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59-615: The Palm Springs Desert Museum originated in 1938 in La Plaza Arcade, a gathering place for residents, on Palm Canyon Drive near in central Palm Springs. The early museum focused on the Colorado Desert and the Cahuilla and other Indigenous Americans . The museum grew and was temporarily relocated within a section of the town's library. During World War II, the museum was operated by biologist T. D. A. Cockerell . In 1947,

118-641: A charter school . The four elementary schools in the city are: George Washington Charter, Abraham Lincoln, Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan. The northernmost part of Palm Desert is served by the Palm Springs Unified School District , so the students can attend Rancho Mirage High School in Rancho Mirage, or Nellie Coffman Middle School and Cathedral City High School in Cathedral City, California . Some students in

177-476: A mezzanine, a sculpture terrace, four classrooms, two art storage vaults, and a 90-seat lecture hall. The Palm Springs Museum complex grew to encompass 124,435 square feet (11,560.4 m), with additional exhibition space in Palm Desert as of March 2012. On March 15, 2012, the museum opened a satellite facility in the nearby community of Palm Desert, California . The inaugural exhibition was "Rodin to Now",

236-767: A sinking of the terrain over time. The Colorado Desert's climate distinguishes it from other deserts. The region experiences greater summer daytime temperatures than higher-elevation deserts and almost never experiences frost. In addition, the Colorado Desert experiences two rainy seasons per year (in the winter and late summer), especially toward the southern portion of the region; the more northerly Mojave Desert usually has only winter rains. The west coast Peninsular Ranges, or other west ranges, of Southern California–northern Baja California , block most eastern Pacific coastal air and rains, producing an arid climate. Other short or longer-term weather events can move in from

295-734: A small part of San Bernardino County in California , United States, as well as the northern part of Mexicali Municipality in Baja California , Mexico. Most of the Colorado Desert lies at a relatively low elevation, below 1,000 ft (305 m), with the lowest point of the desert floor at 275 ft (84 m) below sea level , at the Salton Sea . Although the highest peaks of the Peninsular Ranges reach elevations of nearly 10,000 ft (3,048 m), most of

354-637: A survey of modern sculpture from the French sculptor Auguste Rodin . Contemporary artists whose works have been displayed at the Palm Springs Art Museum in Palm Desert include Tracey Emin , Anthony Gormley , Lino Tagliapietra , Klaus Moje , Richard Marquis , Karen LaMonte and Jennifer Steinkamp . In 2011, the museum purchased the Santa Fe Federal Savings & Loan building, also a Palm Springs building designed by

413-615: A truck company. Palm Desert is the site for the main campus of College of the Desert , a community college, which has expanded greatly in size since the campus opened in 1962. One of the buildings was built by donations from the local Cahuilla Indian tribal nations. The University of California, Riverside also has an extension learning center in the city. California State University, San Bernardino first opened its Palm Desert campus in 1986, followed by its own stand-alone, 169 acre campus located on Cook Street in 2002. The Palm Desert Campus

472-492: Is 38180 Del Webb Blvd., Palm Desert, CA 92211. Sun City Palm Desert comprises the majority of the Desert Palms census-designated place. Sun City Palm Desert was developed by Del E. Webb Corp. (acquired by Pulte Homes in 2001). Construction began in 1992 and was completed in 2003. The original name was Sun City Palm Springs from 1991 to 1996. Sun City Palm Desert is an active 55+ gated retirement community. Palm Desert

531-513: Is 88 °F (31 °C) and average annual low is 64 °F (18 °C), but summer highs above 108 °F (42 °C) are common and sometimes exceed 120 °F (49 °C), while summer night lows often stay above 82 °F (28 °C). Winters are warm with daytime highs between 70–82 °F (21–28 °C). Under 3 inches (76 mm) of annual precipitation is average, with over 348 days of sunshine per year. The mean annual temperature at 76.0 °F (24.4 °C) makes Palm Desert one of

