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Palm Desert Rose Garden

Palm Desert Rose Garden from directly overhead

Palm Desert Rose Garden is a garden in California, at a modelled elevation of 59 m. San Jacinto Peak stands 3,288 m to the west-northwest, 18 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Fee
No
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates33.73133, -116.38105
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Civic Center Park: 0.1 mi
  • Alumni Park: 0.4 mi
  • Palma Village Park: 0.5 mi
  • Magnesia Falls City Park: 0.7 mi
  • The Gardens at El Paseo: 0.8 mi
Springs
  • Magnesia Spring: 3.2 mi
  • Potrero Spring: 8.1 mi
  • Dos Palmas Spring: 8.2 mi
  • Agua Bonita Spring: 9.1 mi
  • Asbestos Spring: 9.1 mi
Peaks
  • Eisenhower Mountain: 3.7 mi
  • La Quinta: 4.4 mi
  • Indio Mountain: 4.7 mi
  • Point Happy: 4.9 mi
  • Mild: 5.3 mi
Attractions: 35
Cliffs: 33
  • Dry Falls: 12.9 mi
  • Dairy Queen - Left: 23.2 mi
  • Dairy Queen Right: 23.2 mi
  • Dihedral Rock - Southwest Face: 23.3 mi
  • Dihedral Rock - Northeast Face: 23.3 mi
Nature reserves: 29
Gardens: 23
  • Palm Desert Rose Garden: 0.0 mi
  • Eric Johnson Memorial Gardens: 1.2 mi
  • University Park Community Gardens: 3.4 mi
  • Cactus Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Rose Garden: 3.6 mi
Museums: 19
Historic sites: 17
  • Desert Holocaust Memorial: 0.1 mi
  • Expressframe: 1.2 mi
  • Thomas P. Genovese Memorial: 6.1 mi
  • Old Car: 8.8 mi
  • Tong wen neval: 11.4 mi
Artworks: 15
  • J Willott Art Gallery: 0.9 mi
  • Birds of Welcome: 3.5 mi
  • Synergy: 3.8 mi
  • Morning Light, Evening Light, and Dreaming Cahuilla Basketry: 3.9 mi
  • Rock Art Heart: 7.3 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • West Fork Falls: 9.2 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 9.9 mi
  • Seven Sisters Waterfall: 9.9 mi
  • Tahquitz Falls: 11.5 mi
  • Dry Falls: 12.9 mi
Picnic sites: 6
Rest areas: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.0 miles of Palm Desert Rose Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
San Jacinto PeakWNW 289°3,288 m18.1 mi
Jean PeakWNW 287°3,202 m17.9 mi
Folly PeakWNW 289°3,195 m18.4 mi
Marion MountainWNW 284°3,150 m18.1 mi
Miller PeakWNW 289°3,143 m17.7 mi
Newton Drury PeakWNW 287°3,102 m18.3 mi
Mount Saint EllenWNW 284°3,097 m18.4 mi
Cornell PeakWNW 289°2,928 m17.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2518:58
June solstice05:3619:2320:00
September equinox06:3418:1118:44
December solstice06:4716:0316:42

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–Apr.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F596268738088949488786658
Precip in1.11.10.50.10.00.00.20.10.20.20.20.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Palm Springs Asos, 10 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mallard941 obs
  • Black-crowned Night Heron528 obs
  • Queen288 obs
  • Pond Slider270 obs
  • Monarch205 obs
  • Common Raven195 obs
  • American Wigeon186 obs
  • Costa's Hummingbird170 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1462321372

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