Anza-Borrego Desert Natural History Association reports
Free flower maps are available in ABDNHA’s Nature Center, 652 Palm Canyon Drive. We update the maps daily as reports come in.
Update March 22: The cooler weather today and yesterday will likely extend the bloom into this weekend around the Borrego Valley but beyond that the bloom will decline at these low elvations. Coyote Canyon and the sunflower fields along Henderson Canyon Road remain good locations at this time although they are past their prime. The “ocotillo forest” south of Tilting T along Borrego Springs Road has many hundreds of ocotillos, some in full bloom. The ground in that area is covered with yellow desert dandelions. There is also a bright yellow field of desert dandelions along DiGiorgio Road just south of Henderson Canyon Road. Beavertail cactus, with bright fuchsia colored flowers, are now in bloom in many locations around the Borrego Valley. Glorieta Canyon, rising from the southwest side of the the Borrego Valley is a great short hike, stunning right now and emersed in a bright yellow bloom of Brittlebush. Yaqui Pass, at the south
See photos at Anza-Borrego Desert Wildflowers Update
Natural History Wanderings 
Hi Sandy,
We recently returned from Borrego and found no one else doing the seven-mile Glorietta Canyon loop, and the canyon was loaded with flowers, including plenty of ghost flowers and blazing stars. A videographer we met made a nice production of the first mile of the hike: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ic2NsBbMhIw By starting on the trails at 7:30am we missed the heat and the crowds doing Alcoholic Pass, Hawk Canyon, Plum Canyon, and even seeing no one else beyond the palm oasis at Borrego Palm Canyon. This Sunday eight of us leave for three weeks to catch the bloom in Southern Nevada with visits to two new national monuments: Gold Butte and Basin-and-Range.
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By: ter sullivan on March 23, 2017
at 11:48 AM
Thanks for your report. I reposted it on the main page.
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By: Sandy Steinman on March 23, 2017
at 8:01 PM