There are 34 routes assigned to the "S" zone of the California Route Marker Program, which designates county routes in California . The "S" zone includes county highways in Imperial , Orange , Riverside , San Diego , and Santa Barbara counties.
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140-672: A Scenic Byway in 1959. The entire route is in San Diego County . County Route S2 (CR S2) is a county highway in the U.S. state of California. It runs for 65 miles (105 km), north–south, in Imperial County and San Diego County . CR S2 is the third longest county route in California and is almost exclusively a two-lane rural road. It largely follows the route of the former Southern Emigrant Trail and Butterfield Overland Mail . Starting at mile marker zero,
210-881: A continental scale called the Great American Interchange , and are present in Anza-Borrego's fossils. Animals such as giant ground sloths and porcupines made their first appearance in North America at this time. The oldest terrestrial vertebrate fossils from the Colorado Desert predate the late Miocene invasion of the Gulf of California. These very rare fossils include a gomphothere (elephant-like mammal), rodent , felid and small camelid , and were collected from 10– to 12-million-year-old riverine and near-shore lake deposits. However,
280-452: A deficiency in precipitation due to the continental tropical air mass which has very dry warm air. As climate change increases there is potential for wetter years which bring about "super blooms," that boost tourism during the winter and early spring. Locals began to rely on seasonal tourism to boost their economies, and, along with wet years climate change has threatened the economy as it has the ability to produce longer droughts which threaten
350-500: A giant short-faced bear ; Smilodon , a saber-toothed cat ; Miracinonyx , the North American cheetah; Mammuthus imperator , the largest known mammoth ; Tapirus , an extinct tapir ; Equus enormis and Equus scotti , two species of extinct Pleistocene horses; Gigantocamelus a giant camel; and Capromeryx minor , the dwarf pronghorn . Within the state park, Mammuthus remains, including two complete skulls and
420-675: A number of industrial and business parks. Eventually, CR S12 enters San Marcos , where it becomes San Marcos Boulevard after an intersection with Business Park Drive. San Marcos Boulevard intersects Rancho Santa Fe Road ( CR S10 ) and continues eastward, crossing State Route 78 . Shortly thereafter, San Marcos Boulevard intersects with Twin Oaks Valley Road, which assumes the S12 designation after this junction. Shortly after becoming CR S12, Twin Oaks Valley Road passes over Mission Road ( CR S14 ) without actually intersecting it, then continues to
490-648: A partial skeleton, have been uncovered at 46 different archeological sites. Most of these sites are located in the Borrego Badlands. Gompotherium , Stegomastodon , Mammuthus meridionalis , and Mammuthus columbi are among the various mammoth fossils to be found in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. A Gompotherium jaw is on display at the University of California Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley. The Native Americans of
560-599: A portion of its length, is a 34.08 mi (54.85 km) long county highway located entirely in San Diego County, California , United States. It begins at State Route 94 near Barrett and moves northward across Interstate 8 , just west of the Laguna Summit . This segment is also known as Buckman Springs Road . North of I-8, it is the Sunrise Scenic Byway , a National Forest Scenic Byway . The route begins at SR 94 near Barrett not far from
630-624: A railway route to the Pacific. Blake first named this region the Colorado Desert. Since the late 19th century, numerous scientific studies and published papers have centered on the marine organisms that inhabited the ancient Gulf of California. Fossil assemblages from the classic Imperial Formation include calcareous nanoplankton and dinoflagellates , foraminifera , corals , polychaetes , clams , gastropods , sea urchins , sand dollars , and crabs and shrimp. The deposits also yield
700-543: A recent study done in 2018. Some areas are habitats for the desert bighorn sheep . The peninsula bighorn sheep reside in Anza-Borrego. They have been federally endangered since 1998 and are one of the most iconic species of this state park. Observers count this endangered species to study the population, and monitor its current decline from human encroachment . The two biggest threats to bighorn sheep populations are anthropogenic influences and climate change. As humans continue to develop in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park and
