Prayer Garden
Prayer Garden is a garden in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,201 m. Jean Peak stands 3,202 m to the north, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Minor Park, a park 0.2 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Sacred Heart Catholic Church
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Minor Park: 0.2 mi
- Church Bowl: 10.6 mi
- Boden Field: 12.0 mi
- Idy Park: 13.2 mi
- Entrance: 13.8 mi
- Cave Rocks: 1.3 mi
- Thomas Mountain: 4.4 mi
- Little Thomas Mountain: 5.1 mi
- Table Mountain: 5.6 mi
- Cahuilla Mountain: 6.1 mi
- Tool Box Spring: 4.1 mi
- Heller Spring: 4.5 mi
- Oak Spring: 4.6 mi
- Magee Spring: 4.6 mi
- Basin Spring: 4.9 mi
- Hurkey Creek: 10.0 mi
- 49er Outpost: 10.2 mi
- Wagon Outpost: 10.3 mi
- Fort Outpost: 10.4 mi
- Wagons: 10.4 mi
- Alpenglow Lilac Gardens: 14.1 mi
- South American Region: 18.6 mi
- African Region: 18.6 mi
- Native Trees: 18.6 mi
- Moorten Botanical Garden: 18.6 mi
- Rock Art: 18.3 mi
- Rock Art Heart: 18.5 mi
- Rock Art: 18.8 mi
- Rock Art Heart: 19.0 mi
- Isabelle: 20.0 mi
- Idyllwild Area Historical Society: 13.4 mi
- Palomar Observatory Visitor Center: 17.4 mi
- Ramona Bowl Museum: 19.2 mi
- Palm Springs Art Museum Architecture and Design Center: 19.8 mi
- McCallum Adobe: 19.8 mi
- Hamilton School, Anza: 0.3 mi
- De Anza Trail: 0.3 mi
- Juan Diego Flats: 7.5 mi
- Oak Grove Stage Station Historical Marker: 13.2 mi
- Camp Wright Historical Marker: 13.3 mi
- Sky Oaks Reserve: 12.9 mi
- Idyllwild Nature Center: 13.8 mi
- Hidden Divide Natural Preserve: 17.1 mi
- James San Jacinto Mountains Reserve: 18.3 mi
- UC James San Jacinto Montain Reserve: 18.3 mi
- Hidden Falls: 11.3 mi
- Andreas Falls: 14.4 mi
- West Fork Falls: 14.9 mi
- Seven Sisters Waterfall: 14.9 mi
- Lower Barker Valley Falls: 17.4 mi
- Lake Hemet Picnic Area: 7.9 mi
- Bent Palm Picnic Area: 16.0 mi
- Lake Fulmor Picnic Area: 18.2 mi
- Silvercrest Picnic Area: 20.2 mi
- Delos Bench: 21.6 mi
- Oak Cliff: 13.6 mi
- Dry Falls: 19.9 mi
- Warner Hot Spring: 19.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.5 miles of Prayer Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jean Peak | N 0° | 3,202 m | 17.3 mi |
| Marion Mountain | N 359° | 3,150 m | 16.6 mi |
| Newton Drury Peak | N 359° | 3,102 m | 17.5 mi |
| Mount Saint Ellen | N 358° | 3,097 m | 16.7 mi |
| Tahquitz Peak | N 1° | 2,692 m | 13.8 mi |
| Red Tahquitz | N 7° | 2,686 m | 14.1 mi |
| Toro Peak | E 99° | 2,651 m | 14.8 mi |
| Santa Rosa Mountain | E 95° | 2,455 m | 12.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:26 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:24 | 20:01 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:12 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 06:48 | 16:05 | 16:43 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 43 | 43 | 46 | 50 | 56 | 64 | 70 | 71 | 65 | 57 | 48 | 42 |
| Precip in | 4.7 | 5.3 | 3.3 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Idyllwild Fire Dept, 14 mi away.
- Telegraphweed10 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk7 obs
- Western Fence Lizard6 obs
- scarlet bugler5 obs
- Convergent Lady Beetle4 obs
- Beavertail Pricklypear4 obs
- Western Whiptail3 obs
- Western Honey Bee3 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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/115421120
Day trips start here
- Idyllwild · 13 mi
- Palm Springs · 20 mi
- Cathedral City · 21 mi
- Palm Desert · 21 mi
- Rancho Mirage · 21 mi
- Hemet · 22 mi
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