ABOUT THE GUIDE
About LOCAL Palm Desert
Local Palm Desert is an independent guide from Local City Network.
Explore Palm Desert
Browse local businesses and guides, save places that interest you, and follow the linked sources for details that may change before a visit.
What the Palm Desert guide covers today
- 187 published independent businesses: 82 places to eat and drink, 36 independent shops, 1 arts and culture listing and 68 beauty and fitness listings. Most common kinds: hair salon (13), gym (9), spa (9).
- Events from 3 local calendars, including Palm Desert Area Chamber, College of the Desert athletics, The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens. Events
- 1 historic place from the National Register and Wikidata.
- 13 parks, playgrounds and dog parks mapped from OpenStreetMap. Parks
- 6 public schools in 1 district. Schools
- 7 animal shelter and animal services locations near Palm Desert. Lost and found pets
Keeping the guide useful
Business representatives can request listing updates. If you spot an error, send a correction. Changes are reviewed before publication.
How we choose places
The directory focuses on local restaurants, shops and cultural places. Inclusion is not an award, endorsement or a claim that we visited a business.
Check dates show when information was reviewed, not a promise that it is unchanged today. See the sources and photo credits for more detail.
Your information
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We are not the City of Palm Desert or its official tourism organization. Listings do not imply endorsement or a paid relationship.