Celebrity playground Palm Springs is a year-round desert vacation destination for sunning, shopping, hiking, biking, cultural and ethnic events, tennis, nightlife, people-watching, and, most famously, golf! Located at the base of the towering San Jacinto Mountains, Palm Springs offers visitors balmy days and crisp desert nights year-round.

Weather and Geography

Palm Springs is located in the about 110 miles east of Los Angeles on the southern edge of the vast Mojave Desert. Daytime winter and spring temperatures are balmy, in the 70s and 80s Fahrenheit with cool, even cold, evenings. Summer daytime highs are hot, averaging in the low 100s Fahrenheit with comfortable evenings in the 70s Fahrenheit.

Quick Facts

• Some of the best mid-century modern architecture in the U.S. can be found in Palm Springs. You might find yourself feeling like you’ve stepped right into an episode of The Jetsons.
  
  
• Palm Springs is a golfer's mecca and hosts the LPGA Tournament each year.
  
  
• Each February, the National Date Festival honors the desert valley's most famous crop. Enjoy live entertainment, carnival rides, and even camel races while sampling a variety of date delicacies.
  
  
• In 1991, then-mayor Sonny Bono (yes, the Sonny Bono who was once married to Cher) made headlines when he outlawed the wearing of thong-style swimwear in Palm Springs, which effectively halted the spring break migration of crowds of college students to the area.

Expert Travel Tips

• Feel like you’ve gone back in time to the Rat Pack years with a visit to one of Palm Springs’ classic nightclubs and lounges.
  
  
• Take the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway and experience a breathtaking journey up the steep cliffs of Chino Canyon. You’ll start at 2,643 feet and soar to 8,516 feet in just 15 minutes.
  
  
• Visit the otherworldly landscape of Joshua Tree National Park, about an hour away.

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