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The Best Attractions In Calexico

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Calexico is a city in Imperial County, California. The population was 38,572 at the 2010 census, up from 27,109 at the 2000 census. Calexico is about 122 miles east of San Diego and 62 miles west of Yuma, Arizona. The name of the city is a portmanteau of California and Mexico, which, like that of its adjacent sister city of Mexicali, emphasizes its identity as a border city. Major events every year are the Mariachi festival on March 25 followed by the SDSU Perspective of the Latino Race art exhibition on April 3.
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  • 2. Anza-Borrego Desert State Park Borrego Springs
    Anza-Borrego Desert State Park 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, the Spanish word for sheep. With 600,000 acres that includes one-fifth of San Diego County, ABDSP is the largest state park in California and, the second largest in the contiguous United States.The park occupies eastern San Diego County and reaches into Imperial and Riverside counties, enveloping two communities: Borrego Springs, which is home to the park's headquarters, and Shelter Valley.
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  • 4. California Wolf Center Julian
    Julian is a census-designated place in San Diego County, California, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,502, down from 1,621 at the 2000 census. Julian is an official California Historical Landmark . Also, the Julian townsite and surrounding area is defined by the San Diego County Zoning Ordinance Section 5749 as the Julian Historic District. This designation requires that development adhere to certain guidelines that are administered by the Architectural Review Board of the Julian Historic District, which is appointed by the San Diego County Board of Supervisors. The town is known for its apple pie and its annual Julian Apple Days Festival, which began in 1949.
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  • 5. Lake Cuyamaca Julian
    Lake Cuyamaca, also called Cuyamaca Lake, or Cuyamaca Reservoir, is a 110 acres reservoir and a recreation area in the eastern Cuyamaca Mountains, located in eastern San Diego County, California.
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  • 7. Salvation Mountain Niland
    Salvation Mountain is a hillside visionary environment created by local resident Leonard Knight in the California Desert area of Imperial County, north of Calipatria, northeast of Niland near Slab City, and several miles from the Salton Sea. The artwork is made of adobe, straw, and thousands of gallons of lead-free paint. It encompasses numerous murals and areas painted with Christian sayings and Bible verses, though its philosophy was built around the Sinner's Prayer.The Folk Art Society of America declared it a folk art site worthy of preservation and protection in the year 2000. In an address to the United States Congress on May 15, 2002, California Senator Barbara Boxer described it as a unique and visionary sculpture... a national treasure... profoundly strange and beautifully accessi...
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