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Lake Cahuilla County Park

Lake Cahuilla County Park from directly overhead

Lake Cahuilla County Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 6 m. Red Tahquitz stands 2,686 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Coral Mountain Park, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
6 m

How to reach it

Coordinates33.62308, -116.26584

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Lake Cahuilla Park: 0.9 mi
  • Key Key Tum Park: 3.1 mi
  • Velasco Park: 3.2 mi
  • Eisenhower Park: 3.5 mi
  • Fritz Burns Park: 4.0 mi
Peaks
  • Indio Mountain: 5.5 mi
  • Strike Peak: 6.2 mi
  • La Quinta: 6.2 mi
  • Eisenhower Mountain: 6.3 mi
  • Martinez Mountain: 6.5 mi
Springs: 57
  • Agua Alta Spring: 7.6 mi
  • Cactus Spring: 7.9 mi
  • Dos Palmas Spring: 9.1 mi
  • Virgin Spring: 11.5 mi
  • Cedar Spring: 11.8 mi
Artworks: 39
  • Road Trip: 3.3 mi
  • J Willott Art Gallery: 9.7 mi
  • Synergy: 12.1 mi
  • Morning Light, Evening Light, and Dreaming Cahuilla Basketry: 13.3 mi
  • Birds of Welcome: 13.4 mi
Attractions: 35
Gardens: 23
Nature reserves: 20
  • Coral Mountain Park: 0.2 mi
  • Cove Oasis: 3.0 mi
  • Fred Wolff Bear Creek Nature Preserve: 4.0 mi
  • Fish Traps Archeological Site: 4.1 mi
  • Cahuilla Hills Park: 10.1 mi
Museums: 17
Historic sites: 10
  • Thomas P. Genovese Memorial: 4.1 mi
  • Expressframe: 8.8 mi
  • Desert Holocaust Memorial: 9.9 mi
  • Old Car: 14.2 mi
  • Shaver's Well: 20.0 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Hidden Falls: 14.1 mi
  • West Fork Falls: 17.7 mi
  • Seven Sisters Waterfall: 18.5 mi
  • Tahquitz Falls: 21.1 mi
  • Andreas Falls: 22.3 mi
Beaches: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Delos Bench: 13.5 mi
  • Bent Palm Picnic Area: 18.8 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • Dry Falls: 22.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.6 miles of Lake Cahuilla County Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Red TahquitzWNW 293°2,686 m24.1 mi
Toro PeakSW 233°2,651 m11.5 mi
Santa Rosa MountainWSW 243°2,455 m12.7 mi
South PeakWNW 291°2,402.1 m23.6 mi
Antsell RockWNW 289°2,339.4 m22.8 mi
Apache PeakWNW 288°2,309 m21.8 mi
Spitler PeakWNW 285°2,290 m21.2 mi
Palm View PeakWNW 282°2,184 m19.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2418:57
June solstice05:3619:2219:59
September equinox06:3418:1018:43
December solstice06:4616:0316:41

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F555965717986919185746254
Precip in0.60.60.30.10.00.00.10.10.30.20.20.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Desert Resorts Rgnl AP, 6 mi away.

  • Creosote Bush358 obs
  • Brittlebush139 obs
  • Sweetbush108 obs
  • Notch-leaf Scorpionweed101 obs
  • American White Pelican98 obs
  • blue palo verde88 obs
  • Browneyes87 obs
  • Vermilion Flycatcher86 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358816466

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