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Self-Driving Tour Info
Drive your own car on our working wind farm, guided by our app. To learn how it works, click below!
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Live updates from the wind farm, plus a photo, updated at 5-minute intervals.
Backstories of the Palm Springs Windmills - Just Released!
Palm Springs is internationally known for its architecture, cultural arts, and resort living. Still, the giant wind turbines standing along the north end of the city gather the most attention. Initially established in 1982, the Palm Springs wind farms have become the most iconic feature of the area, greeting motorists and air travelers worldwide as they arrive in the Coachella Valley.
This book tells some of the backstories of the Palm Springs windmills, from the California Wind Rush of the 1980s through the present. It also explains the evolution of the wind industry by exploring the wind turbine designs and discusses the essential aspects to help us understand their function as we appreciate their beauty.
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The Only Tour in the Valley with a Tripadvisor Certificate of Excellence and 5-Star Yelp rating!
This is a must do for anybody who is curious, likes to learn, kids who need to run around, engineer types who get bored with the usual, mixed groups, families, on a tight budget. $49 for a car of up to 5 people. Amazing stuff we’d always wondered about and now a great deal courtesy of Covid cause it’s a self drive after a visit to the displays and video in the mobile office trailer. And amazing photo ops!
– TripAdvisor
Don’t miss this awesome tour! The self-driving tour is impressive and super easy to follow. It’s almost like having a tour guide in your car! Most importantly, we learned so much about energy.
– Jen W. | TripAdvisor
What a hidden treasure that's in plain sight! Palm Springs Windmill Tours is information made interesting and meaningful. Our guide, Rich, was superb. No question was unreasonable, all were answered well and he had a personal and professional interest in wind generated power.
– Monty D. | Yelp
Wonderfully organized, very informative, and I really like the separation, control and timing self-driving provides me. Five Stars.
– James M. | Yelp
Take your time in the visitor center and talk to the people there. They are extremely knowledgeable and fun to talk to. Answered a ton of questions and I left feeling somewhat hopeful that maybe we really will make the transfer to renewable energy. Too late, but better late than never. We downloaded the app for the audio self-driving tour so we were able to go at our own pace. Unexpected gem. Don't miss it.
– Susan M. | Yelp
Excellent self guided tour; reception folks were excellent & answered many questions. Great way to help promote green energy.
– Ken P. | TripAdvisor
We really enjoyed our tour today - the staff was super attentive and full of information. Driving tour was easy to follow - some of the stops we got out and explored, others we enjoyed from the car
– Amy G. | TripAdvisor