Best Western John Jay Inn
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Designed with a Federalist Period interior and exterior, the Best Western John Jay Inn is one of the newest properties in the entire Imperial Valley. We are located 14 miles north of the Mexican Border crossing at Mexicali and five miles south of the Imperial Valley Airport. Just a short drive away from the local fairgrounds, and NAF El Centro, home of the "Blue Angels." |
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Blue Angels
Winter training home of this famous Naval performance flight group
is located on the western side of the Imperial Valley. They are based out of NAF El Centro.
Knott's Soak City USA - Palm Springs
Includes wave pool, lazy river ride, several waterslides and shutes.
Also children's pool and family funhouse.
Palm Springs Aerial Tramway
Since 1963, over 13 million visitors have escaped the heat of the desert floor and
ascended up to the pleasant cool atop Mount San Jacinto. The 10-minutes, 2.5 mile ride
begins at the Valley Station (2643 ft) and ends at the Mountain Station (8516 ft).
See dramatic changes in nature and wildlife as you pass from desert to alpine environments.
The Living Desert Zoo & Gardens
1,200 acre wildlife and botanical park in Palm Desert, California, with rare desert plant
and animal species. Live animal shows, picnic areas, tram tours, hiking trails;
Bighorn sheep, mountain lions, mexican wolves and birds of prey.
Imperial Valley Fair & Expo [Early Mar]
Mid-Winter Fair & Fiesta
200 East Second Street, Imperial, CA 92251; 760-355-1181;
Fair Website;
100 acre facility with over 50,000 square feet of exhibit area in five buildings, grandstand and race track is available year-round for your function.
Used for trade shows, fairs, lifestyle expos, spectator events, and racing.
IV Fair - 10 Day Event - Early March
El Centro Fairfield Inn by Marriott
Fairfield Inn is Marriott's award winning economy lodging chain featuring clean, convenient, quality accommodations - all for a great value!
The spacious and attractive guest rooms are equipped with thoughtful amenities including cable television with free HBO premium channel and high speed Internet access.
El Centro Holiday Inn Express
Beautiful 100 room El Centro Hotel - Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites in Imperial Valley.
All rooms have refrigerators, microwave ovens and coffee makers. Mini suites and Jacuzzi suites are also available, 32" color remote/televisions,
free and pay per view movies and games, high-speed internet access as well.
California Wilderness Adventures
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Discover California's natural wonders when you explore to a scenic backdrop of amazing desert, mountain, islands and coastal terrain.
California features many exciting high wilderness adventures opportunities for
rock climbing, mountaineering, ocean sailing, camping, hiking and more.
Palm Springs Art Museum
Founded in 1938, this Museum's permanent art collection features contemporary California art, classic western American art, Native American art; Precolumbian art, Mexican art, and European modern art; glass studio art, American mid-twentieth century architecture, and American photography.
Includes the Annenberg Theatre and Albert Frey House.
Palm Springs Air Museum
This museum exhibits the role of the World War II combat aircraft and the role the pilots and American citizens had in achieving this great victory.
It features One of the world's largest collections of flying World War Two warplanes.
Aqua Caliente Cultural Museum
Location : At the Village Green Heritage Center in the heart of downtown Palm Springs.
This museum preserves the nature spirit of the Aqua Caliente Band of the Cahuilla Indians.
Exhibits include the Tahquitz Canyon Archaeological Collection with over 50,000 artifacts from the oldest and largest village site
and is one of the most extensive excavation projects in California.
Imperial Valley Pioneers Musuem
373 East Aten Road, Imperial, CA 92251; 760-352-1165;
Museum Website;
Open Tues-Sun : 10AM-4PM (Oct-May) / Closed Summers;
Directions: Exit I-8 at Hwy 111 North to Aten Road;
The Imperial County Historical Society was organized as the Imperial Valley Pioneers Society in 1928 to preserve the life histories of early settlers.
While its name has since changed, its ongoing mission is still to preserve the unique development of the irrigated desert and the people who developed the area's modern history.
Imperial Valley Desert Musuem
Ocotillo Offramp/Interstate 8 (11 Frontage Road), Ocotillo, CA 92259; 760-358-7016;
Museum Website;
Open Mon-Fri : 8AM-4PM;
The museum was founded in 1969 to educate the people about the desert. The museum's theme is human adaptation to arid lands.
As archaeological knowledge of Imperial Valley has grown through the research of many scholars, so has the Imperial Valley College Desert Museum collection of
artifacts which helps lead to a better understanding of arid living.
Alford's Antique Car Museum
599 E. Main St, El Centro, CA; 760-353-3920;
Museum Website;
Open: Mon-Fri 8AM-5PM; Free Admission;
The Alford Distributing Company family collection of antique cars. The collection is predominately American-Made cars such as Fords and Franklins.
Imperial Valley memorabilia enhance the museum, which was started with the purchase of a Model “A” Ford for $5.00 many years ago.
The cars you see in the museum are all in running condition and have been restored from the ground up to their original state.
Most of them are taken out for use in local parades, community events and promotional activities.
The museum is arranged in “Era Galleries” from the 1910’s to the 1950’s.
Old Post Office Pavilion
230 South Fifth St, El Centro, CA; (760) 337-1777;
Open: Mon-Fri Noon-4PM;
Built between 1933 and 1934, the building was one of the last Beaux Arts-style public structures
in the United States, and housed postal operations until late in 1985, when it was acquired by the City.