770-623: A remote junction with the historic dirt road to become to Sweeney Pass Road. Sweeney Pass is located between the Volcanic Hills and the Coyote Mountains . East of the San Diego/Imperial County Line of this segment is also called Imperial Highway . The highway runs south through an interchange with Interstate 8 then ends at a junction with State Route 98 near Ocotillo . County Route S3 (CR S3)
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#1732801361620840-795: A shift from around 3400 long term residents to around 200,000 tourists. The habitats are primarily within the Colorado Desert ecosystem of the Sonoran Desert ecoregion . The higher extreme northern and eastern sections in the Peninsular Ranges are in the California montane chaparral and woodlands ecoregion. The park has about 600 species of native plants. The park contains bajadas and desert washes; rock formations and colorful badlands , large arid landscapes, and mountains. The bajadas are predominantly creosote bush-bur sage with creosote bush ( Larrea tridentata ) and
910-485: Is 12.1 miles (19.5 km). There is one call box on this highway, located at Yaqui Pass summit. The highway is part of the Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail Auto Tour Route. The entire route is in San Diego County . County Route S4 (CR S4) is a road in San Diego County, California , United States, in the northern city limits of San Diego and in the city of Poway . United States. The route
980-556: Is a California State Park located within the Colorado Desert of Southern California , United States. The park takes its name from 18th century Spanish explorer Juan Bautista de Anza and borrego , a Spanish word for sheep. With 585,930 acres (237,120 ha) that includes one-fifth of San Diego County , it is the largest state park in California and the third largest state park nationally. The park occupies eastern San Diego County and reaches into Imperial and Riverside counties, enveloping two communities: Borrego Springs , which
1050-409: Is a county highway in San Diego County, California , United States. It begins at a junction with State Route 78 and runs roughly north over Yaqui Pass to Borrego Springs , bearing the name Yaqui Pass Road . It turns left onto Deep Well Trail and left again onto Borrego Springs Road . It ends at a junction with County Route S22 at a large roundabout known as Christmas Circle. Its total length
1120-775: Is a county highway , mostly along Lomas Santa Fe Drive and Linea Del Cielo , in San Diego County, California , United States. Its western end is CR S21 (locally signed as "Highway 101") in Solana Beach and its eastern end is at Via De La Valle in Rancho Santa Fe . The route begins in Solana Beach at Old Highway 101 . It winds eastward through San Diego County , crossing through Solana Beach and unincorporated San Diego County, and ends at Via De La Valle (CR S6) in Rancho Santa Fe. The last portion of
1190-583: Is a non-profit educational organization and is the sole cooperating association of the park. It manages all sales at the State Park Visitor Center and State Park Store. The Anza-Borrego Institute, the education arm of the foundation, provides in-depth educational courses to more than 100,000 visitors each year. The institute offers in-depth field programs, a fifth-grade environmental camp, citizen science research, and Parks Online Resources for Teachers and Students . The foundation's mission
1260-626: Is home to the park's headquarters, and Shelter Valley . The park is an anchor in the Mojave and Colorado Deserts Biosphere Reserve , and adjacent to the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument . The great bowl of the surrounding desert is surrounded by mountains, with the Vallecito Mountains to the south and the highest Santa Rosa Mountains to the north which are in the wilderness area, without paved roads and with
1330-569: Is important to recognize the necessity to protect them and mitigate our impact on their limited and unique environment. Anza-Borrego State Park is located in the Colorado Desert Region of Southern California which is an extension of the Mexican Sonoran Desert. The Koppen Climate classification for Anza Borrego Desert State Park is BWh . The characteristics of this climate are typically hot and arid along with
1400-531: Is in San Diego County . County Route S10 (CR S10), known entirely as Rancho Santa Fe Road , is a road in San Diego County, California , United States, that runs through the North County region of San Diego County. CR S10 begins at Encinitas Boulevard in Encinitas , heading in a generally northward direction. It enters Carlsbad and turns eastward. This road travels into San Marcos and passes near
