar/6/2017) 🌎
(Mar/6/2017) 🌎Diamond cholla, Cylindropuntia ramosissima (Mar/6/2017) 🌎
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Star gilia, Gilia stellata (Mar/6/2017) 🌎 (Mar/6/2017) 🌎
(Mar/6/2017) 🌎Small flowered trailing windmills, Allionia incarnata incarnata (Mar/6/2017) 🌎
(Mar/6/2017) 🌎Star gilia, Gilia stellata (Mar/6/2017) 🌎
Pygmy cedar, Peucephyllum schottii (Mar/6/2017) 🌎Pygmy cedar, Peucephyllum schottii (Mar/6/2017) 🌎
Pygmy cedar, Peucephyllum schottii (Mar/6/2017) 🌎Glandular threadplant, Nemacladus glanduliferus (Mar/6/2017) 🌎
Glandular threadplant, Nemacladus glanduliferus (Mar/6/2017) 🌎Eremothera boothii condensata , Woody bottlewasher (Mar/6/2017) 🌎
Common phacelia, Phacelia distans (Mar/6/2017) 🌎Parish's poppy, Eschscholzia parishii (Mar/6/2017) 🌎
(Mar/6/2017) 🌎Bigelow's monkey flower, Mimulus bigelovii bigelovii (Mar/6/2017) 🌎
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Purplemat, Nama demissa demissa (Mar/6/2017) 🌎Desert eucrypta, Eucrypta micrantha (Mar/6/2017) 🌎
Eastern threadplant, Nemacladus orientalis (Mar/6/2017) 🌎Eastern threadplant, Nemacladus orientalis (Mar/6/2017) 🌎
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Ghost flower, Mohavea confertiflora (Mar/6/2017) 🌎Arizona lupine, Lupinus arizonicus (Mar/6/2017) 🌎
Desert five spot, Eremalche rotundifolia (Mar/6/2017) 🌎Desert five spot, Eremalche rotundifolia (Mar/6/2017)
Sand blazing star, Mentzelia involucrata (Mar/6/2017) 🌎Desert five spot, Eremalche rotundifolia (Mar/6/2017)
Desert star, Monoptilon bellioides (Mar/6/2017) 🌎 (Mar/6/2017) 🌎
(Mar/6/2017) 🌎Encelia farinosa phenicodonta , Purple eyed brittlebush (Apr/11/2020) 🌎
Psorothamnus emoryi , Emory's indigo bush (Apr/11/2020) 🌎Psathyrotes ramosissima , Turtleback (Apr/11/2020) 🌎
Nemacladus tenuis tenuis , Slender threadplant (Apr/11/2020) 🌎Monoptilon bellioides , Desert star (Apr/11/2020) 🌎
Krameria bicolor , White rhatany (Apr/11/2020) 🌎 (Apr/11/2020) 🌎
Diplacus bigelovii bigelovii , Bigelow's monkey flower (Apr/11/2020) 🌎Senecio mohavensis , Mojave groundsel (Apr/11/2020) 🌎
Emmenanthe penduliflora penduliflora , Whispering bells (Apr/11/2020) 🌎Lupinus arizonicus , Arizona lupine (Apr/11/2020) 🌎
Mirabilis laevis retrorsa , Wishbone plant (Apr/11/2020) 🌎Peucephyllum schottii , Pygmy cedar (Apr/11/2020) 🌎
Encelia farinosa farinosa , Brittlebush (Apr/11/2020) 🌎Krameria erecta , Pima rhatany (Apr/11/2020) 🌎
Fouquieria splendens splendens , Ocotillo (Apr/11/2020) 🌎Aliciella latifolia latifolia , Broad leaf gilia (Apr/11/2020) 🌎
(Apr/11/2020) 🌎Malacothrix glabrata , Desert dandelion (Apr/11/2020) 🌎
?Eriastrum eremicum eremicum , Desert woolly star? (Apr/11/2020) 🌎Hesperocallis undulata , Desert lily (Mar/9/2024) 🌎
Chylismia claviformis peirsonii , Brown eyed primrose (Mar/9/2024) 🌎Allionia incarnata incarnata , Small flowered trailing windmills (Mar/9/2024) 🌎
Eriogonum inflatum , Desert trumpet (Mar/9/2024) 🌎Ditaxis neomexicana , New Mexico ditaxis (Mar/9/2024) 🌎
Eulobus californicus , California suncup;False mustard (Mar/9/2024) 🌎Malacothrix glabrata , Desert dandelion (Mar/9/2024) 🌎
Dalea mollis , Silky dalea (Mar/9/2024) 🌎Flower fields Coyote Cy, Henderson Canyon Rd. (Mar/9/2024) 🌎
Sandstone rocks (Mar/9/2024) 🌎Rafinesquia neomexicana , Desert chicory (Mar/9/2024) 🌎
What looks like a Crater (Mar/9/2024) 🌎Fagonia laevis , California fagonia (Mar/9/2024) 🌎
(Mar/9/2024) 🌎Plantago ovata fastigiata , Desert plantain (Mar/9/2024) 🌎
Eremothera boothii condensata , Woody bottlewasher (Mar/9/2024) 🌎Linanthus jonesii , Jones' linanthus (Mar/9/2024) 🌎
Linanthus jonesii , Jones' linanthus (Mar/9/2024) 🌎Chaenactis fremontii , Fremont's pincushion (Mar/9/2024) 🌎
Hesperocallis undulata , Desert lily (Mar/9/2024) 🌎Chylismia claviformis peirsonii , Brown eyed primrose (Mar/9/2024) 🌎
Phacelia crenulata minutiflora , Littleflowered heliotrope phacelia (Mar/9/2024) 🌎Physalis crassifolia , Thick leaf ground cherry (Mar/9/2024) 🌎
Bebbia juncea aspera , Sweetbush (Mar/9/2024) 🌎Emmenanthe penduliflora penduliflora , Whispering bells (Mar/9/2024) 🌎
Encelia farinosa farinosa , Brittlebush (Mar/9/2024) 🌎Peucephyllum schottii , Pygmy cedar (Mar/9/2024) 🌎
Gilia stellata , Star gilia (Mar/9/2024) 🌎Linanthus jonesii , Jones' linanthus (Mar/9/2024) 🌎
Eschscholzia parishii , Parish's poppy (Mar/9/2024) 🌎Hibiscus denudatus , Rock hibiscus (Mar/9/2024) 🌎
Linanthus jonesii , Jones' linanthus (Mar/9/2024) 🌎Monoptilon bellioides , Desert star (Mar/9/2024) 🌎
Nama demissa demissa , Purplemat (Mar/9/2024) 🌎Eucrypta micrantha , Desert eucrypta (Mar/9/2024) 🌎
Date: 2017/3/6
Date: 2020/4/11
Date: 2024/3/9

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