| Rating | ***** |
| length | 4.1 mile - 2 hour (round trip) add 1 hour if you hike from second crossing. Easy. |
| Elevation | 1130 - 1420 feet |
| Access | Take the dirt road into Coyote canyon. You may make it to 1e crossing in a regular car, after that a high clearance or AWD is needed. (check road conditions at the visitors center). |
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| Missing the film above or to watch full screen, use this link. | Where the start of the trail used to be. (Mar/4/2009) |
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| (Mar/4/2009) | Coyote Creek (Mar/4/2009) |
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| USA 2009: Borrego Springs: Lower Willows Trail (Mar/4/2009) | Jimson Weed, Datura wrightii (Mar/12/2014) |
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| Jimson Weed, Datura wrightii (Mar/12/2014) | (Mar/12/2014) |
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| The monument overlooking the spring. No way you can get to the spring from this side. (Mar/12/2014) | Spring (Mar/12/2014) |
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| One of the many scattered palms. (Mar/12/2014) | (Mar/12/2014) |
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| A small oasis. (Mar/12/2014) | (Mar/12/2014) |
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| arrow-weed, Pluchea sericea, California fan palms, washingtonia filifera (Mar/12/2014) | You can actually get close by. (Mar/12/2014) |
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| arrow-weed, Pluchea sericea (Mar/12/2014) | Fremont cottonwood, Populus fremontii ssp. fremontii (Mar/12/2014) |
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| Black Willow, Salix gooddingii (Mar/12/2014) | Fanleaf crinklemat, Tiquilia plicata (Mar/12/2014) |
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| Spanish Needles, Palafoxia arida var. arida (Mar/12/2014) | Narrow-leaved Willow, Salix exigua var. exigua (Mar/12/2014) |
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| (Mar/12/2014) | Common reed, Phragmites australis, Arrow-weed, Pluchea sericea (Mar/12/2014) |
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| (Mar/12/2014) | Screw-bean mesquite, Prosopis pubescens (Mar/12/2014) |
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| Apricot mallow, Sphaeralcea ambigua var. ambigua (Mar/12/2014) | (Mar/12/2014) |
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| Yellow Sweet Clover, Melilotus indicus (Mar/12/2014) | Bishop's Lotus, Lotus strigosus (Mar/12/2014) |
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| Rabbits-foot grass, Polypogon monspeliensis (Mar/12/2014) | Arizona Lupine, Lupinus arizonicus (Mar/12/2014) |
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| Gander's Cholla, Cylindropuntia ganderi (Mar/12/2014) | Gander's Cholla, Cylindropuntia ganderi (Mar/12/2014) |
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| Beavertail Cactus, Opuntia basilaris (Mar/12/2014) | Trailing Windmills, Allionia incarnata (Mar/12/2014) |
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| Trailing Windmills, Allionia incarnata (Mar/12/2014) | Blue Palo Verde, Parkinsonia florida (Mar/12/2014) |
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| Blue Palo Verde, Parkinsonia florida (Mar/12/2014) | Brittlebush, Encelia farinosa (Mar/12/2014) |
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| Brittlebush, Encelia farinosa (Mar/12/2014) | (Apr/17/2014) |
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| Red Diamond Rattlesnake, Crotalus ruber ruber (Apr/17/2014) | (Apr/17/2014) |
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| Red Diamond Rattlesnake, Crotalus ruber ruber (Apr/17/2014) | (Apr/17/2014) |
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| Wild grape, Vitis girdiana (Dec/19/2015) | Wild grape, Vitis girdiana (Dec/19/2015) |
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| Screwbean mesquite, Prosopis pubescens (left) - Honey mesquite, Prosopis glandulosa torreyana (right) (Dec/19/2015) | Wild grape, Vitis girdiana (Dec/19/2015) |