1470-405: Is more to it than that: cool piney heights, springs and oozing ciénegas , spectacular although brief waves of wild flowers in spring, and native fragrances of pervasive sage, subtle cottonwood, and even more subtle earth. The park has 500 mi (800 km) of dirt roads, 12 designated wilderness areas , and 110 mi (180 km) of hiking trails . Park information and maps are available in
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#17328013616201540-542: Is not signed as County Route S7, but it is a logical westward extension of the signed portion. With a 10% grade, it was the only road to the top of Palomar Mountain until the 1940s, when East Grade Road ("Highway to the Stars") was built for the construction of the Palomar Observatory . The road was formerly known as "Nigger Nate Road", named after Nate Harrison, an early African-American homesteader . The name
1610-493: Is the site of park headquarters and has "the most famous view point in the park, overlooking barren, spectacularly eroded Borrego Badlands." Tamarisk Grove hosts a campground and is close to Yaqui Well , a "historic watering spot...with magnificent desert ironwood trees and a busy wildlife population." Anza-Borrego is often pictured as a wrinkled wasteland of harshly eroded, nearly barren clay and gravel, possibly because its gullied badlands are its most eroded phenomenon. There
1680-515: Is traversed entirely by Poway Road from Interstate 15 east to State Route 67 . The route's western terminus is at I-15 , where the road continues west as Rancho Penasquitos Boulevard, traverses across SR 56 , and finally ends as Carmel Mountain Road. Eastward, the road traverses through the city of Poway as Poway Road and has its east end at SR 67 . Within Poway, it is one of the busiest streets in
1750-512: The Blancan - Irvingtonian North American land mammal ages boundary fall within the long geological record from the Anza-Borrego region. Environmental changes associated with these geological time divisions are probably better tracked by fossils from the Anza-Borrego region than in any other North American continental platform stratum . These changes herald the beginning of the Ice Ages , and
1820-566: The Mexican border. From there, it heads northward along Buckman Springs Road. Soon afterwards, it enters the Cleveland National Forest . When the road reaches Interstate 8 , while Buckman Springs Road continues northeastward across the freeway, CR S1 continues in a northwest direction along Old Highway 80, the original alignment of U.S. Route 80 in California. It then closely parallels I-8 for several miles. Upon crossing
1890-587: The North County region of San Diego County from Carlsbad Boulevard ( County Route S21 ) in Carlsbad to Interstate 15 near Hidden Meadows . CR S12's western terminus is at Carlsbad Boulevard ( CR S21 ) in Carlsbad . Almost immediately after it begins, CR S12 (this portion of which is called Palomar Airport Road) intersects with Interstate 5 . It passes Legoland California and continues eastward, passing its namesake, McClellan–Palomar Airport . It intersects with El Camino Real ( CR S11 ) before running through
1960-561: The Pacific Crest Trail and the Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail . Stargazing is another activity at Anza-Borrego. The park was designated an International Dark Sky Park by the International Dark-Sky Association in 2018. Ecotourism is big for Anza-Borrego. On average, the population of Borrego Springs increases by about 580% in peak wildflower superbloom season. This is
2030-739: The Palomar Observatory . The route was defined in 1959. The entire route is in San Diego County . County Route S7 (CR S7) is a county highway in San Diego County, California , United States, that provides access to Palomar Mountain . CR S7's western terminus is at State Route 76 east of Pauma Valley, California . It begins as a dirt road known as the Nate Harrison Grade. Then it returns to pavement as it ascends Palomar Mountain and meets San Diego County Route S6 . It enters Palomar Mountain State Park . Then, it descends to end at SR 76 near Lake Henshaw . Nate Harrison Grade
2100-518: The "Elephant Knees" along Fish Creek. Many of the marine fossils are closely related to forms from the Caribbean Sea . They document a time before the Isthmus of Panama formed when the warm Gulf Stream of the western Atlantic Ocean invaded eastern Pacific Ocean waters. As North and South America connected about three million years ago, terrestrial faunal north-south migrations began on
