Historic site · California
Palm Spring
Palm Spring is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 270 m. Monument Peak stands 1,904 m to the west, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is "Hollywood & Vine" Street Sign, a attraction 1.2 miles away.
What the record says
- Material
- brass
- Inscription
- Here was a palm-studded desert resting place, 1826-1866, for Mexican pioneers, mountain men, the Army of the West, Mormon Battalion, Boundary Commission, Forty-Niners, Railway Survey, Butterfield Overland Mail stages, and California Legion. It was the...
How to reach it
Coordinates32.91958, -116.21857
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- West Mesa: 2.4 mi
- Middle Mesa: 2.6 mi
- South Mesa: 4.5 mi
- Egg Mountain: 4.9 mi
- East Mesa: 5.0 mi
Springs
- Diablo Seep: 3.7 mi
- Mountain Palm Springs: 3.9 mi
- Agua Caliente Springs: 5.3 mi
- Burro Spring: 5.5 mi
- Dave McCain Spring: 9.1 mi
Historic sites: 20
- Well of Eight Echos: 2.4 mi
- Harper's Cabin: 10.2 mi
- Imperial Highway Monument: 11.2 mi
- Yaquitepec: 11.2 mi
- wrecked train cars: 12.1 mi
Artworks: 20
- Roadrunner & Rattlesnake: 20.3 mi
- Spinosaurus: 20.8 mi
- Carnotaurus / Allosaurus: 20.8 mi
- Utahraptor: 20.8 mi
- Tyrannosaurus Rex: 20.9 mi
Parks: 17
- Vallecito Stage Station County Park: 8.8 mi
- Desert View Picnic Area: 11.9 mi
- Laguna Recreation Area: 13.5 mi
- Ocotillo Community Park: 16.6 mi
- John Estevane Park: 17.4 mi
Attractions: 15
- "Hollywood & Vine" Street Sign: 1.2 mi
- Blowsand Hill: 17.0 mi
- Barrel Springs: 19.0 mi
- Devil's Slide: 19.0 mi
- Coyote's Flying Saucer Retrieval and Repair Service: 19.5 mi
Cliffs: 4
- Mud Palisades: 6.1 mi
- Perpendicular Bluff: 16.8 mi
- Monster Rocks: 24.7 mi
- Main Wall: 24.7 mi
Picnic sites: 4
- Desert View Picnic Area: 11.9 mi
- Pioneer Mail Picnic Area: 15.3 mi
- BBQ Area: 15.5 mi
- Day Use Picnic Site: 17.6 mi
Museums: 4
- Discovery Center: 16.5 mi
- Imperial Valley Desert Museum: 18.2 mi
- Cuyamaca Rancho Park Museum and Area Headquarters: 19.8 mi
- Julian Pioneer Museum: 24.8 mi
Nature reserves: 3
- Agua Caliente County Park: 5.5 mi
- Aztec Woods: 13.2 mi
- Steele/Burnand Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center: 24.3 mi
Waterfalls: 3
- Dry Falls: 14.3 mi
- Cottonwood Creek: 17.2 mi
- Kitchen Creek Falls: 18.8 mi
Gardens: 2
- desert garden: 17.6 mi
- Stuart Alan Whitmore Memorial Garden: 23.3 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Buckman Springs Rest Area: 19.0 mi
- Broken Ankle Bend: 21.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.1 miles of Palm Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monument Peak | W 261° | 1,904 m | 11.9 mi |
| Wooded Hill | WSW 250° | 1,894 m | 13.7 mi |
| Stephenson Peak | WSW 255° | 1,889 m | 11.8 mi |
| Piñon Point | WSW 254° | 1,832 m | 12.0 mi |
| Garnet Peak | W 272° | 1,800 m | 13.9 mi |
| Sheephead Mountain | WSW 245° | 1,792 m | 15.8 mi |
| Japacha Peak | W 273° | 1,771 m | 22.1 mi |
| Pine Mountain | W 270° | 1,722 m | 16.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:21 | 19:57 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:10 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 06:44 | 16:05 | 16:43 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 42 | 45 | 51 | 57 | 65 | 71 | 70 | 65 | 56 | 47 | 42 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 4.8 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Laguna #3, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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