Title Page -- Copyright -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Contents -- CHAPTER 1 Areas, Access,and Outdoor Activities -- DIVISION OF THE REGION INTO SEVEN AREAS -- CAMPING IN THE REGION -- OUTDOOR ADVENTURE AND NATURAL HISTORY IN THE REGION -- CHAPTER 2 How To's and What Not'sof Desert Travel -- PRE-TRIP PREPARATION -- VEHICLE SAVVY -- WEATHER, WATER AND PERSONAL EQUIPMENT -- DESERT CITIZENSHIP AND COMMON SENSE (RULES AND REGULATIONS) -- PROTECTION OF OUR PRE- AND HISTORICAL HERITAGE -- CHAPTER 3 Land Navigation:Map, Compass, and GPS -- MAPS IN GENERAL AND TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS IN PARTICULAR -- GPS AND UTM -- SECTIONS, RANGES, TOWNSHIPS -- AREA 1-WESTERN: west Hwy S-22 and Borrego Valley -- TRIP 1A: Warner Ranch Junction to Earthquake Valley via Hwy S-2 -- TRIP 1B: Montezuma Junction to Borrego Springs via Hwy S-22 -- TRIP 1C: Borrego Springs, Visitor Center, Borrego Palm Canyon -- AREA 2-NORTHWESTERN: Coyote Canyon and Collins Valley -- TRIP 2A: Christmas Circle To Upper Willows (northbound) -- TRIP 2B: Collins Valley West-Side Canyon Hikes -- TRIP 2C: Anza (Hwy 371) to Upper Willows (southbound) -- AREA 3-NORTHEASTERN: east Hwy S-22, north Hwy 86 -- TRIP 3A: Borrego Springs To Salton City Via HWY S-22 -- TRIP 3B: Clark Valley and Rockhouse Canyon -- TRIP 3C: Fonts Point-Central Borrego Badlands -- TRIP 3D: Seventeen Palms-Eastern Borrego Badlands -- TRIP 3E: Calcite Mine Area to Salton City Via Palm Wash -- TRIP 3F: Salton City to Travertine Rock Via Hwy 86 -- TRIP 3G: Travertine Palms to Palo Verde Canyon backpack -- AREA 4-CENTRAL: central Hwy 78, Hwy S-3 -- TRIP 4A: Earthquake (Shelter) Valley to Ocotillo Wells Via Hwy 78 -- TRIP 4B: Tamarisk Grove to Ranchita (S-22) via Grapevine Canyon -- TRIP 4C: Tamarisk Grove To Borrego Springs Via Hwy S-3 -- TRIP 4D: Ocotillo Wells to Borrego Valley Via San Felipe Wash.

AREA 5-EASTERN: east Hwy 78, central Hwy 86 -- TRIP 5A: Ocotillo Wells to Trifolium (Hwy 86) Via Hwy 78 -- TRIP 5B: Ocotillo Wells to Fish Creek via Split Mountain Road -- TRIP 5C: Split Mountain to Hapaha and Harper Flats via Fish Creek -- TRIP 5D: San Sebastian Marsh/Kane Spring Area -- TRIP 5E: San Felipe Hills -- TRIP 5F: Trifolium (Hwy 78) to Salton City via Hwy 86 -- AREA 6-SOUTHWESTERN: west Hwy 78, Hwy S-2 -- APPENDIX 1 -- TRIP 6A: Earthquake (Shelter) Valley to Ocotillo Via Hwy S-2 -- TRIP 6B: Julian to Earthquake (Shelter) Valley via Hwy 78 -- TRIP 6C: Blair Valley and Smuggler Canyon -- TRIP 6D: Mason Valley to Banner via Oriflamme and Chariot Canyons -- TRIP 6E: Vallecito Creek and Carrizo Badlands -- TRIP 6F: Mortero Wash and Dos Cabezas -- AREA 7-SOUTHEASTERN: Interstate 8,Hwys S-80 and 98 -- TRIP 7A: Jacumba to Seeley Via I-8 -- TRIP 7B: Ocotillo to Superstition Mountain via Hwy S-80 -- TRIP 7C: Ocotillo to Yuha Basin via Hwy 98 -- APPENDIX 1 Abbreviations Used in this Book -- APPENDIX 2 Recommended Reading: Books in Print -- APPENDIX 3 Desert Directory: Anza-Borrego and Western Colorado Desert Region -- APPENDIX 4 Recommended Trips by Mode of Travel -- APPENDIX 5 Backpocket Map Key to Topographic Maps -- APPENDIX 6 GPS Waypoints for the Anza-Borrego Desert Region -- APPENDIX 7 100 Common Plants in Anza-Borrego by Family -- Index -- Map and Illustration List -- About the Authors -- APPENDIX 2 -- APPENDIX 3 -- APPENDIX 4 -- APPENDIX 5 -- APPENDIX 6 -- APPENDIX 7 -- Index -- About the Authors.