2170-865: The 600-mile (965-kilometer) commemorative route connecting the 21 Spanish missions in California (formerly Alta California ). CR S11's southern terminus is Encinitas Boulevard ( CR S9 ) in Encinitas . It continues northward through Encinitas, intersecting with Lecuadia Boulevard/Olivenhain Road, which leads to CR S10 (Rancho Santa Fe Road) east of this intersection. After this point, it enters Carlsbad, where it intersects with Palomar Airport Road ( CR S12 ). It continues northward through Carlsbad, ending at State Route 78 in Oceanside . Note that El Camino Real continues for several miles beyond both termini. It extends southward through Encinitas until it reaches San Elijo Lagoon and ends at Manchester Avenue. An unconnected road further east also called El Camino Real starts at
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2240-528: The Salton Trough, extending northward past what would become the city of Palm Springs. These tropical waters supported a profusion of both large and small marine organisms. Through time, the sea gave way as an immense volume of sediment eroded during the formation of the Grand Canyon spilled into the Salton Trough. Little by little, the ancestral Colorado River built a massive river delta across
2310-593: The San Elijo Lagoon and continues south for several miles until Carmel Mountain Road. Northward in Oceanside, El Camino Real passes under State Route 76 and ends just north at Douglas Drive. The entire route is in San Diego County . County Route S12 (CR S12), also known as Palomar Airport Road , San Marcos Boulevard , Twin Oaks Valley Road , and Deer Springs Road , is a county highway in San Diego County, California , United States. It runs through
2380-586: The border practically confined to the Anza-Borrego region." The park has natural springs and oases , with the state's only native palm, the California fan palm . Seasonal wildflower displays can be seen in many plant community association throughout the park. Superblooms , one of the biggest Anza-Borrego State Park attractions, are indispensable indicators of the increasingly severe implications of climate change, precipitation levels, and shifting seasonal starting and ending periods. Superblooms are fundamental healthy and natural aspects to this desert, as it boosts
2450-666: The city. The route was established in 1959. The entire route is in San Diego County . County Route S5 (CR S5) is a road in San Diego County, California , United States, in Poway and San Diego . It runs from its southern end at Poway Road ( County Route S4 ) in Poway to its northern end at Interstate 15 in San Diego. The road's south end is at Poway Road (CR S4) in Poway. It winds north through Poway as Espola Road and then turns slightly west, ending at Interstate 15 as Rancho Bernardo Road (which continues past I-15). The route
2520-554: The county road passes through Rancho Santa Fe on Paseo Delicias. The entire route is in San Diego County . County Route S9 (CR S9), mostly known as Encinitas Boulevard , is a road in San Diego County, California , United States. Its west end is at CR S21 (Coast Highway 101) in Encinitas and its east end is at Paseo Delicias (CR S6) in Rancho Santa Fe . Once outside Encinitas, the county route follows portions of Rancho Santa Fe Road, La Bajada, Los Morros, and La Granada, before terminating at Paseo Delicias. The entire route
2590-539: The freeway at Laguna Junction, CR S1 separates from Old Highway 80 and becomes Sunrise Scenic Byway. From Interstate 8 , it begins its ascent into the Laguna Mountains. The route here was built along a cliff overlooking Pine Valley to its west. Around here, the vegetation still consists of chaparral and sagebrush . As the route gains elevation through Cleveland National Forest , the route becomes more heavily forested. Around here, numerous campgrounds dot
2660-716: The high and forested Laguna Mountains , such as in Cuyamaca Rancho State Park . These highways climb from the coast to 2,400 ft (730 m) above sea level, then descend 2,000 ft (610 m) down into the Borrego Valley in the center of the park. Access from the south is via the southern portion of S2. A popular site to hike to near the visitor center is Hellhole Palms, a grove of California fan palms in Hellhole Canyon near Maidenhair Falls. The park also provides access points to
2730-655: The highway begins at a junction with State Route 79 near the community of Warner Springs . As it descends southeast toward the desert floor it becomes San Felipe Road until it crosses State Route 78 at Scissors Crossing in Shelter Valley (formerly called Earthquake Valley ). South of SR 78, the name of the highway changes to the Great Southern Overland Stage Route of 1849. It passes through Blair Valley , Canebrake Canyon , Vallecito , and Agua Caliente . Further south, it forks at
