Borrego Palm Canyon Campground — Anza-Borrego Desert State Park

Great campsite. Bathrooms are flushed toilets and they have showers. Great hiking nearby. It can get really windy at night. Make sure you don't go when the temp is high.

Borrego Palm Canyon Campground is a great mix of desert adventure and comfort. It’s right in the heart of Anza-Borrego, with easy access to the Palm Canyon trail and tons of hiking nearby. The campground is large but well maintained, with a mix of RV hookups and tent sites, plus clean restrooms, water, and coin-operated hot showers.

The desert setting is beautiful, wide open views, amazing stargazing, and those classic quiet desert mornings. There’s not much natural shade, but many sites have ramadas which help a lot in the sun. We went mid-March and it was already starting to get pretty hot during the day, so definitely plan for warm weather and lots of sun exposure.

Overall, it’s a super solid basecamp if you want easy access to trails and a more comfortable desert camping experience without going fully primitive.

Popular hike up Palm Canyon Trail alongside creek important to Desert Bighorn Sheep. Dry-side of campground has flushing toilets and showers. Water spigots throughout. Drinking water at dump station to fill tanks. Paved trail to Visitor Center. Town with restaurants and stores 5 minutes away.

Stayed in 24' RV on non-hookup side down from upper canyon. Nice easy concrete pathway to visitor's center... 1 mile round trip. Also enjoyed just walking around upper and lower campgrounds. Very dark at night... take a flashlight if not back before sunset. Clean individual restrooms with flush toilets plus sinks. Showers take tokens... used 3 but water never got hot this time... unusual... Quiet after dark... Heard coyotes... saw roadrunner... Small mall in town has a few interesting shops. Library is worth a walk through... Sculptures scattered around outside town make for interesting photos. Will be back next December.

Father-son-grandson camping trip in the middle of the week in my Pop-up so we opted for a site with electricity. Best site ever! Nice Visitors center to see. We hiked the Borrego Palm trail. We did the cool slot canyon trail as well. Cruised around the state park, doing some off-road driving (all appropriate roads). Had an awesome protein smoothie from Center Market. Take lots of water..once you leave the city of Borrego Springs, water is not available generally at hike locations.

October 4th stay was new to me, my 3rd trailer camping trip from San Diego. It was nice and warm at arrival and cool by the moonlit night with the gnats going away until morning. No one was next to me so I had it good, most were tent camper and quiet by 10pm... great views. Shack guard was nice and helpful... I liked this site.

Large campground split into 3 sections. The one side is mainly for RVs and has hookups — would only recommend for RVs as they’re stacked up. The other 2 sides are a bit more spread out, especially the sites on the outside of the loops. It’s well taken care of and clean. Plus it has token showers with hot water, a dish washing area, flush toilets, fire pits, grills, and cell signal. Anza Borrego park has tons of awesome dispersed sites around the park that are free, but this was a good spot to take a little break from the desert and grab a hot shower.

This campsite gave my boyfriend and I a great first camping experience together. There was so much to do in the nearby areas. Fonts Point and The Slot are must see spots!

I camp many places, this restroom is the most high class one, it has flush toilet, basin, mirror, light and clothes hook. If you bring your own shower bag or a bucket of water, shower room is free to use actually.

Gets hot early in the year so as always bring extra water. It was walking distance from a hike that leads to a little oasis which I definitely recommend going to, to beat the heat! Sunsets and star views are incredible. Nice large camp spaces.

Pros: Close to town, Clean flush toilets/ bathrooms, RV sites, family friendly, close to trails

Cons: not much privacy, books up early

Winter camping in the back loop is one of my most favorite things ever. If you especiAlly lucky, you may even see a Bighorn Sheep or two come through early in the morning. Do t miss the sunrise as well!

Such a fun place to walk around and take in the views. It’s the perfect time of year to go!

Big Space and big sky! We camped in February and it was cold at night but perfect day hiking weather. Hiked up to palm grove oasis. There is so much natural beauty here. We saw big horned sheep.