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| (Dec/19/2015) | Rigid hedge-nettle, Stachys rigida (Dec/19/2015) |
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| Rigid hedge-nettle, Stachys rigida (Dec/19/2015) | (Dec/19/2015) |
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| California barrel cactus, Ferocactus cylindraceus (Dec/23/2015) | Fremont's desert thorn, Lycium fremontii (Dec/23/2015) |
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| Fremont's desert thorn, Lycium fremontii (Dec/23/2015) 🌎 | (Dec/23/2015) |
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| (Apr/25/2016) 🌎 | Canyon dodder, Cuscuta subinclusa (Apr/25/2016) 🌎 |
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| Canyon dodder, Cuscuta subinclusa (Apr/25/2016) 🌎 | White nightshade, Solanum douglasii (Apr/25/2016) 🌎 |
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| Screwbean mesquite, Prosopis pubescens (Apr/25/2016) 🌎 | Screwbean mesquite, Prosopis pubescens (Apr/25/2016) 🌎 |
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| Yellow tackstem, Calycoseris parryi (Apr/25/2016) 🌎 | Blackbanded rabbitbrush, Ericameria paniculata (Apr/25/2016) 🌎 |
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| Desert willow, Chilopsis linearis arcuata (Apr/25/2016) 🌎 | Devil's spineflower, Chorizanthe rigida (Apr/25/2016) 🌎 |
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| Devil's spineflower, Chorizanthe rigida (Apr/25/2016) 🌎 | Sand blazing star, Mentzelia involucrata (Apr/25/2016) 🌎 |
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| Trailing windmills, Allionia incarnata incarnata (Apr/25/2016) 🌎 | Solitary leaf alkali goldenbush, Isocoma acradenia eremophila (Nov/17/2016) 🌎 |
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| Bladderpod bush, Peritoma arborea angustata (Nov/17/2016) 🌎 | Encelia farinosa farinosa , Brittlebush (Nov/8/2019) 🌎 |
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| Salix exigua exigua , Narrow leaf willow (Nov/8/2019) 🌎 | Ericameria paniculata , Blackbanded rabbitbrush (Nov/8/2019) 🌎 |
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| Oenothera elata hirsutissima , Hooker's evening primrose (Nov/8/2019) 🌎 | Datura wrightii , Jimson weed (Nov/8/2019) 🌎 |
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| (Nov/8/2019) 🌎 | A waterfall (Nov/8/2019) 🌎 |
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| (Nov/8/2019) 🌎 | Malacothamnus fasciculatus , Chaparral bush mallow (Nov/8/2019) 🌎 |
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| Isocoma acradenia eremophila , Solitary leaf alkali goldenbush (Nov/8/2019) 🌎 | Lythrum californicum , California loosestrife (Nov/8/2019) 🌎 |
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| Erythranthe cardinalis, Scarlet monkeyflower (Nov/8/2019) 🌎 | One of the rare open stretches (Nov/8/2019) 🌎 |
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| A hidden water pool. (Nov/8/2019) 🌎 | Mostly very dense (Nov/8/2019) 🌎 |
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| Phragmites australis , Common reed (Nov/8/2019) 🌎 | Phacelia minor , Wild canterbury bells (Mar/24/2020) 🌎 |
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| Trixis californica californica , California trixis (Mar/24/2020) 🌎 | Encelia farinosa, Brittlebush (Mar/24/2020) 🌎 |
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| Malacothrix glabrata , Desert dandelion (Mar/24/2020) 🌎 | Gilia diegensis , Coastal gilia (Mar/24/2020) 🌎 |
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| Lupinus microcarpus , Chick lupine (Mar/24/2020) 🌎 | Lupinus hirsutissimus , Stinging lupine (Mar/24/2020) 🌎 |
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| (Mar/24/2020) 🌎 | Lupinus microcarpus , Chick lupine (Mar/24/2020) 🌎 |
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| Acmispon glaber brevialatus , Shortwing deerweed (Mar/24/2020) 🌎 | (Mar/24/2020) 🌎 |
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| (Mar/24/2020) 🌎 | (Mar/24/2020) 🌎 |
