About the Area
About Palm Desert and the Coachella Valley
The city of Palm Desert is about 11 miles east of the city of Palm Springs and about 66 miles east of the UC Riverside campus. The Palm Desert/Palm Springs metropolitan area lies along the south side of Interstate 10 in northern Coachella Valley.
To learn more about a specific city within or feature of the Coachella Valley, we invite you to explore the links below.
Coachella Valley Links
- Palm Springs Visitor & Convention Bureau (CVA)
- The Desert Sun, newspaper
- SunLine Transit Agency
- Coachella Valley Economic Partnership
- Coachella Valley Association of Governments
The University of California has been active in the Coachella Valley for nearly 100 years, initially supporting the agriculture industry and more recently impacting modern growth issues through research in areas such as transportation, air quality, and energy and water conservation. The UCR Palm Desert Center, established in 2005, provides graduate education to the Coachella Valley through its innovative Executive MBA and MFA degrees.