Pacific

Palm Springs

Riverside County, CA

Population

44,935

Walk Score

84 · Very Walkable

Median rent

$1,397

Median home value

$504,700

[[Municipal corporation

1938

Palm Springs is a desert resort city in Riverside County, California, United States, within the Colorado Desert's Coachella Valley. The city covers approximately 94 square miles (240 km2), making it the largest city in Riverside County by land area. With multiple plots in checkerboard pattern, more than 10% of the city is part of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians reservation land and is the administrative capital of the most populated reservation in California.

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On the National Register

Historic districts

  • Andreas Canyon · listed 1973
  • Desert Golf Course · listed 2020
  • Riviera Gardens · listed 2021
  • Sandcliff · listed 2025

Notable landmarks

  • Alexander, Dr. Franz, House · listed 2016
  • Bel Vista House · listed 2020
  • Bel Vista House at 1150 N. Calle Rolph · listed 2024
  • Carey House · listed 2015
  • Coachella Valley Savings No. 1 · listed 2016
  • Coachella Valley Savings No. 2 · listed 2016
  • Edris House · listed 2016
  • El Mirador Hotel and Tower
  • Elrod, Arthur, House · listed 2016
  • Fire Station No. 1 · listed 2015
  • First Church of Christ, Scientist · listed 2016
  • Frey House II · listed 2015
  • Hamrick House · listed 2016
  • Kocher-Samson Building · listed 2015
  • Koerner House · listed 2016
  • Loewy House · listed 2015
  • Miller, Grace Lewis, House · listed 2020
  • Oasis Commercial Building · listed 2017
  • O'Donnell, Thomas, House · listed 2011
  • Palm Springs City Hall · listed 2015
  • Palm Springs Desert Museum · listed 2016
  • Palm Springs Municipal Airport Terminal
  • Palm Springs Municipal Airport Terminal · listed 2021
  • Palm Springs Tramway Valley Station · listed 2015
  • Palm Springs Unified School District Educational Administrative Center · listed 2016
  • …and 8 more

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