{"id":608815,"date":"2019-03-20T14:29:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-20T21:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/palmspringslife.com\/?p=608815"},"modified":"2024-05-06T18:15:26","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T01:15:26","slug":"13-day-trips-around-palm-springs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.palmspringslife.com\/the-guide\/things-to-do\/13-day-trips-around-palm-springs\/","title":{"rendered":"Get Lost"},"content":{"rendered":"[et_pb_section][et_pb_column type=”undefined”][et_pb_text theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default”][\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|400|||||||”]

You know it\u2019s festival season in Greater Palm Springs when the usually breezy Interstate 10 chokes up with cars decked out in Carpoolchella paint and RVs destined for the world\u2019s largest country f\u00eate. With 100,000 people (give or take, depending on the festival) cruising in, around, and out of the area for those long, mellifluous weekends, the traffic sucks. There\u2019s no way around it. But half the fun of any road trip is in the detours you make along the way. So, plan a pit stop to stretch your legs and discover the desert\u2019s quirkier side.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default”]

1. Cabazon Dinosaurs<\/h3>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|400|||||||”]

Cabazon<\/em><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|400|||||||”]

Near Cabazon\u2019s designer outlet shops, you\u2019ll find SoCal\u2019s favorite dinosaurs. Most will recognize Dinny and Mr. Rex, the steel-and-concrete giants visible from the freeway, but may not realize more than 50 dinos perch on property. Read our profile story HERE<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|400|||||||”]

cabazondinosaurs.com<\/em><\/a><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default”]

2. Desert Christ Park<\/h3>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|400|||||||”]

Yucca Valley<\/em><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|400|||||||”]

Almost 50 statues depicting biblical scenes were installed on a High Desert hillside in the 1950s. They are now cared for by the Desert Christ Park Foundation. Read our profile HERE<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|400|||||||”]

desertchristpark.org<\/a><\/em><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default”]

3. Sky Village Swap Meet and Bob\u2019s Crystal Cave<\/h3>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|400|||||||”]

Yucca Valley<\/em><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|400|||||||”]

Every weekend, this family-owned compound (formerly a drive-in theater) comes to life as local artisans sprawl across its 7 acres and vend their wares. You\u2019ll find a variety of assemblage sculptures and kitschy folk art on the property along with Bob\u2019s Crystal Cave, a man-made cavern decked in thousands of hand-placed gems. skyvillageswapmeet.com<\/a><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”undefined”][et_pb_text theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default”]

4. Salvation Mountain<\/h3>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|400|||||||”]

Calipatria<\/em><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|400|||||||”]

This 50-foot-high, 150-foot-wide Technicolor hilltop represents the late artist Leonard Knight\u2019s devotion to God. Packed with clay and whimsically imagined with an estimated 100,000 gallons of paint, the landmark contains a wonderland of tunnels and cavelike nooks to explore.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|400|||||||”]

salvationmountain.us<\/em><\/a><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default”]

5. Beauty Bubble Salon & Museum<\/h3>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|400|||||||”]

Joshua Tree<\/em><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|400|||||||”]

Behind the pink-trimmed doorway of Jeff Hafler\u2019s haircare studio sits his lifelong collection of retro hair-related whatsits and baubles, which has been recognized by the Library of Congress as one of the world\u2019s foremost archives on beauty. Browse the gift shop for a vintage trinket to take home. <\/a><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|400|||||||”]

beautybubble.net<\/a><\/em><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”undefined”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.palmspringslife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/salvationmountain.jpg” _builder_version=”4.20.0″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ alt=”salvationmountain” title=”salvationmountain” title_text=”salvationmountain” ][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|400|||||||”]

PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF WINSTON GIESEKE<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|400|||||||”]

Salvation Mountain<\/strong><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”undefined”][et_pb_text theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default”]

6. Noah Purifoy Outdoor Desert Art Museum<\/h3>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|400|||||||”]

Joshua Tree<\/em><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|400|||||||”]

Alabama-born artist Noah Purifoy crafted his first sculpture with debris from the 1965 Watts rebellion and went on to create more than 100 assemblage works while living on his 10-acre compound in the High Desert. They speak to Purifoy\u2019s impassioned advocacy for social change through evocative art.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|400|||||||”]

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7. Skull Rock<\/h3>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|400|||||||”]

Joshua Tree<\/em><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|400|||||||”]

Rainfall has eaten away at the granite of this massive boulder in the northeastern section of the national park, resulting in a peculiar, hollowed-out shape that seems to resemble a face.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|400|||||||”]

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8. Cholla Cactus Garden<\/h3>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|400|||||||”]

Joshua Tree<\/em><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|400|||||||”]

Few teddy-bear cholla grow in the national park outside this anomalous 10-acre cactus field. Don\u2019t let the native species\u2019 cuddly name fool you; the plant is also dubbed \u201cjumping cholla” for its sticky spines said to leap out at those who dare pass by.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|400|||||||”]

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PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF NOAH PURIFOY FOUNDATION 2018<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|400|||||||”]

Noah Purifoy Outdoor Desert Art Museum<\/strong><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”undefined”][et_pb_text theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default”]

9. Giant Rock and Integratron<\/h3>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|400|||||||”]

Landers<\/em><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|400|||||||”]

Aviation engineer George Van Tassel relocated his family in the 1940s to a cave dwelling beneath Giant Rock, a lone seven-story boulder in the Mojave Desert. In 1953, he claimed an alien from Venus visited to provide plans for a time-travel machine. The result: a white dome known as the Integratron (not far from Giant Rock) that now hosts sound baths.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|400|||||||”]

integratron.com<\/em><\/a><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default”]

10. International
Banana Museum<\/h3>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|400|||||||”]

Mecca<\/em><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|400|||||||”]

The world\u2019s largest display of objects inspired by a single fruit is housed near the northern shore of the Salton Sea. Locals Fred and Kim Garbutt purchased their collection of 20,000-plus banana curios in 2010 and converted their family pub into a museum, which also has a bar serving plentiful potassium-laded treats.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|400|||||||”]

internationalbananamuseum.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”undefined”][et_pb_text theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default”]

11. Salton Sea State Recreation Area<\/h3>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|400|||||||”]

Mecca<\/em><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|400|||||||”]

Exponential saline concentration and a fish die-off left this area, once touted as a resort paradise and \u201can investor\u2019s dream,” a wasteland. Fish bones and ruins pepper the beach. Through April 21, the area hosts two Desert X installations: Steve Badgett and Chris Taylor\u2019s Terminal Lake Exploration Platform and Nancy Baker Cahill\u2019s Margin of Error.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|400|||||||”]

parks.ca.gov\/saltonsea<\/a><\/em><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default”]

12. Sky Art Sculpture Garden<\/h3>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|400|||||||”]

Borrego Springs<\/em><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|400|||||||”]

In the magical desert landscape of Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, more than 130 gargantuan metal sculptures lurk in the sand. <\/a><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|400|||||||”]

ricardobreceda.com<\/em><\/a><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default”]

13. World Famous Crochet Museum<\/h3>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|400|||||||”]

Joshua Tree<\/em><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|400|||||||”]

This \u201cworld famous” museum may be among the planet\u2019s smallest. Tiny crocheted creatures collected by owner Shari Elf take up residence in an upcycled drive-thru photo stand, sited near the Joshua Tree Saloon.
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PHOTOGRAPH COURTEST OF ANNA KULA<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|400|||||||”]

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