Rattlesnake Spring
Rattlesnake Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,084 m. Onyx Peak stands 2,778 m to the west-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Mojave Desert Land Trust, a nature reserve 1.3 miles away.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Warren Peak: 2.9 mi
- South Park Peak: 3.4 mi
- Burnt Mountain: 4.0 mi
- North Park Peak: 4.2 mi
- Panorama Peak: 4.2 mi
- Hi Desert Park: 3.2 mi
- Joshua Drive Park: 3.3 mi
- South Park: 3.4 mi
- Tucca Park: 3.4 mi
- Essig Park: 3.7 mi
- Trashcan Rock - West Face: 15.0 mi
- Trashcan Rock - East Face: 15.0 mi
- Lower Freeway Wall: 16.1 mi
- The Gossip Column: 16.2 mi
- Mindless Mound: 16.2 mi
- Chuckawalla Bill Spring: 2.7 mi
- Black Rock Spring: 3.5 mi
- Bare Tree Spring: 4.1 mi
- Leopard Spring: 5.6 mi
- Chaparrosa Spring: 6.4 mi
- Mojave Desert Land Trust: 1.3 mi
- Mojave Desert Land Trust: 3.4 mi
- Burns Piñon Ridge Reserve: 5.5 mi
- Mojave Desert Land Trust: 5.7 mi
- Big Morongo Canyon Preserve: 6.6 mi
- Pioneertown Mane Street: 6.6 mi
- Quail Springs Rock Exhibit Area: 15.0 mi
- Middle Kingdom: 16.2 mi
- Flak 37 88mm Gun: 16.4 mi
- Outer Mongolia Climbing Area: 16.4 mi
- Arizona Desert Region: 19.1 mi
- Colorado Desert Region: 19.1 mi
- California Desert Region: 19.1 mi
- Mojave Desert Region: 19.1 mi
- Sonoran Desert Region: 19.1 mi
- Hi-Desert Nature Museum: 4.6 mi
- Pioneertown Film Museum: 6.6 mi
- Cabot's Old Indian Pueblo and Museum: 7.6 mi
- JT&S Railroad Museum: 8.9 mi
- Noah Purifoy Outdoor Desert Art Museum: 13.2 mi
- Rhythms of Life: 8.4 mi
- Atlatl: 8.4 mi
- Unity through Healthcare: 16.5 mi
- Whirlwind VI. 2006: 16.7 mi
- kenny irwin artist: 16.8 mi
- Samuelson Rocks: 12.3 mi
- Shiprock: 15.3 mi
- Gram Parsons: 17.6 mi
- Ruins of a house: 18.4 mi
- Abandoned Rusty Car: 18.5 mi
- Dry Falls: 17.6 mi
- Tahquitz Falls: 19.1 mi
- Silverwood Falls: 20.7 mi
- Seven Sisters Waterfall: 23.0 mi
- Andreas Falls: 23.2 mi
- Mission Creek Preserve: 10.4 mi
- Quail Springs Picknic area: 15.0 mi
- Delos Bench: 20.2 mi
- Bent Palm Picnic Area: 21.8 mi
- Green Spot Picnic Area: 23.0 mi
- Whitewater Rest Area: 15.5 mi
- Whitewater Adobe Rest Area: 15.5 mi
- Morongo's Oasis Beach: 22.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.1 miles of Rattlesnake Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Onyx Peak | WNW 301° | 2,778 m | 16.9 mi |
| Wysup Peak | WNW 293° | 2,740 m | 16.2 mi |
| Three Sisters | WNW 296° | 2,469 m | 13.2 mi |
| Three Sisters Peaks | WNW 296° | 2,326 m | 11.5 mi |
| Mineral Mountain | NW 313° | 2,200 m | 17.4 mi |
| Kitching Peak | WSW 254° | 1,999 m | 16.9 mi |
| Black Mountain | NNW 327° | 1,871 m | 13.8 mi |
| Quail Mountain | ESE 108° | 1,772 m | 13.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:25 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:24 | 20:01 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:11 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 06:48 | 16:03 | 16:41 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 50 | 54 | 60 | 67 | 75 | 81 | 82 | 75 | 65 | 54 | 46 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Yucca Valley, 6 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–Mar — fullest in Dec, leanest in Apr.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Pipes Wash NR Yucca Valley CA, 9 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Inside the official boundary of Joshua Tree National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Jul and Aug; busiest: Mar.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
- Western Joshua Tree71 obs
- singleleaf pinyon25 obs
- California juniper18 obs
- Engelmann's Hedgehog Cactus12 obs
- California crucillo12 obs
- Silver Cholla11 obs
- Panamint liveforever11 obs
- Chia10 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/12063978901
Day trips start here
- Yucca Valley · 5 mi
- Desert Hot Springs · 8 mi
- Joshua Tree · 9 mi
- Palm Springs · 17 mi
- Cathedral City · 18 mi
- Rancho Mirage · 21 mi
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