590-625: Is a complete university with over 40 undergraduate, graduate, doctorate, and credential programs offered as the only full-service public school of higher education in the Coachella Valley. The primary high school is Palm Desert High School (with 2200 students) which is part of the Desert Sands Unified School District . The main Middle School (with 1100 students) is Palm Desert Middle School ,

649-421: Is a major portion of the local tourist-based economy. Sun City Palm Desert is an adjacent master-planned retirement community located on the north side of Interstate 10 , on unincorporated land just northeast of the city limits of Palm Desert itself, and about 7.7 miles from downtown Palm Desert. All residences in the community use Palm Desert, CA 92211 as part of their address. The community association address

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708-566: Is a part of the larger Sonoran Desert located in California , United States, and Baja California , Mexico. It encompasses approximately 7 million acres (2,800,000 ha; 28,000 km ), including the heavily irrigated Coachella , Imperial and Mexicali valleys. It is home to many unique flora and fauna. The Colorado Desert is a subregion of the larger Sonoran Desert , covering about 7 million acres (2.8 million ha; 28,000 km ). The desert occupies Imperial County , parts of San Diego and Riverside counties, and

767-630: Is at the wetland refuges along the Colorado River, Cibola National Wildlife Refuge and Imperial National Wildlife Refuge . In the Colorado Desert's arid environment, aquatic and wetland habitats are limited in extent but are critically important to wildlife. Runoff from seasonal rains and groundwater springs forms desert arroyos , desert fan palm oases , freshwater marshes , brine lakes, desert washes, ephemeral and perennial streams, and desert riparian vegetation communities dominated by cottonwood , willow , and non-native tamarisk . Two of

826-474: Is located in the Colorado Desert arm of the Sonoran Desert , about 14 miles (23 km) east of Palm Springs , 121 miles (195 km) northeast of San Diego and 122 miles (196 km) east of Los Angeles . The population was 51,163 at the 2020 census , and the city has been one of the state's fastest-growing since 1980, when its population was 11,801. Palm Desert is in the ancestral homeland of

885-500: Is non-elected and rotates annually among the members of the city council. The council serves to pass ordinances, approve budgets, and hire the city manager and city attorney. The city manager oversees administrative operations and the appointment of department heads. In the California State Legislature , Palm Desert is in the 28th Senate District , represented by Democrat Lola Smallwood-Cuevas , and in

944-824: Is the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument , and north of Palm Desert is the Coachella Valley National Wildlife Refuge . The Desert Memorial Park in Cathedral City is maintained by the Palm Springs Cemetery District. Also in Cathedral City is the Forest Lawn Cemetery , maintained by Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks & Mortuaries . Many celebrities keep homes in Palm Desert, including Rita Rudner and more recently,

1003-514: The 42nd Assembly District , represented by Democrat Jacqui Irwin . In the United States House of Representatives , Palm Desert is in California's 41st congressional district , represented by Republican Ken Calvert . The Riverside County Sheriff's Department maintains the Palm Desert station which provides contract police services to the municipalities of Palm Desert, Rancho Mirage , and Indian Wells , as well as

1062-594: The Cahuilla , a division of the Morongo Band of Mission Indians . Their bird songs and funeral songs share the oral tradition of how they lived on this land for over 10,000 years. The area was first known as the Old MacDonald Ranch , but the name changed to Palm Village in the 1920s when date palms were planted. Most of the Pre-World War 2 residents of Palm Desert were Cahuilla farmers of

1121-638: The Gulf of California to the south, and are often active in the summer monsoons . These include remnants of Pacific hurricanes, storms from the southern tropical jetstream , and the northern Intertropical Convergence Zone . The region's terrestrial habitats include creosote bush scrub; mixed scrub , including yucca and cholla cactus ; desert saltbush ; sandy soil grasslands ; and desert dunes . Higher elevations are dominated by pinyon pine and California juniper , with areas of manzanita and Coulter pine . In addition to hardy perennials , more than half of

