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Attractions near Indian Wells

In Indian Wells, Living Desert Zoo and Gardens is the place to visit

Indian Wells has 37 notable places within 60 miles, among them 1 national park unit and 3 ski areas. Living Desert Zoo and Gardens is inside Indian Wells. Some 2.9M visitors a year come to Joshua Tree National Park. For a full day, there is Niland Geyser, 52 mi away.

Attractions nearby
37
within 60 miles
The big one
13 mi
Joshua Tree National Park
National park units
1
parks & monuments
Ski areas
3
Snow Valley Mountain Resort
Big draws
2
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
National Park · 13 mi northeast

Joshua Tree National Park

National park of the United States.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

The places, mapped

The outermost point is San Gorgonio Mountain, at 40 mi.

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Orange: Indian Wells. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors

Everything nearby

All the places to visit

One in town leads, with 36 more within 60 miles after it.

The places inside Indian Wells lead. The rest are ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places come first and the local favorites follow.

Parks and trails in Indian Wells → · Indian Wells’ history →

Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits

Living Desert Zoo and Gardens: Dsyrengelas at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Salton Sea: NASA, Public domain · Joshua Tree National Park: Sergiy Galyonkin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Acrisure Arena: TheAHL, CC BY 2.0 · San Gorgonio Mountain: Doc Searls, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Niland Geyser: California Department of Transportation, Public domain · Salvation Mountain: Joe Decruyenaere, CC BY-SA 2.0 · San Diego Zoo Safari Park: Flickr user: Olivier Bruchez https://www.flickr.com/photos/bruchez/, CC BY-SA 2.0 · San Jacinto Peak: Wattewyl, CC BY 3.0 · Anza-Borrego Desert State Park: No machine-readable author provided. Miskatonic assumed (based on copyright clai, CC BY 2.5 · Big Bear Lake: H.G. Judd, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lake Cahuilla: Unknown, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Orange Empire Railway Museum: The original uploader was Pretzelpaws at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cleveland National Forest: Michael Romanov, Public domain · Riverside National Cemetery: Sigris Lopez, CC BY-SA 4.0 · San Bernardino National Forest: Scottthezombie (talk) (Transferred by JaumeBG/Originally uploaded by Scottthezom, CC BY-SA 3.0 · March Field Air Museum: Curimedia, CC BY 2.0 · Snow Valley Mountain Resort: Me, CC BY-SA 4.0 · General George S. Patton Memorial Museum: Chris English, CC BY-SA 3.0 · North Shore Beach and Yacht Club: Farragutful, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Palm Springs Air Museum: Ted Rufus Ross, CC BY 2.5 · Palm Springs Art Museum: Toohool, CC0 · Cabot's Pueblo Museum: Jllm06, CC0 · Santa Ysabel Asistencia: Tristan Loper, CC BY-SA 4.0 · California Theatre of the Performing Arts: Amerique, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Shields Date Gardens: Visitor7, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Classic Rotors Museum: Hughes-MDflyer4, CC BY 3.0 · Gilman Ranch: Jean Allsworth, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Moorten Botanical Garden and Cactarium: YuriVict, Public domain · Desert Christ Park: Zekerags, Public domain · University of California, Riverside Botanic Gardens: Rick Sidwell, Public domain · College of the Desert Arboretum: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0

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