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Sunnylands Center and Gardens

Sunnylands Center and Gardens from directly overhead

Sunnylands Center and Gardens is a garden in California, at a modelled elevation of 94 m. San Jacinto Peak stands 3,288 m to the west, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Wildflower Field, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Fee
No

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates33.78052, -116.40749
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Little Desert Park: 0.4 mi
  • Longtable Park: 0.6 mi
  • Four Winds Park: 0.7 mi
  • Wolfson Park: 2.0 mi
  • Rancho Mirage Community Park: 2.4 mi
Springs
  • Magnesia Spring: 4.2 mi
  • Agua Caliente Spring: 8.4 mi
  • Indian Spring: 9.4 mi
  • Dos Palmas Spring: 9.6 mi
  • Potrero Spring: 10.0 mi
Peaks
  • Murray Hill: 5.4 mi
  • Edom Hill: 6.3 mi
  • Cahuilla Peak: 6.4 mi
  • Flat Top Mountain: 6.9 mi
  • Múmawet: 6.9 mi
Attractions: 44
Nature reserves: 36
Cliffs: 35
  • Dry Falls: 10.0 mi
  • Dairy Queen - Left: 21.3 mi
  • Dairy Queen Right: 21.3 mi
  • Upper Freeway Wall: 21.3 mi
  • Playhouse Rock: 21.3 mi
Gardens: 23
  • Wildflower Field: 0.0 mi
  • West Gardens: 0.1 mi
  • Cactus Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Rose Garden: 0.3 mi
  • University Park Community Gardens: 2.8 mi
Museums: 21
Historic sites: 21
  • Desert Holocaust Memorial: 3.8 mi
  • Expressframe: 4.8 mi
  • Old Car: 7.9 mi
  • Tong wen neval: 8.8 mi
  • Thomas P. Genovese Memorial: 9.6 mi
Artworks: 17
  • Birds of Welcome: 0.3 mi
  • Morning Light, Evening Light, and Dreaming Cahuilla Basketry: 1.2 mi
  • Synergy: 3.0 mi
  • J Willott Art Gallery: 4.3 mi
  • Rock Art Heart: 4.9 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • West Fork Falls: 8.2 mi
  • Seven Sisters Waterfall: 8.7 mi
  • Tahquitz Falls: 9.0 mi
  • Dry Falls: 10.0 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 11.6 mi
Picnic sites: 6
Rest areas: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Morongo's Oasis Beach: 24.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.0 miles of Sunnylands Center and Gardens. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
San Jacinto PeakW 279°3,288 m15.8 mi
Jean PeakW 277°3,202 m15.7 mi
Folly PeakW 279°3,195 m16.1 mi
Marion MountainW 274°3,150 m16.1 mi
Miller PeakW 279°3,143 m15.4 mi
Newton Drury PeakW 277°3,102 m16.1 mi
Mount Saint EllenW 274°3,097 m16.3 mi
Cornell PeakW 279°2,928 m14.8 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, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Costa's Hummingbird113 obs
  • Desert Iguana84 obs
  • Greater Roadrunner67 obs
  • Browneyes61 obs
  • Bighorn Sheep59 obs
  • Mallard58 obs
  • Verdin58 obs
  • Desert Spiny Lizard55 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.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/470069279

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