Palm Springs, California

Known for being sunny with blue skies 350 days a year.

We also have two resources to share with you right away so you can get started enjoying our great city and learn about our very friendly people.

 

Palm Springs is located in the southern half of the State of California in Riverside County in the Colorado Desert and Palm Springs is one of 9 cities and a host of unincorporated areas that make up the Coachella Valley.

Current population for Palm Springs California is just over 42,000 residents living in 94.2 square miles of area and 0.8 square miles of water area, not bad considering that the water area is located in the very hot and dry California Desert.

Known as home to "The Rich and Famous" Palm Springs is a great place to enjoy pool side, sun filled days and warm evenings out dining with friends. The city has a very romantic feel with over 128 hotel resorts from 3 room Bed and Breakfast Inns to 400 room mega resorts to accomodate the lifestyle a visitor is accustomed to.

 

The city has a popular downtown strip with lots of wonderful dining and dancing including live entertainment and shows because one really great feature of downtown Palm Springs is that it is a one way street bordered by thousands of tall Palm Trees each with a light that illuminates in the evenings adding to the romantic warm feeling. 

 

The city of Palm Springs is a very friendly operation for those relocating into Palm Springs as a resident or as a business and they our elected and paid officials are here to help you through every step of the process. The local residents are here as well very friendly and helpful because we all including Logic know how relocating can be a scary time for anyone especially when arriving into a small city like Palm Springs and not knowing anyone at first. This of course changes right away once you smile at a resident and express a happy hello.

 

The city does have a redevelopment department that is ran by some local businesses including Viper Logic where Logic works here Email Marketing and Advanced Technology Engineering

To see what the PSEDC (Palm Springs Economic Development Corporation can do for you please visit us here Palm Springs Economic Development Corporation 

 

Personally about Palm Springs we have a great artistic culture and modernization of some historic buildings and sites that along with over 50 public arts projects spread out throughout Palm Springs just add to the artistic feeling of this great city. The Palm Springs Shopping however is in great need of help and hopefully over the coming years it will once again return to its grandeur for you as anew arrival and us as long time Palm Springs residents would gladly welcome.

To learn what is taking place about the Palm Springs Retail and Palm Springs Shopping please visit our forum devoted to the most accurate Palm Springs Information here Palm Springs Help

 

Palm Springs is a very heavy Gay Community where all walks of life is welcomed making Palm Springs a very gay friendly and welcoming city. We do not judge by color, race, religion or sexual orientation in fact as a local longtime resident we welcome all walks of life.

 

Palm Springs is located in the California Desert so we experience drastic weather highs during the summer and near freezing temperatures during the winters reminding us all that this is a natural desert and to keep us reminded this is a natural desert that if not kept up would return to its original natural ways in a very short time.

 

We experience during the summer August a monsoon type storm where the water falls heavy for a few hours floods the valley floor fast and provides flash floods effecting entire desert basin then as fast as these floods come they dry up and are gone leaving us with little reminder with dirt, sand and plants like tumble weeds washed across the streets and yards of the Coachella Valley. Then there are the gail force winds that come north from Mexico towards the San Gorgonio Pass really a feeling of powerless comes over a resident who experiences these continuous winds that can last for long hours.

 

Because we live nestled up against the sharply descending 10,834 foot San Jacinto Mountains we experience tornado like micro bursts of wind energy that spin down these steep mountain sides that tare roofs off of structures, knocks down retainer walls and snaps power poles like pixie sticks. 

 

Palm Springs Weather Highs and Lows   

Palm Springs coldest months is January followed by December ranging high 30's to low 40's (in degrees) 

Palm Springs hottest months is July followed by August ranging 108 to 121 (in degrees) 

 

For all Palm Springs Weather information in the most detailed complete weather history please visit the weather authority for California here California Weather Authority 

 

Palm Springs has a full service international airport that is a very convenient way to arrive into this great visitor destination. You will enjoy the white tent looking terminal it really resembles what Palm Springs is. This airport is a very easy to arrive into and depart from and to see all of the airlines that you can utilize please visit their web site here http://www.palmspringsairport.com/

 

If you are planning an event for business and you would like a great place to hold your event then Palm Springs and their newly expanded convention center is a great place featuring the latest in convention center acoustics, audio and video technology and you can see more on our friendly convention center here http://www.PalmSpringscc.com

 

Offering full service visitor information with coverage of 100% of all resorts, restaurants, shopping, calendar of events and attractions including video coverage of most Palm Springs things to do, see and eat then the Official Palm Springs Bureau of Tourism web site is a great place to start and plan your next trip into Palm Springs here http://www.palm-springs.org    

 

Palm Springs sits at the base of the steep San Jacinto Mountains in fact the entire valley is surrounded by mountains including the Santa Rosa Mountains the Little San Bernardino Mountains and the Chocolate Mountains. This makes the Coachella Valley a great hiker's paradise not to mention there are trails in Palm Springs that will get you up to the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway but you will need to be an experienced hiker to do this trek.

 

The Valley is 45 miles in length and 15 miles in width allowing for a lot of hiking adventures and one that comes to mind is the Tahquitz Canyons because it is near our Operations Center but we have added a link to the over 13 trails at the Hiking in Palm Springs web site here http://www.hiking-in-ps.com/trails.php

 

Located up against the beautiful San Jacinto Mountains up Tramway Road about two miles of winding roads from Highway 111 towards the mountains base from the entrance into famous Palm Springs you simply park your vehicle and walk over buy a ticket to begin your climb of over 2.5 miles of scenic view of the entire Coachella Valley. Here is a link to the Aerial Tramway Web Site http://www.pstramway.com/index.asp because this is a Palm Springs must do event great for all ages and atop the mountain the activities will keep you and your guests up there for a while enjoying hiking the well marked trails, great food and drinks. Reminder if you go in the evening and it is the winter season November thru February each year dress warm, just because it might be warm to hot on the valley floor there might be snow and cold air atop this wonderful attraction.

