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The California Welcome Center Yucca Valley
56711 29 Palms Hwy
Yucca Valley, CA 92284-2942

Phone: (760) 365-5464
Fax: (760) 365-5770
Email: info.yuccavalley@visitcwc.com

We are located on the south side of Highway 62, between Palm Avenue and Sage Avenue. Just look for the big blue signs displaying California's Traveling Bear Logo.

We are about 30 minutes from the Palm Springs stop.

We are about 30 minutes from Palm Springs International Airport; 75 minutes from Ontario International Airport; two and a half hours from Los Angeles International Airport; and about three hours from McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas.

Morongo Basin Transit Authority has stops throughout the Yucca Valley area and runs buses to Palm Springs and Palm Desert daily.

Greyhound stops at the Palm Springs and Indio stations daily.

Taxi service is available 24 hours a day.

Car rentals are available in the Yucca Valley area as well as the Palm Springs area.

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Internet / E-mail
Travel Information / Brochures
Maps
Hotel Bookings
Nearby Restaurants
RV Parking
Handicapped Access

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Enjoy Palm Springs from on High

Climbing 6,000 feet from the Sonoran Desert floor up into the San Jacinto Mountains, the Palm Springs Aerial Tram traverses five climatic zones in 12 minutes. Most important, this means that in summer it can be nearly 30 degrees cooler at the top; electrical engineer Francis Crocker designed the tram because he dreamt of “going up there where it’s nice and cool.”

The ride up in the glass-walled cars is great fun; the floor of the car slowly revolves on the 12-minute ride, providing a fantastic view of the incredible scenery, whether it be the craggy mountain ridge front and center, or the distant spread of valley and rumpled mountains.

At the top, you can just relax and enjoy the panorama of mountain and desert from the upscale Peaks Restaurant (California cuisine), the Pines Café (cafeteria style), or a lounge with appetizers and full cocktail bar. Or, you can explore the 50-plus miles of hiking trails. For easy starters there’s the 0.75-mile Discovery Trail loop and the 1.5-mile Desert View Trail (offering a great view of the Coachella Valley way below).

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» Kennewick Man on Trial
October 21, 2009 10:00 AM to March 21, 2010 5:00 PM
Kennewick Man on Trial explores important legal, ethical, and scientific issues raised by the accidental discovery of a nearly complete male skeleton with a projectile point lodged in his right hip. Text and quotes present a variety of points of view on issues of federal law and care of Native American human remains, how people first came to the Americas, and changing ideas about race.
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