2800-513: The intersection of Via de la Valle and Paseo Delicias. At El Camino Del Norte, the name changes to Del Dios Highway, past the community of Del Dios and into Escondido . In Escondido, CR S6 runs along West and East Valley Parkways, to Valley Center Road through Valley Center . CR S6 ends at State Route 76 . About four miles (6.4 km) east on SR 76, CR S6 begins again as South Grade Road, which winds northward on Palomar Mountain . It intersects with CR S7 , then continues north until it ends at
2870-470: The intersection). The entire route is in San Diego County . County Route S11 (CR S11), known entirely as El Camino Real , is a county route in San Diego County, California , United States. It runs through the North County region in San Diego County, from Encinitas Boulevard ( County Route S9 ) in Encinitas to State Route 78 in Oceanside . As its street name implies, it is part of
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2940-548: The local economy with the influx of tourism and is vital player in the desert biome. The high-country to the north and east has closed-cone pine forests , manzanitas and oak woodlands . The oases are prolific with many types of fauna, especially for bird-watching. Throughout the park, visitors may see bighorn sheep , mountain lions , badgers , kit foxes , mule deer , coyotes , greater roadrunners , golden eagles , black-tailed jackrabbits , ground squirrels , kangaroo rats , deer mouse, quail , and prairie falcons . In
3010-659: The most significant and abundant vertebrate fossils have been recovered from the latest Miocene through late- Pleistocene riverine and flood plain deposits of the Palm Spring Formation in the Vallecito and Fish Creek Badlands and Ocotillo Conglomerate exposed in the Borrego Badlands. These fossil assemblages occur in a 3.5-million-year-long, uninterrupted stratigraphic sequence that has been dated using horizons of volcanic ash and paleomagnetic methods. The bestiary for this savannah landscape includes some of
3080-503: The most unusual creatures to inhabit North America – animals such as: Geochelone , a giant bathtub-sized tortoise; Aiolornis incredibilis , the largest flying bird of the Northern Hemisphere, with 17-ft (5.2-m) wing span; Paramylodon , Megalonyx and Nothrotheriops , giant ground sloths, some with bony armor within their skin; Pewelagus , a very small rabbit; Borophagus , a hyena -like dog; Arctodus ,
3150-465: The northern city limits of San Marcos. At the edge of the city, Twin Oaks Valley Road narrows into a private road, and CR S12 bears right to become Deer Springs Road, which continues northward through unincorporated land. Eventually the road turns east, and CR S12 ends at an interchange with Interstate 15 , though the road itself continues as Mountain Meadow Road through Hidden Meadows . The route
3220-609: The northernmost end of an active rift valley and a geological continental plate boundary. The trough extends north from the Gulf of California to San Gorgonio Pass , and from the eastern rim of the Peninsular Ranges eastward to the San Andreas Fault zone along the far side of the Coachella Valley . Over the past seven million years, a relatively complete geologic record of over 20,000 ft (6,100 m) of fossil-bearing sediment has been deposited within
3290-536: The only year-round creeks . Blair Valley is a valley in the State Park. It consists of the main Blair Valley and Little Blair Valley separated by a small mountain range over which Foot and Walker Pass leads. To the west of the valley lies Granite Mountain , to the east the range of Vallecito Mountains . The valley can be crossed by dirt roads, e.g., to reach a look-out point over Smuggler Canyon or sites of Indian pre-Hispanic art. Borrego Palm Canyon
3360-470: The palo verde-cactus shrub ecosystems with the palo verde tree ( Parkinsonia microphylla ), cacti , and ocotillo . In the washes, Colorado/Sonoran microphylla woodlands can be found. These woodlands include such plants as smoke tree ( Psorothamnus spinosus ), velvet mesquite ( Prosopis velutina ), and catclaw ( Acacia greggii ). The park is home to elephant trees ( Bursera microphylla ), which are "fairly common in parts of Baja California but north of
3430-557: The park along the rift valley's western margin. Paleontological remains are widespread and diverse, and are found scattered over hundreds of square miles of eroded badlands terrain extending south from the Santa Rosa Mountains into northern Baja California in Mexico. Both marine and terrestrial environments are represented by this long and rich fossil record. Six million years ago, the ancestral Gulf of California filled