1180-672: The Philip L. Boyd Deep Canyon Desert Research Center . The 2010 United States Census reported that Palm Desert had a population of 48,445. The population density was 1,793.3 inhabitants per square mile (692.4/km ). The racial makeup of Palm Desert was 39,957 (82.5%) White (70.4% Non-Hispanic White), 875 (1.8%) African American , 249 (0.5%) Native American , 1,647 (3.4%) Asian , 55 (0.1%) Pacific Islander , 4,427 (9.1%) from other races , and 1,235 (2.5%) from two or more races. There were 11,038 residents of Hispanic or Latino origin (22.8%). The Census reported that 48,137 people (99.4% of

1239-489: The United States Census Bureau , the city has an area of 27.0 square miles (70 km ), of which 26.8 square miles (69 km ) is land and 0.2 square miles (0.52 km ) (0.76%) is water. The elevation (at City Hall) is 224 feet (68 m) above sea level. Elevations vary from the lower northern half once covered in sand dunes to the upper slope southern cove (300–900 feet or 91–274 metres) all

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1298-692: The Colorado Desert. They occur only where permanent water sources are available, such as at springs or along fault lines, where groundwater is forced to the surface by the movement of hard impermeable rock, and can be found in the San Jacinto, Santa Rosa, and Little San Bernardino mountains, in the canyons of Anza-Borrego Desert State Park , and along the San Andreas Fault in the Coachella Valley . The only palm native to California, Washingtonia filifera (desert fan palm), grows at

1357-732: The Hope Academy, and the Desert Torah Academy, a Jewish community school and its social recreational Jewish Community Center. It also has meetings by the Jewish Federation of the Desert based in Palm Springs , serving an estimated 35,000 Jewish people in the Coachella Valley. Electricity in Palm Desert is served by Southern California Edison . Modern transportation services include: Highways include: Palm Desert has 14 city parks: South of Palm Desert

1416-710: The Palm Desert Corporation began to develop real estate, and in 1951 the area was given its present name. In 1946, the Henderson brothers began developing the Shadow Mountain Club in South Palm Desert. Completed in 1948, the club was the first of many large-scale resorts in Palm Desert, featuring a 360,000 gallon pool, golf course, tennis courts, hotel, restaurant, and entertainment amenities for visiting families. According to

1475-532: The architect E. Stewart Williams in 1961. PSAM converted the building into exhibition space and opened it to the public as the Architecture and Design Center, Edwards Harris Pavilion, in 2014. The opening exhibition showed the desert modern style work of Williams. The building was renovated for PSAM by the Marmol Radziner architecture firm of Los Angeles. Colorado Desert Colorado Desert

1534-477: The city are: Palm Desert is the home of the Living Desert Zoo and Gardens , a combination zoo and botanical garden featuring over 500 animals from 150 species over 80 acres. The location also hosts an extensive collection of desert plants with a state-of-the-art animal hospital. Founded in 1970, The Living Desert hosts over 500,000 visitors a year. There are around thirty golf courses throughout

1593-617: The city which has a long history with the sport. Palm Desert is home to hundreds of tennis courts, both public and private. Pickleball has also gained popularity throughout the region in the 2010s and 2020s. The city's first golf course and tennis club was Shadow Mountain in 1948, followed by Marrakesh in 1954, the Palm Desert Greens mobile home park golf course in 1961, and the Palm Desert Country Club in 1962. The latter, located five miles (8 km) east of

1652-425: The city. The population density was 1,689.1 inhabitants per square mile (652.2/km ). There were 28,021 housing units at an average density of 1,150.0 per square mile (444.0/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 86.8% White , 1.2% African American , 0.5% Native American , 2.6% Asian , 0.1% Pacific Islander , 6.5% from other races , and 2.4% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 17.1% of

1711-514: The current home of professional golfer Michelle Wie and one of the homes of Bill Gates . Legendary actress Anne Francis resided in a condominium until July 2000. Film producer Jerry Weintraub called it his second home before he died. Artist Phillip K. Smith III calls Palm Desert home and his studio is in Palm Desert. The city is home to the Palm Desert Scene , a musical genre that has been heavily influential internationally since

