Border Field State Park is a state park of California, United States, containing beach and coastal habitat on the Mexico–United States border. The park is within the city limits of Imperial Beach in San Diego County, next to the suburb of Playas de Tijuana in Mexico. It contains the southernmost point in the state of California. The refuge forms the southern part of the Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve.
Border Field State Park sign
1974 border
2008 border. (Border Patrol vehicles present in image)
2014 border
Imperial Beach, California
Imperial Beach is a residential beach city in San Diego County, California, with a population of 26,137 at the 2020 United States census, down from 26,324 at the 2010 census. The city is the southernmost city in California and the West Coast of the United States. It is in the South Bay area of San Diego County, 14.1 miles (22.7 km) south of downtown San Diego and 5 miles (8 km) northwest of downtown Tijuana, Mexico.
"Surfhenge" in Imperial Beach
Rancho Melijo, which encompassed all of modern-day Imperial Beach, was granted to Californio ranchero Santiago E. Argüello in 1833.
Children looking through the border fence on the Mexican side of Imperial Beach
The pier of Imperial Beach
