Palm Desert Graduate Center

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 main 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, Local Newspaper
• SunLine Transit Agency
• Bureau of Reclamation, Coachella Canal Unit
• Coachella Valley Mountains Conservancy:
• Joshua Tree National Park, Keys View
• Running in the Coachella Valley
• Visitors’ Guide
• Coachella Valley on Wikipedia
• Coachella Valley Economic Partnership
• Coachella Valley Association of Governments

City Links

• City of Palm Desert
• City of Cathedral City
• City of Coachella
• City of Desert Hot Springs
• City of Indian Wells
• City of Indio
• City of La Quinta
• City of Palm Springs
• City of Rancho Mirage