Discovering Cities in California Series - Desert Hot Springs
Welcome to Desert Hot Springs, California.
Located in region 1.
The county is Riverside.
The city has near 17,000 residents living in 23.3 square miles of area.
The city was incorporated in September 1963.
The city is in Southern California.
Some interesting facts about Desert Hot Springs, California.
Located in the Southern California Desert this great city is one of 9 cities located in this desert region. Even though this is desert climate where temperatures can reach 121 degrees in July the driest month of the year as well there is a giant surprise in the desert vacation hot spot, water some the cleanest drinking water in the country comes from the underground aquifer.
Learn more about the Coachella Valley weather in detailed information including live weather forecasting at Palm Springs Weather serving the entire valley Coachella Valley Weather.
The city of Desert Hot Springs actually is called something shorter by the locals and you might want to remember this shortened name so you will fit right in with the kind residents and fellow visitors. Please meet “DHS”.
There is still one other water related secret in Desert Hot Springs there are natural hot mineral pools that make good healing and relaxation properties. In fact the city calls itself “California’s Spa City”.
What Desert Hot Springs is all about?
Located in the eastern end of the Coachella Valley a valley the city is surrounded by tall majestic mountain ranges with heights of greater then 10,000 feet.
The City of Desert Hot Springs sits nearest the San Gorgonio Pass that is an opening that allows the Interstate 10 Freeway to go through as vehicles are heading into Los Angeles that is about 2 hours from Desert Hot Springs.
The city does have its share of winds. In fact there is thousands of energy generating wind turbines dotting across the southern end of the city out in the flat desert areas. The city itself sits nestled up against a mountain range affording a visitor great day time and evening views across and down the 45 mile long valley floor.
These winds are some of the steadiest consistent winds in America but these winds are blocked from making DHS too windy because the city is located close to the mountains.
Things to do in and around Desert Hot Springs, California.
Meet the Whispering Giant a 30 year old sculptor whose technical name is Waokiye. Carved out of a 750 year old sequoia tree the Indian Head stands 43 feet tall.
Cabot’s Indian Pueblo Museum
Cabot’s Pueblo Museum built by Fredrick Yerxa Nellie Cabot that was named by Cabot as “Castle on Miracle Hill”.
Cabot’s Castle
This is a must see life time in the works unique house and best described as a working piece of art a true museum of a mans life in the desert that dates back 1913. Today this wonderful 35 room castle is an Historic Landmark. To learn more and to find the times and days the castle is open for a tour please visit this city of DHS page and here is the official Cabot’s Pueblo Museum site Cabot’s Museum Official web site.
The natural mineral hot springs are located throughout the city at most of the hotel resorts. The mineral properties of these hot springs are the therapeutic and are known to cure ailments as well as these springs are some of the best known ways to relax and enjoy.
There are over a dozen resorts offering the natural spring waters and you are going to also enjoy the location this city looks out over the rest of the 9 cities including its neighbor Palm Springs, California.
The city is located only a short drive from the Joshua Tree National Park and is a great centrally located city to all things nature from off-road tours to exploring the deserts of California you are going to truly enjoy the atmosphere of Desert Hot Springs.
Off-Road Tours
If you are an adventurous type of person you might enjoy a tour of some really great places including Joshua Tree National Park, the San Andreas Fault line an earthquake fault line that runs the entire length of the state of California but shows its more dramatic self where it comes though the Coachella Valley.
Joshua Tree National Park
To see all of the tours offered by Elite Land Tours and their fleet of Hummer vehicles please visit their web site and by the way this tour operator is one of Logic’s friends and some of the nicest people in the Coachella Valley and Desert Hot Springs.
DHS Golf Courses
There is golfing in DHS and we have built a complete list of the courses for you to choose from 5 in total for all kinds of golfing types. Here is our link to the Golf Courses of Desert Hot Springs
From Desert Hot Springs you can venture into any of the neighboring 8 cities like Indio, Palm Desert, Rancho Mirage and of course Palm Springs the most famous city name in the valley. The valley being only 15 miles wide it is easy to drive to any point in the valley by vehicle in just minutes.
City of Desert Hot Springs, California web sites.
City of Desert Hot Springs, California City of Desert Hot Springs, California
Desert Hot Springs, California Chamber of Commerce Desert Hot Springs, California Chamber of Commerce
DesertHotSpringsWeather.com