Visitor Information

Research Center Facilities Image Gallery (use arrows to navigate, or watch slide show)

Efficiency Rooms

Classroom Space

Student Lounge Area

Courtyard

Convenient Parking

Dining Area

Kitchen

Bar Great Room Area

Restrooms with Showers

Dorm Bunk Beds

Efficiency Room - Double Bed

Efficiency Room - Single Bed

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Location

San Diego County, city of Borrego Springs; two-hour drive from UC San Diego. See Map and Directions

Facilities

Main hall, 2 classrooms, researcher and student accommodations, laboratory, on-site herbarium vascular plant voucher collection, and kitchen.

Average Precipitation

13 - 18 cm (5 - 7 inches) per year

Size

31.5 hectares (78 acres), in addition to the 2,477 hectares (615,000 acres) of Anza-Borrego Desert State Park

Elevation

Steele Burnand Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center: 182 m (597 feet)
Anza Borrego Desert State Park: 18 - 1,888 m (60 - 6,193 feet)

Temperatures Averages

November - March: 24ºC (75ºF)
April and October: 29ºC (85ºF)
May - September: 41ºC (105ºF)
Summer Maximum: 50ºC (121ºF)

Contact Information

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