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Desert Palms, California
CDP
About Desert Palms
Desert Palms, CA is a small unincorporated community located in southeastern California.
Desert Palms holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 2.67 square miles.
📰 Desert Palms News Today
- Desert Palms Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jun 23
- 1 Injured in Desert Palms Crash at Varner Road and Newcastle Drive Pacific Attorney Group · Nov 19
- Desert Palms, California Population 2026 World Population Review · Aug 18
- RivCo Man, 22, Arrested For Alleged DUI After Causing 2-Vehicle Crash Patch · Oct 10
- Desert Palms, CA Weather Forecast AccuWeather · Jul 14
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Desert Palms Unique
- The only place in America named Desert Palms — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
- An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
- Positioned in southeastern California, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
Why People Love It Here
- Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
- Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
- Easy reach of Palm Desert (5 mi) — commute to the city, live where it's calm.
🎡 Fun Things to Do
- Shadow Hills Recreation Center · Attraction
Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Desert Palms
- Coachella Valley National Wildlife Refuge · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Coachella Valley Fringe-Toed Lizard Preserve reviews ★
- Freedom Park reviews ★
- Hidden Palms · Nature reserve reviews ★
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
⚡ Quick Facts
StateCalifornia
TypeCDP
Population (2024)—
Land area2.67 sq mi
Coordinates33.7791, -116.2982