Moorten Botanical Garden
Moorten Botanical Garden is a garden in California, at a modelled elevation of 136 m. San Jacinto Peak stands 3,288 m to the west, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Central American Region, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away.
What the record says
- Built
- 1940
What to expect
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Baristo Park: 1.3 mi
- Prescott Preserve (West): 1.6 mi
- Sunrise Park: 1.6 mi
- Downtown Park: 1.7 mi
- Jackie Lee Houston Plaza: 1.8 mi
- Agua Caliente Spring: 1.6 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 5.1 mi
- Indian Spring: 5.5 mi
- Dos Palmas Spring: 5.6 mi
- Agua Fuerte Spring: 6.7 mi
- Cahuilla Peak: 2.1 mi
- 783: 2.9 mi
- Murray Hill: 3.6 mi
- Desert Angel: 6.2 mi
- Flat Top Mountain: 6.4 mi
- Hidden Divide Natural Preserve: 5.6 mi
- Blixseth Mountain Park: 8.1 mi
- G. George and Kathleen S. Fox Hiking Park: 10.1 mi
- Cahuilla Hills Park: 10.2 mi
- Idyllwild Nature Center: 10.7 mi
- Smoke Tree Ranch: 1.3 mi
- Drag & Fly Tours: 1.6 mi
- Park Imperial South House: 1.8 mi
- Frank Sinatra House: 2.2 mi
- Palm Springs Surf Club: 3.1 mi
- Palm Springs Art Museum Architecture and Design Center: 1.3 mi
- Cornelia White House: 1.4 mi
- McCallum Adobe: 1.4 mi
- Palm Springs Historical Society: 1.4 mi
- Ruddy's General Store: 1.4 mi
- Central American Region: 0.0 mi
- Central Mexico Region: 0.0 mi
- Texas Desert Region: 0.0 mi
- African Region: 0.0 mi
- Baja California, Mexico Region: 0.0 mi
- Isabelle: 1.6 mi
- Forever Marilyn: 1.7 mi
- The Rainmaker: 2.1 mi
- kenny irwin artist: 2.3 mi
- Whirlwind VI. 2006: 2.4 mi
- Tong wen neval: 0.8 mi
- Shiprock: 5.1 mi
- Sawmill Flats: 10.7 mi
- Desert Holocaust Memorial: 10.7 mi
- Speed of Light Experiment: 11.8 mi
- Tahquitz Falls: 0.9 mi
- Dry Falls: 2.5 mi
- Seven Sisters Waterfall: 3.9 mi
- West Fork Falls: 4.4 mi
- Andreas Falls: 5.0 mi
- Bent Palm Picnic Area: 2.8 mi
- Delos Bench: 7.9 mi
- Lake Hemet Picnic Area: 12.5 mi
- Lake Fulmor Picnic Area: 13.5 mi
- Mission Creek Preserve: 15.7 mi
- Dry Falls: 2.5 mi
- Oak Cliff: 15.6 mi
- Whitewater Adobe Rest Area: 10.7 mi
- Whitewater Rest Area: 10.8 mi
- Morongo's Oasis Beach: 16.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.8 miles of Moorten Botanical Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Jacinto Peak | W 277° | 3,288 m | 7.7 mi |
| Jean Peak | W 273° | 3,202 m | 7.7 mi |
| Folly Peak | W 279° | 3,195 m | 8.0 mi |
| Marion Mountain | W 268° | 3,150 m | 8.1 mi |
| Miller Peak | W 278° | 3,143 m | 7.4 mi |
| Newton Drury Peak | W 274° | 3,102 m | 8.1 mi |
| Mount Saint Ellen | W 269° | 3,097 m | 8.3 mi |
| Cornell Peak | W 278° | 2,928 m | 6.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:25 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:24 | 20:01 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:12 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 06:48 | 16:04 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 59 | 61 | 67 | 73 | 80 | 88 | 93 | 93 | 88 | 78 | 66 | 57 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Palm Springs, 3 mi away.
- Brittlebush1,909 obs
- Costa's Hummingbird1,809 obs
- California Barrel Cactus1,402 obs
- Creosote Bush968 obs
- Northern Mockingbird819 obs
- House Finch732 obs
- Western Bluebird675 obs
- Western Honey Bee612 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/192029179
Day trips start here
- Palm Springs · 2 mi
- Cathedral City · 5 mi
- Rancho Mirage · 7 mi
- Idyllwild · 10 mi
- Desert Hot Springs · 11 mi
- Palm Desert · 11 mi
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