 

Please welcome the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians a Sovereign Tribal Government located in Palm Springs, California. The tribe as they are locally referred are good to the local Palm Springs community and the community is good with them because the city or Palm Springs and the Auga Tribe work closely on local issues and the likes.

 

The tribe has two casinos one in Palm Springs the Spa Resort and Casino here Spa Resort Casino Palm Springs, California and the Agua Caliente Casino in Rancho Mirage, California here Auga Caliente Casino Resort and Spa.

 

The tribe owns 31,500 acres of land in a checked board pattern through out the Palm Springs and Rancho Mirage cities and holds a lot of tribal land in the San Jacinto Mountains. They are devoted to the Agua Caliente Cultural Museum featuring artifacts from their 10,000 year history of having a presence in the Coachella Valley here Agua Caliente Cultural Museum.

 

The tribe even has a personal favorite tribal land golf course in the south end of Palm Springs in the Canyons that has a great restaurant after a wonderful day of golfing on this leading edge course here Indian Canyons Golf Resort Palm Springs

 

While in Palm Springs there are a lot of restaurants located on the Palm Springs main strip Palm Canyon Drive and because there are so many restaurants located in the heart of our city you can choose from American, Wood Oven Pizza's, Sushi casual and formal dining, Italian casual and formal dining, French formal dining, Indian casual dining, Chinese casual dining and to many steak houses formal dining perhaps over 8 Steak houses in Downtown Palm Springs either way you go you are going to enjoy these restaurants because after a day pool side in our vast sun and blue skies you will enjoy a cooler evening even outdoors is pleasant. There are if you are dining adventurous locations of finer dining nestled along the mountainside that runs the length of Palm Canyon Drive so just one street off of the main strip all of the way up against the San Jacinto Mountains there are great restaurants and we cover some of them on our forum here Palm Springs Restaurants

 

We have a lot of bad to say about Palm Springs Shopping because it is currently in great need of some effort and modernization but within the bad there are jewels hiding to be found by you and Logic and if you would like to read what we say about shopping in Palm Springs and please rest assured if we write about a Palm Spring location it is because we have either visited them or interviewed them here Palm Springs Information  

 

Before we sound like these off road tour operators just drive off into the desert damaging the environment they actually are well planned adventures with the environment in mind and we say this because one of our favorite tour operators utilizes Hummer H2's and provide high end tours to locations in Palm Springs and all over the California Desert to places like the San Andreas Faults, Joshua Tree National Park, Salton Sea, Indian Canyons, Pioneer Town, Windmill Farms and many more and to see all they offer please visit their desert tours web site here California Desert Tours 

 

Looking to arrive into Palm Springs then get some exercise and fresh desert air into your trip great because there might not be a better way to do that and get in some great touring around Palm Springs time then to do this with Big Wheel Tours who has been doing this for over a decade.

 

These fine people will supply everything you are going to want and need to do a tour right however they have pre-designed tours that are fit any adventure and ambition from Palm Springs, Salton Sea, Box Canyon, Oasis Date Gardens, Mecca or any place in the Coachella Valley. This company also offers a lower cost alternative to the above Elite Land Hummer Tours via a fleet of Jeeps a bit of a rougher ride as you will be outside aboard these Jeeps but they are just as fun and both of these are fun Palm Springs activities for the whole family.  

The Big Wheel Tours has more to offer here Pam Springs Bike Tours

 

This more about the total number of golf courses then just the ones in Palm Springs because the Coachella valley and its nine cities have 110 golf courses because Palm Springs and the surrounding valley are very much about golf. The valley is home to the annual internationally known Skins Game.

 

Here are the golf courses and some details for just Palm Springs because this Knol is focused on Palm Springs.

Bel Air Greens (public) here 760-322-6062

Escena Golf Club (public) here 760-778-2737

Indian Canyons Golf Resort (public) here Indian Canyons Palm Springs 

Mesquite Golf and Country Club (public) here 760-323-9377

O'Donnell Golf Club (private) here 760-325-2259

Palm Springs National Golf Club (private) here Palm Springs National

Seven Lakes Country Club (private) here Seven Lakes Golf Club

Tahquitz Creek Resort - Legend Course (public) here Tahquitz Creek Golf Course

Tahquitz Creek Resort - Resort Course (public) here Tahquitz Creek Golf Course

 

The history of the Villagefest dates back to an event that once operated only during season in the heart of downtown Palm Springs on Palm Canyon Drive. This closes down the Palm Springs strip on the one way road through Palm Springs. 

 

The Villagefest is made up of mostly local street vendors selling products grown or produced locally that includes fruits, vegetables and flowers grown in our agricultural areas of the Coachella Valley. There are hand made items like things made of candle wax, wood and metal as well the street fair event features live street acts and musicians to entertain the whole family.

 

The hours and times of this every Thursday event can be found here Palm Springs Discussion    

 

Palm Springs is all about the weather and wonderful people that live here in Palm Springs so you can view live web cams , get a weather forecast and live undated every 5 minutes current Palm Springs weather.

Palm Springs Weather 

Palm Springs Forum you can red and share visitor information, and local to local Palm Springs talk even discuss the weather, dining, shopping, hotels, events and things to do while in Palm Springs.