On the shortest few days and the very longest nights of the year at the winter solstice in the year 1775, on Dec. 20-22, Juan Bautista de Anza camped his expedition next to a freshwater spring in ...

On Kirsten Dutcher’s recent hikes in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, she’s witnessed a troubling sight: Ocotillos have keeled over onto the desert floor, and cholla cactuses are browning up from their ...

I think Dead Horse Point State Park deserves just as much recognition as Utah's national parks. I also love traveling to Anza-Borrego Desert in California and Ecola State Park in Oregon. National ...

California is a land of striking geographic contrasts—towering mountains rise alongside lush forests, while deserts brush up against fertile agricultural valleys. You can carve through snow on glacier ...