MAP Anza-Borrego Desert Region [Folded Map] [Map]

Diana Lindsay (Author), Lowell Lindsay (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 20, 2005

This full-color recreation map has been completely updated to reflect new and expanded state park and national forest boundaries in the Anza-Borrego and Yuha desert regions. Shows roads, jeep routes, trails, campsites, historical routes, points of interest, streams, springs, and highway mileage markers.

Product Details

• Map
• Publisher: Wilderness Press; Third Edition edition (December 20, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0899974015
• ISBN-13: 978-0899974019
• Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #396,806 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #77 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > History > Americas > United States > State & Local

More About the Author

Biographer and historian Diana Lindsay has been writing about the Anza-Borrego region of southern California since the 1960s. Her master's thesis in history and geography from San Diego State University was published as OUR HISTORIC DESERT: THE STORY OF ANZA-BORREGO DESERT STATE PARK by Copley Books and the Union-Tribune Publishing Company in 1973. It was followed in 1978 by THE ANZA-BORREGO DESERT REGION--an area guidebook co-authored with Lowell Lindsay and published by Wilderness Press that is now in its fifth edition. Several other publications followed over the years including ANZA-BORREGO A TO Z: PEOPLE, PLACES, AND THINGS and MARSHAL SOUTH AND THE GHOST MOUNTAIN CHRONICLES.

An award-winning photographer, her images have appeared in print in several monthly publicaitons and books. Her investigative reporting skills were developed while working at the Texas tri-state newspaper, the Amarillo GLOBE-NEWS, where she also wrote a popular hot-line column for many years.

Her latest publication is RICARDO BRECEDA: ACCIDENTAL ARTIST, a lavishly illustrated book abut the metal sculptor who has created ober 120 life-size sculptures in Borrego Valley surrounded by the magnificent Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A Great Map, but for the Price......, February 23, 2008

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Fritz R. Ward "dayhiker" (Crestline, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: MAP Anza-Borrego Desert Region (Map)

So its early spring and you have contacted the visitor center in Anza Borrego in hopes of scheduling your visit at the height of the wildflower bloom. But as long as you are traveling deep into rural San Diego County to the largest state park in the 48 contiguous states, you may as well explore the rest of it. Is this a good map to take with you? Sure, but with some caveats.

Pluses: It is printed on waterproof and tear resistant paper and colors are nice. One side shows the whole park and surrounding lands; the other details certain recreational regions, notably Bow Willow, Coyote Creek, and of course the Ocotillo Wells State Vehicle Recreation Area: a place where you too can get your car stuck in the sand. Still, my off roading friends tell me this is a lot of fun.

Neutral: Hiking trails don't show up quite as well here as on other Wilderness Press maps: usually they are bright red dashed lines. On this map, they are small dashed black lines. But they are still legible, if you know what you are looking for. A good guidebook to locate the trail heads helps, and this brings us to the...

Negative: Really only one. Why pay almost $10 for a map when you can get the map and the book on Amazon for only $12.21. For less than $3, you get so much more with the accompanying guide book by Lowell and Diana Lindsay. Considering the price differential, I cannot recommend the map as a stand alone. Get both the book and map, and then go enjoy this spectacular springtime park.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars If you want this map, there's a better deal., December 2, 2011

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Geary Boulrice - See all my reviews

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This review is from: MAP Anza-Borrego Desert Region (Map)

Great map of the Anza-Borrego desert region. But the deal is sweeter if you buy Anza-Borrego Desert Region: A Guide to State Park and Adjacent Areas of the Western Colorado Desert by Diana Lindsay. This excellent 300 page guide of the area is about $4 more AND includes this map. In any event, you don't need to purchase both the book and map like I did, unless you want two maps.