This Rentable Midcentury Jewel Glitters in California’s Largest State Park

Entrepreneur Kristen Lewis found her ideal family vacation home in Borrego Springs, a dark-sky community nestled in a 600,000-acre park.
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Borrego Springs, surrounded on all sides by Anza-Borrego State Park, is where coastal Californians go to relax. Despite being in the literal middle of a near-barren desert, this lively community has a town center with boutiques and restaurants. The town is home to the Galleta Meadows Sculpture Park, an unusual outdoor metallic art exhibit, and is only minutes away from the Carrizo Badlands, a formidable natural landscape.

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