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Cabot's Old Indian Pueblo and Museum

Cabot's Old Indian Pueblo and Museum is a museum in California, at a recorded elevation of 365 m. San Jacinto Peak stands 3,288 m to the southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Miracle Hill, a peak 0.7 miles away.

The story

Cabot's Pueblo Museum is an American historic house museum located in Desert Hot Springs, California, and built by Cabot Yerxa, an early pioneer of the Colorado Desert. A large, Hopi-style pueblo, built in the Pueblo Revival Style, it contains artworks, artifacts of American Indian and Alaska Native cultures, and memorabilia of early desert homesteader life. The museum may also be referred to as Cabot's Old Indian Pueblo Museum, Cabot's Trading Post or Yerxa's Discovery.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1945.

Wikidata Q5015765, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
365 m

What to expect

Operated by
Cabot's Museum Foundation
Fee
No

How to reach it

Coordinates33.95820, -116.48218

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Miracle Hill: 0.7 mi
  • Devers Hill: 4.9 mi
  • Garnet Hill: 5.2 mi
  • Flat Top Mountain: 6.4 mi
  • Edom Hill: 6.8 mi
Parks
  • Hot Springs Park: 1.4 mi
  • Rotary Park: 1.4 mi
  • Mission Springs Park: 1.4 mi
  • Guy Tedesco Park: 1.5 mi
  • Wardman Park: 1.6 mi
Springs
Cliffs
  • Dry Falls: 10.3 mi
  • Trashcan Rock - West Face: 17.3 mi
  • Trashcan Rock - East Face: 17.3 mi
  • Lower Freeway Wall: 17.9 mi
  • Upper Freeway Wall: 18.0 mi
Attractions: 51
Nature reserves: 40
Gardens: 23
  • Arizona Desert Region: 11.5 mi
  • Colorado Desert Region: 11.5 mi
  • California Desert Region: 11.5 mi
  • Mojave Desert Region: 11.5 mi
  • Sonoran Desert Region: 11.5 mi
Historic sites: 20
  • Shiprock: 8.2 mi
  • Tong wen neval: 11.4 mi
  • Old Car: 14.6 mi
  • Samuelson Rocks: 15.0 mi
  • Desert Holocaust Memorial: 16.8 mi
Artworks: 19
  • Unity through Healthcare: 8.9 mi
  • Whirlwind VI. 2006: 9.1 mi
  • kenny irwin artist: 9.2 mi
  • The Rainmaker: 9.6 mi
  • Forever Marilyn: 10.0 mi
Waterfalls: 8
  • Dry Falls: 10.3 mi
  • Tahquitz Falls: 11.6 mi
  • Seven Sisters Waterfall: 15.4 mi
  • West Fork Falls: 15.6 mi
  • Andreas Falls: 15.9 mi
Picnic sites: 7
Rest areas: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Morongo's Oasis Beach: 18.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.4 miles of Cabot's Old Indian Pueblo and Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
San Jacinto PeakSW 229°3,288 m15.0 mi
Jean PeakSW 227°3,202 m15.4 mi
Folly PeakSW 230°3,195 m15.1 mi
Marion MountainSW 226°3,150 m16.2 mi
Miller PeakSW 228°3,143 m14.7 mi
Newton Drury PeakSW 229°3,102 m15.6 mi
Mount Saint EllenSW 227°3,097 m16.3 mi
Cornell PeakSW 226°2,928 m14.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2518:58
June solstice05:3619:2420:01
September equinox06:3518:1118:44
December solstice06:4816:0316:41

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F596167738088939388786657
Precip in1.41.10.60.10.00.00.30.20.20.20.30.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Palm Springs, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/328364984

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