3500-527: The park date from six million to under a half million years in age (the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs), or about 60 million years after the last dinosaur age ended. Anza-Borrego Desert State Park lies in a unique geologic setting along the western margin of the Salton Trough. This major topographic depression with the Salton Sink having elevations of 200 ft (61 m) below sea level, forms
3570-439: The preserved microscopic plant pollen and algal spores to baleen whale bones and mammoth skeletons. Many of the species are extinct and some are known only from fossil remains recovered from this park. Combined with a long and complete sedimentary depositional sequence, these diverse fossil assemblages are an unparalleled paleontologic resource of international importance. Both the Pliocene - Pleistocene epoch boundary and
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#17328013616203640-410: The region's long-vanished tropical past. The inland of southeastern California was not always a desert . Paleontology , the study of the fossilized remains of ancient life, is the key to understanding this prehistoric world. The park has an exceptional fossil record which includes preserved plants, a variety of invertebrate shells, animal tracks, and an array of bones and teeth. Most fossils found in
3710-517: The remains of marine vertebrates , such as sharks and rays , bony fish , baleen whales , walruses and dugongs . Marine environments such as an outer and inner shelf, platform reef, nearshore beach, and lagoon , are all represented within the Imperial Formation. As the sea became more shallow, estuarine and brackish marine conditions prevailed, typified by thick channel deposits of oyster and pecten shell coquina that now form
3780-445: The reptile class, desert iguanas , chuckwallas , and the red diamond rattlesnakes can be seen. Anza-Borrego Desert State Park is home to multiple endangered species . Unfortunately, the building of roads and highways have a severe effect upon these species and roadkills are cause for serious concern. Roads not only contribute to habitat fragmentation which starkly divides ecosystems, but led to 18 roadkillings within just 5 days in
3850-420: The route approaches its north end at State Route 79 , Lake Cuyamaca is visible. The north terminus is located just north of Cuyamaca Rancho State Park where it meets SR 79. The route was established by the county in the year 1959, where the entire route was designated as it is now. No major numbering or routing changes occurred throughout its history. The northern segment of the route was also established as
3920-519: The same time, sediments eroded from the growing Santa Rosa Mountains and the other Peninsular Ranges to spread east into the trough. These sediments provide an almost unbroken terrestrial fossil record, ending only a half million years ago. Here, the deposits of ancient streams and rivers trapped the remains of wildlife that inhabited a vast brushland savannah laced with riparian woodlands . This record of changing environments and habitats includes over 550 types of fossil plants and animals, ranging from
3990-517: The seaway. Fossil hardwoods from the deltaic sands and associated coastal plain deposits suggest the region received three times as much rainfall as now. The Anza-Borrego region gradually changed from a predominantly marine environment into a system of interrelated terrestrial habitats. North of the Colorado River Delta and intermittently fed by the river, a sequence of lakes and dry lakes has persisted for over three million years. At
4060-496: The side of the road. There is a picnic area overlooking Anza-Borrego Desert State Park near the Burnt Rancheria Campground, which is often said to deeply contrast the forest scenery along the route. Upon passing the settlement of Mount Laguna , the vegetation along the route mostly consists of dead trees devastated by the 2003 Cedar Fire . The route continues through the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. As
4130-608: The strata contain fossil clues to the origin and development of modern southwestern desert landscapes. The first fossils, marine shells from the ancient Gulf of California and freshwater shells from a prehistoric era Lake Cahuilla , the precursor of present-day Salton Sea , were collected and described by William Blake in 1853. Blake was the geologist and mineralogist for the Pacific Railroad Surveys commissioned by Congress and President Franklin Pierce to find