1770-759: The desert's plant species are herbaceous annuals, and appropriately timed winter rains produce abundant early spring wildflowers. In the southern portion of the region, the additional moisture supplied by summer rainfall fosters the germination of summer annual plants and supports smoketree , ironwood , and palo verde trees. Common desert wildlife include mule deer , bobcat , desert kangaroo rat , cactus mouse , black-tailed jackrabbit , Gambel's quail , and red-diamond rattlesnake . Among sensitive species are flat-tailed horned lizard , Coachella Valley fringe-toed lizard, desert tortoise , prairie falcon , Andrews' dune scarab beetle , peninsular bighorn sheep , and California leaf-nosed bat . The best place to spot wildlife

1829-493: The early 1990s. Many of the Palm Desert bands are credited for starting the rock / metal subgenre known as stoner rock . Bands including Queens of the Stone Age , Kyuss , Fu Manchu and Eagles of Death Metal have become well known rock bands. Palm Desert had been in the sister cities program, as designated by Sister Cities International . Six to nine cities that are or were associated with Palm Desert: Palm Desert has

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1888-549: The eastside are zoned to La Quinta High School and Colonel Mitchell Paige Middle School . The Riverside County Department of Education operates San Cayetano Community School, a grade 1 to 12 educational facility. Palm Desert has 8 private schools in the immediate area: Desert Adventist Academy, Palm Desert Presbyterian School, Sacred Heart Catholic Academy, The Palm Valley School, the Learning Tree Academy, Xavier College Preparatory High School (Catholic-Jesuit),

1947-555: The golf course location. The Firecliff course is listed at No. 13 in Golf Magazine's 'Best Courses you can Play' 2010 list for California. In the late-1970s and 1980s, a spate of private golf clubs, destination resorts and hotels appeared in the northern half of Palm Desert, such as the four-star JW Marriott Desert Springs Golf Resort and Spa in 1987 and the four-star Desert Willow Golf Resort in 2002. The city has over 30 hotels and 5,000 rooms, and lodging and hospitality

2006-454: The median income for a family was $ 58,183. Males had a median income of $ 42,257 versus $ 32,202 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 33,463. About 5.9% of families and 9.2% of the population were below the poverty line , including 12.1% of those under age 18 and 4.3% of those age 65 or over. According to the City's 2020 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in

2065-414: The museum board; he became its chairman in 2006 and served until his death in 2015. Under Meyerman, the museum pursued financial stability through steps such as increasing its endowment from $ 6 million to $ 15.5 million, reducing staff, and raising fees for local groups using the museum's facilities. Emphases of the Palm Springs Art Museum developed into three areas: Educational programs related to each of

2124-473: The museum include: The intimate 437-seat Annenberg Theater presents internationally known performers and concert artists in music, dance and theater. The museum received accreditation from the American Alliance of Museums in 1982. The museum building had originally been designed with the possibility of adding a third level. The need for more exhibition space and educational facilities

2183-563: The museum was moved into a section of a converted wartime hospital. Folk singer and marine biologist Sam Hinton served as director from 1942 to 1944. The Desert Museum focused on natural science and Indigenous American collections and programs. In 1952, the museum added a desert wildlife reserve habitat and a botanical garden . The Desert Museum started to transition to an art museum in 1953 when desert landscape paintings by Carl Eytel were donated by Cornelia White , Isabel Chase , and Earl Coffman. A 10,000-square-foot (930 m) structure

2242-607: The now extinct San Cayetano tribe, although a few members of the Montoya family of Cahuilla and Spanish descent were prominent civic leaders after city development. The first large scale residential development began in 1943 in connection with General George S. Patton's Desert Training Center of the U.S. Army built in the area for the Second World War. That site was later developed into " El Paseo ", an upscale shopping district modeling after Rodeo Drive . In 1948,

