Facilities
San Diego County, city of Borrego Springs; two-hour drive from UC San Diego. See Map and Directions
Main hall, 2 classrooms, researcher and student accommodations, laboratory, on-site herbarium vascular plant voucher collection, and kitchen.
13 - 18 cm (5 - 7 inches) per year
31.5 hectares (78 acres), in addition to the 2,477 hectares (615,000 acres) of Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
Steele Burnand Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center: 182 m (597 feet)
Anza Borrego Desert State Park: 18 - 1,888 m (60 - 6,193 feet)
November - March: 24ºC (75ºF)
April and October: 29ºC (85ºF)
May - September: 41ºC (105ºF)
Summer Maximum: 50ºC (121ºF)
Jim Dice, Reserve Manager University of California, Irvine Steele/Burnand Anza-Borrego Desert Research Ctr.
P.O. Box 2098
401 Tilting T. Drive
Borrego Springs, CA 92004-2098
dicej@uci.edu (760) 465-2656