4200-408: The surrounding area, bighorn sheep continue to lose their habitat. Coupled with the increasing extreme temperatures and decrease in precipitation, bighorn shape face a decreasing free-standing water availability crisis. Bighorn sheep face considerable habitat loss at the hands of humans ranging from water diversion to noise pollution and habitat fragmentation. As critical members of this desert biome, it
4270-550: The surrounding mountains and deserts include the Cahuilla , Cupeño , and Kumeyaay (Diegueño) Native American tribes. It was the homeland of these peoples for thousands of years, and their artists created petroglyph and pictogram rock art expressing their cultures. Common foods of their diets included the Agave deserti , jumping cholla cactus, jackrabbit , bighorn sheep , and Indian rice grasses. Food-processing and harvesting
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#17328013616204340-569: The title List of highways numbered S31 . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_highways_numbered_S31&oldid=1014428325 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages County Route S31 (California) County Route S1 (CR S1), also known as Sunrise Highway for
4410-450: The tourist dependent towns nearby. As the environment changes with climate desertification, locals and developers search for ways to maintain tourism, some attempt to maintain steady tourism with mega development of resorts or artificial oases. However, a study conducted on North-West China deserts in 2020 showed that artificial oases vegetation is not acclimated to drought conditions, and they consume large amounts of groundwater which deplete
4480-513: The unincorporated area of Lake San Marcos . (The entire run of the road past Carlsbad is located in parts of the incorporated city of San Marcos; often, at this point, the incorporated portions only follow the road, leaving unincorporated islands nearby). Rancho Santa Fe Road intersects with San Marcos Boulevard and continues northward. There is a junction with State Route 78 . A short distance north, Rancho Santa Fe ends at County Route S14 (which changes names from Santa Fe Avenue to Mission Road at
4550-409: The visitor center. The park has Wi-Fi access. The park is approximately a two-hour drive northeast from San Diego , southeast from Riverside or Irvine , and south from Palm Springs . Access on the east- Coachella Valley side is via County Route S22 and State Route 78 . Access on the west- Pacific Ocean side is via California County Route S2 and State Route 78. SR-79 provides access through
4620-417: The water table level and outcompete native vegetation that store water in their roots. Since deserts have such extreme weather, the species that inhabit them are highly dependent on each other, and developing on deserts or creating artificial oases will not only impact vegetation but also animals. The expanses of Anza-Borrego Desert State Park's eroded badlands also provide a different view into
4690-549: Was changed in 1956 at the request of the NAACP . On a small turnout is a monument to Gregory Pacheco and a good view to the north. According to a plaque at the monument, pictured below, Gregory Pacheco was a firefighter who died in the La Jolla Fire in 1999. The descent on the eastern side of Palomar Mountain offers panoramic views of Lake Henshaw . The entire route is in San Diego County . County Route S8 (CR S8)
4760-507: Was established in 1959. The entire route is in San Diego County . County Route S6 (CR S6) is a county highway in San Diego County, California , United States. It connects Del Mar with Palomar Mountain across San Diego County. It is one of a few San Diego county routes with a discontinuity in its routing. CR S6 starts at CR S21 in Del Mar as Via de la Valle. It crosses Interstate 5 and meets with CR S8 in Rancho Santa Fe at
4830-598: Was established in 1961. The entire route is in San Diego County . County Route S13 (CR S13), also known as Vista Village Drive , East Vista Way , and Mission Road , is a county highway in San Diego County, California , United States, that runs through the North County region of San Diego County. It is distinctive for having a three-mile (5 km) discontinuity in Bonsall . Anza-Borrego Desert State Park Anza-Borrego Desert State Park ( / ˈ æ n z ə b ə ˈ r eɪ ɡ oʊ / , AN-zə bə-RAY-goh )
4900-600: Was labor and time intensive. Roasting pits, bedrock milling and grinding features, cupule petroglyphs, and bedrock mortars all lead to this conclusion. Many artifacts have been found, such as obsidian , pumice , and fish bones, which tell us that these communities had extensive regionally internal trade networks. These were all observed at the CA-SDI-813, also known as the Mine Wash Site in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. The Anza-Borrego Foundation, founded in 1967,
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