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.

There are no permanent human residents of the valley, though shepherds are known to populate it in the spring.

[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.