2301-613: The oases. Some sub-regions of the Colorado Desert contain endemic flora. Along the Lower Colorado River Valley , in-flow side canyons, flatlands, or low-to-higher level elevations, at least three such flora occur: Hesperocallis undulata (desert lily), Nolina bigelovii (Bigelow's nolina), and Peucephyllum schottii (desert fir). The Colorado Desert is one of the least-populous regions in California, but human activities have had substantial impacts on

2360-611: The original city, was formally annexed in 1992. The total number of golf clubs (more than 30 located within 10 miles or 16 kilometres from the city) have made Palm Desert known as the "World's Golf Capital." Desert Willow Golf Resort is the City Of Palm Desert's municipal golf course, and has two championship courses: Mountain View and Firecliff. It is associated with the Westin Desert Willow Resort at

2419-650: The population) lived in households, 98 (0.2%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 210 (0.4%) were institutionalized. There were 23,117 households, out of which 4,253 (18.4%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 10,253 (44.4%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 2,177 (9.4%) had a female householder with no husband present, 811 (3.5%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 1,227 (5.3%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships , and 373 (1.6%) same-sex married couples or partnerships . 7,948 households (34.4%) were made up of individuals, and 4,370 (18.9%) had someone living alone who

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2478-412: The population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 17,470 people (36.1%) lived in rental housing units. According to the 2010 United States Census, Palm Desert had a median household income of $ 53,456, with 9.2% of the population living below the federal poverty line. According to the 2000 United States Census of 2000, there were 41,155 people, 19,184 households, and 11,414 families residing in

2537-410: The population. There are 19,184 households in Palm Desert, out of which 18.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.5% were married couples living together, 7.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.5% were non-families. 32.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size

2596-425: The region's habitats and wildlife. Many unique communities, particularly aquatic and dune systems, are limited in distribution and separated by vast expanses of inhospitable, arid desert terrain. Even limited human disturbances can have markedly deleterious effects on the endemic and sensitive species supported by these unique regional systems. Some of the greatest human-caused effects on the region have resulted from

2655-570: The region's most significant aquatic systems are the Salton Sea and the Colorado River . While most desert wildlife depend on aquatic habitats as water sources, a number of species, such as the arroyo toad , desert pupfish , Yuma rail , and southwestern willow flycatcher , are restricted to these habitats. In some places, summer rains produce short-lived seasonal pools that host uncommon species like Couch's spadefoot toad . Desert fan palm oases are rare ecological communities found only in

2714-479: The region's mountains do not exceed 3,000 ft (914 m). In this region, the geology is dominated by the transition of the tectonic plate boundary from rift to fault . The southernmost strands of the San Andreas Fault connect to the northernmost extensions of the East Pacific Rise . Consequently, the region is subject to earthquakes , and the crust is being stretched, which will result in

2773-424: The scarcity of water resources in the desert environment, these alterations have had substantial impacts on regional wildlife and habitats. In addition, portions of the region are experiencing substantial growth and development pressures, most notably the Coachella Valley . Palm Desert, California Palm Desert is a city in the Coachella Valley region of eastern Riverside County, California . The city

2832-525: The surrounding unincorporated areas. The city of Palm Desert contracts for fire and paramedic services with the Riverside County Fire Department through a cooperative agreement with CAL FIRE . Palm Desert currently has three fire stations, which are Station 33 (Town Center), Station 67 (Mesa View), and Station 71 (North Palm Desert). Each fire station provides an engine company and a paramedic ambulance. Fire station 33 also has

2891-526: The third location of the museum. When the art museum was established, the desert wildlife reserve museum component became the Living Desert Zoo and Gardens , an independent public institution. The Williams-designed building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016. In 2003, the museum experienced financial difficulty, following debt incurred during its 1990s expansion phase. That year, retired banker Harold J. Meyerman joined

