Ocotillo Wells State Vehicular Recreation Area

Ocotillo Wells State Vehicular Recreation Area

Parks Directory of the United States / State Parks / California

Location: 35 miles east of Julian via Highway 78, or about 20 miles west of Highway 86.
Facilities: Picnic tables, pay showers; no drinking water.
Activities: Tent camping, ORV riding.
Special Features: Ocotillo Wells SVRA is a motorcycle, four-wheel drive, all-terrain vehicle, and dune buggy use area, with more than 70,000 acres of desert available for off-highway exploration and recreation. The wash-and-ridge terrain includes a butte with dunes and a sand bowl, a blow-sand dune, springs, and a camp on a former homestead site. Area is adjacent to Anza-Borrego Desert State Park (see separate entry).
Address: c/o Ocotillo Wells District Office
PO Box 356
Borrego Springs, CA 92004
Phone: 760-767-5391;
Web: www.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=407
Size: 54,198 acres.

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