Salton City, California

About Salton City

Salton City, CA is a small unincorporated community located in southeastern California.

Salton City holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 21.44 square miles.

📰 Salton City News Today

• Earthquake of magnitude 2.3 reported near Salton City, CA on Aug. 14 Sacramento Bee · Aug 14
• Salton City Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jun 23
• Nonprofits Bring Resources to Frontline Salton Sea Communities Calexico Chronicle · May 12
• Salton City nonprofit has heart for helping others Imperial Valley Press Online · Apr 30
• Salton City CDP, California Census.gov · Jul 23

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Salton City Unique

• The only place in America named Salton City — 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.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 15 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Salton City

• Alamo Restaurant
• Pizza Hut — pizza
• Serrano’s Juice Bar and Grill — barbecue

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• 5 Palms · Attraction
• Barrel Springs · Attraction
• Customs and Border Protection Checkpoint Slowjamastan · Attraction
• Devil's Slide · Attraction
• Gas Domes · Attraction
• Pumpkin Patch · Attraction
• Seventeen Palms · Attraction

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Salton City

• Ocotillo Wells State Vehicular Recreation Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Salton City Park reviews ★
• Truckhaven Hills 4x4 Training Area reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Salton City

• Sea View Elementary
• West Shores High

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Salton City

🏘️ Nearby Communities