It is also used as a gateway to viewing and traveling toward the base of Notch Peak, a 4,450-foot (1,360 m) carbonate rock cliff (2,200 feet [670 m] of which is pure vertical drop), the tallest carbonate cliff in North America.

The name "Tule" is a reference to a swamp plant that probably was found at Coyote Springs during the early exploration of the valley.

[5] The Ibex Crags offer "world class" bouldering to climbers.

[6] The geology of Tule Valley consists of Quaternary alluvial sediments punctuated by chalky white Pleistocene marls.

[8] The endorheic watershed's volume of surface water averages 4,000 acre-feet (4,900,000 m3).