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Freebies In The Valley
Agua Caliente Cultural Museum Located at 219 S. Palm Canyon Drive, Palm Springs. Current Exhibits
Kennewick Man on Trial Raw Earth and Fire Clouds
Salton Sea Mud Pots at the corner of Davis and Schrimpf Roads, you can find "mud volcanos," cones built up out of viscous mud that bubbles up through central vents. www.saltonsea.ca.gov
Salvation Mountain: Beautiful religious artistic display on a hill located 4 miles east of Niland on the east side of the Salton Sea. www.roadsideamerica.com
Pioneertown: Built in 1946 as a movie set for western movies. Take 1-10 to Hwy 62 to Yucca Valley, then left (north) on Pioneertown Road. www.pioneertown.com
The Coachella Valley Preserve: a 17,000 acre site that is home to the Coachella Valley fringe-toed lizard, and home of the spectacular Thousand Palm Oasis which is fed by water seeping out of the San Andreas Fault. www.hiking-in-ps.com/cvpreserve
Coachella Valley Wild Bird Center: A Non-profit corporation that was created for the care and rehabilitation of orphaned, injured or sick native wild birds with the ultimate goal of releasing them back into their habitats. www.coachellavalleywildbirdcenter.org
Palm Springs Art Museum is free from 4-8pm Thursdays. 322-4800,www.psmuseum.org
Palm Desert Civic Center Park offers free concerts and movies during the summer months. 346-0611, www.cityofpalmdesert.org
Cahuilla Hills Park and Civic Center Park. Grab a free tennis court in Palm Desert. 346-0611, www.cityofpalmdesert.org
Mecca Community Center. Movies are free twice a month in June, July and August at the . 347-3484, www.cvrpd.ca.gov
Oasis Date Gardens Learn about date history, tour an antique farm implement collection in Thermal. 399-5665, www.oasisdategardens.com
Coachella Valley Museum and Historical Society. There's no admission charge on the first Sunday of each month, Indio. 342-6651, www.coachellavalleymuseum.org
Old Town La Quinta: Relax on the lawn for free concerts. 777-1770
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