Camped here in July. The sunset and sunrises are amazing to watch!! You can see it all right from your site. Flushing Bathrooms very clean and accesible. Site includes grill, fire pit, picnic table, and potable water. Beautiful view of the mountains that meet the desert. Highly recommend visiting for a night or two.

This campground felt more like I was glamping. Everything was easily accessible and by that I mean; a toilet, running water, and showers. We slept in our tent which felt pretty amazing being that the weather was perfect. I’d highly recommend visiting this camp site in the cooler months.

Yes, it’s desert camping but there are so many fun things to do here.  There’s a 3 mile hike to a wonderful spring, visiting the badlands, biking into town for a weekend morning farmers market and taking a Ranger’s flower desert hike.  We also enjoyed hiking to the top of the hill in the early morning.   We lucked out and got a great campsite that had a beautiful rock wall and covering with a fireplace.  So cool.  Definitely best to camp here in the spring or fall.  Would be really hot, in the 100’s, in the summer. Best time to camp is in the spring when all the flowers are in bloom.

We drove to this site at 11:00pm and even in the dark it was easy to navigate. We drove right to our spot and set up. The campgrounds are pretty close to one another so not much privacy. Coyotes were howling all night and very active around camp. Super bloom was amazing here! The restrooms were spotless!! Also a neat counter sink area provided. Most sites have a shaded structure and picnic bench with grill.

Campground is near town but town isnt very populated. Little to no light pollution and very quiet campground. Summertime is great as night temps stay relatively high. Close to visitor center. For more adventurous types. Look for primitive areas in the park. Far better and very secluded.

We didn’t camp in the campground, but I loved the availability to camp wherever in the state park! Very pretty place with TONS of off-roading, hiking, and exploring to do! Planning another trip soon!

Borrego Palm Canyon in Anza Borrego Desert State Park is good for those who want to be near town because it's right on the edge of the small desert town of Borrego Springs, where there are restaurants, a couple of small convenience stores and services.  (Run out of ice? No problem!)

Some sites here have ramadas for shade, a couple of them dating back to the conservation corps time with built-in fire pits.  Each site has a picnic table.  There are bathrooms with flushing toilets and showers.  The Palm Canyon trailhead is at the end of the campground.

Not much shade if you are tenting, but if you luck out, you could get some endangered bighorn sheep coming through the campground.

Sites are paved and great for RV's.  There are also sites good for tenting.  (Again, no shade.  Summer is brutally hot.  Spring and fall are the most pleasant.)

This campground is one of my favorites. My practical side enjoys the clean bathrooms with hot showers and proximity to markets for refills on ice and beer. My adventurous side enjoys the hikes, coyotes singing and clear skies to observe the night sky. This campground has been enjoyable every time I’ve gone. I’ve been to many campgrounds where neighbors keep you up late, but something about this location demands quiet enjoyment. Don’t get me wrong, my friends and I stay up laughing around the campfire well after sunset but everyone seems to respect the quiet hours. The sites are spacious, each with a shade ramada, grill and fire-ring. The visitors center is a must see and there are numerous hiking trails near the campground. As beautiful as the wildflowers are during a super bloom, the crowds are super distracting. March is the best time of year to go, if there is a super bloom you’ll enjoy that, if not, you’ll enjoy the solitude.

Can get super windy! Great over roading and hikes in this enormous state park. Come prepared for anything!

Beautiful in a desert way. Can get super duper windy. Great off road hikes and scenery.

palm trees in the middle of the desert with water is just a short hike away. the campsites themselves are just on flat sand with cactus so beware. it is the desert so that's to be expected. this site feels more primitave than most others and I've never seen it busy but there are some great hiking trails and the sunset views are amazing. no dogs are allowed. Just a short drive away from the many desert statues in borrego springs.

I've camped here a couple of times. I come here mostly for the dark skies for astrophotography. It's a nice campground, clean bathrooms and showers. There's some nice hiking as well .