Rarick Spring
Rarick Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,411 m. Tahquitz Peak stands 2,692 m to the northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Spring Crest, a peak 0.8 miles away.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Spring Crest: 0.8 mi
- Santa Rosa Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Lookout Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Rock Point: 5.0 mi
- Grapevine Spring: 1.4 mi
- Mountain Home Spring: 2.4 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 2.9 mi
- Santa Rosa Spring: 3.0 mi
- Bull Canyon Spring: 3.1 mi
- Hidden Palms State Ecological Reserve: 7.2 mi
- Minor Park: 9.6 mi
- Ironwood Park: 11.7 mi
- Magnesia Canyon Ecological Reserve: 11.8 mi
- Church Bowl: 12.7 mi
- J Willott Art Gallery: 12.7 mi
- Rock Art: 14.7 mi
- Rock Art Heart: 14.7 mi
- Rock Art: 14.9 mi
- Rock Art Heart: 14.9 mi
- Wagon Outpost: 12.4 mi
- 49er Outpost: 12.5 mi
- Faye Sarkowsky Sculpture Garden: 12.5 mi
- Wagons: 12.5 mi
- Teepees: 12.6 mi
- Cahuilla Hills Park: 11.9 mi
- G. George and Kathleen S. Fox Hiking Park: 12.1 mi
- Cove Oasis: 12.5 mi
- Fred Wolff Bear Creek Nature Preserve: 12.8 mi
- Blixseth Mountain Park: 13.1 mi
- Prayer Garden: 9.8 mi
- Eric Johnson Memorial Gardens: 12.5 mi
- Palm Desert Rose Garden: 13.6 mi
- Palm Desert Rose Garden: 13.6 mi
- Cactus Garden: 15.6 mi
- De Anza Trail: 9.6 mi
- Hamilton School, Anza: 9.6 mi
- Desert Holocaust Memorial: 13.6 mi
- Expressframe: 13.6 mi
- Thomas P. Genovese Memorial: 14.4 mi
- La Quinta Museum: 13.9 mi
- Logan Gallery: 14.2 mi
- Children's Discovery Museum of the Desert: 16.2 mi
- Idyllwild Area Historical Society: 17.0 mi
- Palm Springs Art Museum Architecture and Design Center: 17.6 mi
- Hidden Falls: 4.8 mi
- West Fork Falls: 11.9 mi
- Seven Sisters Waterfall: 12.5 mi
- Andreas Falls: 14.6 mi
- Tahquitz Falls: 16.6 mi
- Lake Hemet Picnic Area: 12.9 mi
- Bent Palm Picnic Area: 13.5 mi
- Delos Bench: 15.5 mi
- Lake Fulmor Picnic Area: 22.7 mi
- Dry Falls: 18.5 mi
- Oak Cliff: 20.0 mi
- Warner Hot Spring: 20.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.1 miles of Rarick Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tahquitz Peak | NW 324° | 2,692 m | 16.2 mi |
| Red Tahquitz | NNW 328° | 2,686 m | 15.6 mi |
| Toro Peak | ESE 122° | 2,651 m | 5.7 mi |
| Santa Rosa Mountain | SE 125° | 2,455 m | 3.4 mi |
| Lily Rock | NW 323° | 2,439 m | 16.7 mi |
| South Peak | NNW 327° | 2,402.1 m | 14.6 mi |
| Antsell Rock | NW 326° | 2,339.4 m | 13.6 mi |
| Apache Peak | NNW 327° | 2,309 m | 12.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:25 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:23 | 20:00 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:11 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 06:47 | 16:04 | 16:43 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 43 | 43 | 46 | 50 | 56 | 64 | 70 | 71 | 65 | 57 | 48 | 42 |
| Precip in | 4.7 | 5.3 | 3.3 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Idyllwild Fire Dept, 17 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Jan–Mar — fullest in Feb, leanest in Jun.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 3.8 | 6.1 | 4.4 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.7 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Deep C NR Palm Desert CA, 8 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Redshanks367 obs
- California Buckwheat273 obs
- Mojave Yucca257 obs
- chaparral yucca255 obs
- sugar bush215 obs
- Gander's cholla173 obs
- desert agave156 obs
- chamise151 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/8343584984
Day trips start here
- Indian Wells · 14 mi
- La Quinta · 14 mi
- Palm Desert · 14 mi
- Rancho Mirage · 15 mi
- Cathedral City · 17 mi
- Idyllwild · 17 mi
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