2950-1071: The three disciplines were planned, and the new Palm Springs Desert Museum opened to the public in January 1976. The museum expanded again in 1982 with the addition of the Denney Western American Art Wing, the museum was renamed the Palm Springs Art Museum, and classic American western art was added to the collection's fine art emphasis. The permanent collection consists of more than 24,000 objects. 12,000 objects include fine art, fine art photography, photographic archives, Native American art, Mesoamerican art and artifacts from other cultures. The natural science collections are categorized in geology, biology and archaeology. 12,000 specimens include ceramics, lithics, tools, weapons, minerals, fossils, rocks, casts of fossils, herbaria, mounted invertebrates, preserved amphibians and reptiles, study skins and whole mounts of birds and mammals. Noted landscape artists with works displayed or curated by

3009-479: The warmest places in the country. The hottest temperature ever recorded in Palm Desert was 125 °F (52 °C) on July 6, 1905. The surrounding mountains create a thermal belt in the southern foothills of Palm Desert, namely Cahuilla Hills, leading to a micro-climate with significantly warmer night-time temperatures during the winter months. The University of California maintains weather stations located in this thermal belt as part of their ecological project in

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3068-417: The water diversions and flood control measures along the Colorado River . These measures have dramatically altered the region's hydrology by redistributing the region's water supply to large expanses of irrigated agriculture and metropolitan coastal areas such as Los Angeles and San Diego . The once-dynamic Salton Sea and Colorado River ecosystems are now controlled by human water management. Because of

3127-430: The way to the ridgeline at 1,000 feet (300 m). Palm Desert is in the Coachella Valley, the northwestern extension of the Sonoran Desert . The Coachella Valley's climate is influenced by High mountain ranges on three sides and a south-sloping valley floor contribute to its year-round warmth. Its winters are among the warmest in the western U.S. Palm Desert has a hot desert climate : its average annual high temperature

3186-406: Was 2.1 and the average family size was 2.7. The demographics of Palm Desert shows a rising population of children and young adults. The age distribution of the population was 17.3% under the age of 18, 6.2% from 18 to 24, 22.7% from 25 to 44, 26.3% from 45 to 64, and 27.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 48 years. The median income for a household in the city was $ 48,000 and

3245-404: Was 53.0 years. For every 100 females, there were 88.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.4 males. There were 37,073 housing units at an average density of 1,372.4 per square mile (529.9/km ), of which 15,171 (65.6%) were owner-occupied, and 7,946 (34.4%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 5.0%; the rental vacancy rate was 16.8%. 30,667 people (63.3% of

3304-420: Was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.08. There were 13,241 families (57.3% of all households); the average family size was 2.65. The population was spread out, with 7,534 people (15.6%) under the age of 18, 3,333 people (6.9%) aged 18 to 24, 8,731 people (18.0%) aged 25 to 44, 12,924 people (26.7%) aged 45 to 64, and 15,923 people (32.9%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age

3363-515: Was built for the Art Museum in downtown Palm Springs in 1958. In 1962, the museum added an auditorium and more gallery space to house contemporary art exhibitions. The executive director, anthropologist Frederick Sleight was credited with guiding the transformation. Architect E. Stewart Williams designed a 75,000-square-foot (7,000 m) building in the Modernist architectural style for

3422-425: Was incorporated as a city in 1973 and designated a charter city in 1997. It operates on a council-manager form of government. Residents of Palm Desert elect five non-partisan council members who serve four-year staggered terms, with elections occurring every two years. Currently the Palm Desert city council is elected through Single transferable voting (proportional ranked-choice voting). The position of mayor

3481-617: Was recognized by the Board of Trustees, noting increased population and tourism in the Coachella Valley, in addition to the museum's growing collection. An expansion project was initiated with a gift of $ 1.5 million seed money and a donation of 132 artworks from the personal collection of designer and collector Steve Chase. The Steve Chase Art Wing and Education Center, also designed by E. Stewart Williams, opened in November 1996. The expansion included 25,000 additional square feet of gallery space,

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