Palm Springs Windmill Tours

SUMMER HOURS: Thursday - Sunday - 9a to 1p (last available tour)

Palm Springs Windmill Tours

SUMMER HOURS: Thursday - Sunday - 9a to 1p (last

NEW! Guided Golf Cart Tours

Our Guided Golf Cart tours will transport you on an open-air electric golf cart on a private wind farm back in time 40 years ago to the present. The tour will encompass the successes and failures exhibited by inventors and engineers at the beginning of the “Wind Rush” in the 80’s to the modern sleek designs we see today. Click below to learn more and arrange your own Guided tour today.

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a group of people observing modern wind turbines

VIP Chartered Tour heading out on a gravel road on our private wind farm

Inquire about our "Step-on" Tour Guides for your Group, School Tour or Event!

From $49.00

1.5 Hours
All Ages

Self-Driving Tours

It’s like having a tour guide in your car. This tour begins at the Tour Center with exhibits and a video orientation. We then send you on your way on our private wind farm with 10 marked stops. You will need your own vehicle for this tour. RV’s are not allowed on the wind farm due to limited turning ability and sand. Sprinters 28 ft or less are allowed. We provide you with a curated audio App with instructions to download in an email confirmation after booking. We encourage you to get out at each stop and take photos.

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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!

How it Works

Wind and Weather

Live updates from the wind farm, plus a photo, updated at 5-minute intervals.

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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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Our Gift Shop Is Open!

The Windmill Tour Gift Shop is open! Pick out your favorite t-shirts, cups, mugs, bags, water bottles, stickers, and more.

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The Only Tour in the Valley with a Tripadvisor Certificate of Excellence and 5-Star Yelp rating!

5-Stars - Learn How These Giants Work!

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

Beat the heat and take this amazing tour!

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

Hidden Treasure

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

Five Stars

Wonderfully organized, very informative, and I really like the separation, control and timing self-driving provides me. Five Stars.

– James M. | Yelp

Fascinating

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

Worth it!

Excellent self guided tour; reception folks were excellent & answered many questions. Great way to help promote green energy.

– Ken P. | TripAdvisor

Great alternative family fun!

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