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Lake Cahuilla Park

Lake Cahuilla Park from directly overhead

Lake Cahuilla Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 8 m. Red Tahquitz stands 2,686 m to the west-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Lake Cahuilla County Park, a park 0.9 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
8 m

How to reach it

Coordinates33.63467, -116.27436

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Lake Cahuilla County Park: 0.9 mi
  • Velasco Park: 2.4 mi
  • Eisenhower Park: 2.6 mi
  • Fritz Burns Park: 3.0 mi
  • La Quinta Civic Center Park: 3.2 mi
Peaks
  • Indio Mountain: 4.6 mi
  • La Quinta: 5.3 mi
  • Eisenhower Mountain: 5.4 mi
  • Strike Peak: 5.6 mi
  • Point Happy: 5.8 mi
Springs: 58
  • Cactus Spring: 7.9 mi
  • Agua Alta Spring: 8.0 mi
  • Dos Palmas Spring: 8.7 mi
  • Magnesia Spring: 11.2 mi
  • Asbestos Spring: 11.4 mi
Artworks: 39
  • Road Trip: 2.5 mi
  • J Willott Art Gallery: 8.8 mi
  • Synergy: 11.2 mi
  • Morning Light, Evening Light, and Dreaming Cahuilla Basketry: 12.4 mi
  • Birds of Welcome: 12.5 mi
Attractions: 34
Gardens: 23
Nature reserves: 20
  • Coral Mountain Park: 1.1 mi
  • Cove Oasis: 2.3 mi
  • Fred Wolff Bear Creek Nature Preserve: 3.1 mi
  • Fish Traps Archeological Site: 5.1 mi
  • Cahuilla Hills Park: 9.2 mi
Museums: 17
Historic sites: 10
  • Thomas P. Genovese Memorial: 3.2 mi
  • Expressframe: 7.9 mi
  • Desert Holocaust Memorial: 9.0 mi
  • Old Car: 13.3 mi
  • Tong wen neval: 20.2 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Hidden Falls: 13.6 mi
  • West Fork Falls: 16.9 mi
  • Seven Sisters Waterfall: 17.7 mi
  • Tahquitz Falls: 20.2 mi
  • Andreas Falls: 21.5 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Beaches: 2
Cliffs: 1
  • Dry Falls: 21.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.5 miles of Lake Cahuilla Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Red TahquitzWNW 292°2,686 m23.3 mi
Toro PeakSW 229°2,651 m11.6 mi
Santa Rosa MountainWSW 238°2,455 m12.7 mi
South PeakWNW 289°2,402.1 m22.8 mi
Antsell RockWNW 287°2,339.4 m22.1 mi
Apache PeakWNW 286°2,309 m21.1 mi
Spitler PeakWNW 283°2,290 m20.5 mi
Palm View PeakW 280°2,184 m18.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2418:57
June solstice05:3619:2319:59
September equinox06:3418:1018:43
December solstice06:4716:0316:41

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–Apr.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F596269758189949489786657
Precip in0.60.60.30.10.00.00.00.30.10.10.20.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Indio Fire STN, 6 mi away.

  • Creosote Bush728 obs
  • Brittlebush211 obs
  • ocotillo136 obs
  • indigo-bush124 obs
  • Notch-leaf Scorpionweed108 obs
  • Sweetbush107 obs
  • American White Pelican97 obs
  • ghost flower81 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 way/920011543

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