Palm Springs Windmill Tours

Overview

You will need your own car on this tour which you will be guided along with an audio program and marked destinations throughout the first commercial wind farm in Southern Calfornia. Once booked, we send you an email confirmation along with an App download and instructions. The tour starts with a display yard of non-operating wind turbines of successes and failures, along with a stop to a real generating wind turbine where you can get up close and take pictures. The tour ends with a stop at the Indigo Power Plant and retired wind farm. There you can exit on 19th Avenue to Indian Canyon Road and leave with more knowledge about renewable energy! The tour takes approximately one hour depending on your pace. We ask that you respect others by not gathering at the marked destinations. Please allow cars ahead of you to finish their exploration before your turn. One booking, includes two adults.

City: Palm Springs

Thu 12 Jun

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What's Included

Accommodation as per itinerary

Palm Springs Windmill Tour App

Audio program

Route and map

Meeting point

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Palm Springs
62950 20th Ave

We are located at: 62950 20th Avenue, Palm Springs, CA. 92262

Before You Go

Congratulations on booking a Tour!

Please be advised, this ticket includes 2 adults per vehicle. We charge $10 for each additional adult at the tour center. Kids under 12 are free.

Please check in at the Tour Center and feel free to review our video and exhibits before heading out on your driving portion of the tour.

After that, our tour guide will send you on your way with a Map and instruct you on the Self-Driving Tour, which is accompanied by an APP download on your mobile device.

It's important to download the APP prior to arriving for ease of check-in and flow. If you have trouble downloading, we can troubleshoot at the tour center, but please make sure you know your Apple ID or Google Play ID in order to download the APP.

Earbuds or hooking up your mobile device to Bluetooth in your car so everyone can hear the tour is recommended and allows for optimal hearing and ease of use to start and stop at your discretion. If you have any questions, our tour guide will be able to assist you at the tour headquarters.

Use the appropriate link below for Android or Apple or you may search for Palm Springs Windmill Tours in your App Store.

Apple App Store (iPhone) - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/palm-springs-windmill-tour/id1549568896#platform=iphone

Google Play (Android) - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mytoursapp.android.app2976

-If you have been exposed to COVD-19 in the last 14 days please reschedule until a positive COVID test is provided.

If you have any questions prior to the tour, please email us at info@[email protected] or call 800-531-5834.

Thank you for your cooperation and we look forward to seeing you soon!

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Additional Info

Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Children must be accompanied by an adult

What To Expect

Palm Springs Windmill Tours

The Palm Springs Windmill Self-Driving Tours is an interactive, educational and fun tour for friends and family. The tour is curated by Tom Spiglanin, Tour Manager, in which he will guide you along with an audio program and marked destination's throughout the first commercial wind farm in the United States. The tour starts with a display yard of non-operating wind turbines of successes and failures, along with a stop to a real generating wind turbine where you can get up close and take pictures. The tour ends with a stop at the old Enron machines. There you can exit on 19th Avenue to Indian Canyon Road more knowledgeable about renewable energy! The tour takes approximately one hour depending on your pace. We ask that you respect others by not gathering at the marked destinations. Please allow cars ahead of you to finish their exploration before your turn.

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Alchemist2000

Jan 2015

This was a very informative and fun tour. Palm Springs Windmill Tours has only been in business for a couple of months, but they are going all out to make this first rate. The location of the tour building is easy to find along Interstate-10, even for those of us from out of state. First was a series of approximately two dozen pictures showing the history of wind turbines over the past several decades, including dramatic pictures of some spectacular failures. The helpful and friendly guides explained each of these and answered all of our many questions. Then we went out back where we could touch and feel some of the various equipment. Next we climbed into the very new and comfortable tour bus and drove behind the fences to see turbines of various sizes. In some places, this included exiting the bus and getting up close. We also visited a solar project and a natural gas electrical generation plant. We have passed through this area multiple times and always wanted to know more about the wind turbines. After searching online, we chose this particular tour since it was the only one that would allow us to go onsite with the wind turbines. It also appeared to be the only tour company focused only on wind farms. We were not disappointed. This tour is highly recommended and will likely only get better as they gain experience.

FRANK in M I

Nov 2014

Although we have been to the Palm Springs area 5 times before, this was the first time we decided to take a closer look at the windmills that dot the mountains. We had a great tour - in fact we were David's first customer. It started in a small building where we got the background on the whole wind farm story (pictures and narrative), then walked out behind it to see some of the 'pieces' of older units. From there the tour took us past a number of larger ones, with multiple stops for pictures. We then were taken past a solar farm (not inside since it was on private property) and a natural gas backup power plant that was recently built. We finished the ~2 hour tour seeing another solar farm (from the road) and the largest windmills in the valley. If you want to find out more about these huge machines, this is a great tour to learn more about them close up and personal!

gotero

Nov 2014

This tour couldn't have been much better. We learned a lot about the history of wind energy in the Palm Springs area and then got up close and personal to these awesome machines - off the public roads and behind the fences! Rich and David were great tour guys. Highly recommended.