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Cactus Spring

Cactus Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Cactus Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,292 m. Tahquitz Peak stands 2,692 m to the northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Sheep Mountain, a peak 1.4 miles away.

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Coordinates33.56762, -116.38521
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Sheep Mountain: 1.4 mi
  • Martinez Mountain: 2.4 mi
  • Sugarloaf Mountain: 3.2 mi
  • Toro Peak: 3.8 mi
  • Black Hill: 4.4 mi
Springs
  • Virgin Spring: 3.7 mi
  • Agua Alta Spring: 3.8 mi
  • Cedar Spring: 3.9 mi
  • Dos Palmas Spring: 4.2 mi
  • Stump Spring: 4.2 mi
Parks
Artworks: 53
  • Road Trip: 9.8 mi
  • J Willott Art Gallery: 10.5 mi
  • Birds of Welcome: 14.5 mi
  • Synergy: 14.9 mi
  • Morning Light, Evening Light, and Dreaming Cahuilla Basketry: 15.2 mi
Attractions: 33
  • Cahuila Petroglyphs: 9.7 mi
  • Faye Sarkowsky Sculpture Garden: 10.8 mi
  • Desert Gardens: 14.4 mi
  • Sunnylands Center & Gardens: 14.8 mi
  • Shadow Hills Recreation Center: 15.8 mi
Gardens: 24
Nature reserves: 23
  • Cove Oasis: 6.7 mi
  • Fred Wolff Bear Creek Nature Preserve: 7.5 mi
  • Coral Mountain Park: 7.9 mi
  • Fish Traps Archeological Site: 9.2 mi
  • Cahuilla Hills Park: 10.2 mi
Museums: 17
Historic sites: 14
  • Thomas P. Genovese Memorial: 9.1 mi
  • Expressframe: 10.7 mi
  • Desert Holocaust Memorial: 11.3 mi
  • De Anza Trail: 16.7 mi
  • Hamilton School, Anza: 16.7 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Hidden Falls: 8.6 mi
  • West Fork Falls: 14.7 mi
  • Seven Sisters Waterfall: 15.5 mi
  • Andreas Falls: 18.8 mi
  • Tahquitz Falls: 19.2 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Cliffs: 1
  • Dry Falls: 21.0 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Warner Hot Spring: 24.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.1 miles of Cactus Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tahquitz PeakNW 308°2,692 m21.2 mi
Red TahquitzNW 311°2,686 m20.2 mi
Toro PeakSW 217°2,651 m3.8 mi
Santa Rosa MountainWSW 245°2,455 m4.9 mi
Lily RockNW 308°2,439 m21.7 mi
South PeakNW 309°2,402.1 m19.4 mi
Antsell RockNW 307°2,339.4 m18.5 mi
Apache PeakNW 307°2,309 m17.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2518:58
June solstice05:3719:2320:00
September equinox06:3418:1118:44
December solstice06:4716:0416:42

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, 14 mi away.

Streamflow

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Jan–Mar — fullest in Feb, leanest in Jun.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs3.86.14.41.70.60.20.50.80.80.20.51.7

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Deep C NR Palm Desert CA, 4 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Wildlife nearby
  • desert agave16 obs
  • Sonoran false prairie-clover14 obs
  • singleleaf pinyon13 obs
  • Mojave Yucca10 obs
  • Scarlet Milkvetch9 obs
  • saltcedar9 obs
  • Engelmann's Hedgehog Cactus9 obs
  • Zebra-tailed Lizard8 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/12085895083

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