Today it houses occasional theater productions.
Student Art Gallery
1398 Sperber Rd., El Centro, CA; (760) 339-6464;
Open: Mon-Fri 8AM-5PM;
On-going airwork exhibit of Imperial County students.
Imperial Valley Art Association
1560 Ocotillo Dr, Ste D, El Centro, CA (760) 352-1823;
Art Gallery with exhibits by local artists.
Imperial Valley Swiss Museum
1585 E. Worthington Rd, Holtville, CA; (760) 356-1183;
Tours by appointment only.
SDSU Art Gallery
720 Heber Ave., Calexico, CA ; (760) 357-5536;
Open: Daily 8AM-Noon/ 1-5PM by appointment;
Located in the SDSU Campus Administration Bldg.
San Diego Railroad Museum - Campo CA
Large collection of vintage locomotives and railcars. Public tours
of work shops available. Train rides run twice a day on Sat/Sun (and some holidays)
departing at noon and 2:30PM on a 16-mile loop pulled by a vintage diesel or steam locomotive.
World Museum Adventure Tour Guide
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Caliente Tropics Resort - Palm Springs, CA
The Caliente Tropics Resort Is A Tiki And Polynesian Playground. All Facilities Have Been Completely Renovated As Of March, 2001.
Included Is A 65 Foot Swimming Pool, Therapeutic Pool and shuffleboard Courts.
California Bookstore
This site features the best regional magazines, roadmaps, guidebooks, local history, folklore, fiction, recreation, adventure and more.
City of Roses Tour
Best known for the Tournament of Roses Parade and Bowl Game.
Tourists may also enjoy visits to Old Town Pasadena which featuresa huge variety of choices of restaurants, shopping centers, night clubs, bars,
and movie theaters, and 'Paseo Colorado,' which features a unique collection of retail stores, fine and casual dining and garden promenades.
Musuem of World History in Granite
2 Center of the World Plaza, Felicity, CA 92283-7777; 760-572-5000;
Museum Website;
The 416 Panel History of Humanity is being engraved on 8 granite monuments.
This project was launch in 1973 and as of 2007 this project is about 20% complete.
Four monuments are each 100 feet long with 60 granite panels, each 40 x 57 in and weighing 477 pounds.
E, NW, SE and SW are 67 feet long with 40 panels. Appropriately enough, this monument
site is self-designated as the center of the world.
Mesquite Mine Overlook Trail
(760) 352-6541;[ Gold Mines ]
Located 3 miles north of SR-78 on GFOC Road. A one-mile trail leads
to an overview of the second largest gold mine in California.
Old Plank Road
Location: Grays Well Road alongside I-8;
From 1915 to 1925, the first highway across the shifting Algodone Sand Dunes was built on a
narrow wooden planks. A historic monument and replica of the road can be found about
3 miles west of the I-8 Sand Hills interchange.
Fossil Canyon
Located about four miles north of Ocotillo at the end of Painted
Gorge Rd. Scenic area noted for its multicolored canyon walls caused
by the weathering of copper, iron and sulfur in the rock. The upper
part of the gorge contains marine fossils. (Fossils )
Oyster Shell Beds
Located along BLM Route Y1945 are remnants of ancient Lake Leconte,
which covered most of the Imperial Valley over 6 million years ago.
Fossilized oyster shells are all about. (Fossils )
Tumco Mines
Located on Gold Rock Ranch Rd, 9 miles north of I-8, 1 mile east
of County Hwy 35, 4.5 miles NEof Ogilby in the Cargo Muchacho Mountains.
Tumco was an early gold mining town.
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Imperial Valley Campground Directory
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Botanical Garden Park Explorer
Visit the most incredible garden park displays around the world.
Salton Sea
Very large inland salt water lake serves as both a national wildlife refuge and
state recreation area - numerous outdoor adventure opportunities.
Picacho State Park
4,880 acres located 23 miles north of Winterhaven. Access to
a wide stretch of the Colorado River that is popular for
water-skiing, camping, fishing, hiking and boating.
Cibola National Wildlife Refuge
Cibola NWR is located in the floodplain of the lower Colorado River and surrounded by a fringe of desert ridges and washes.
Because of the river’s life sustaining water, wildlife here survive in an environment that reaches 120 degrees
in the summer and receives an average of only 2 inches of rain per year.
Imperial National Wildlife Refuge
Wildlife habitat along 30 miles of the lower Colorado River in Arizona and California, including the last unchannelized section before the river enters Mexico. Watch at dawn and dusk for desert bighorn sheep and mule deer heading to the river for a drink. Ducks, geese, shorebirds, and other waterbirds flock to the lower Colorado River each year to spend the winter.
Picacho State Recreation Area
Lower Colorado River
100 years ago Picacho was a gold mining town with 100 citizens.
Today the site is a State Park, popular with boaters, hikers, anglers and campers.
The park offers diverse scenery, including beavertail cactus, wild burros, bighorn sheep and thousands of migratory waterfowl.
Tour Imperial Valley Dunes
Eastern rim of Imperial Valley -
Wildlife viewing area and home to several unique species of plants and
animals. Very popular area for offroad vehicle activity.
Cleveland National Forest
- 420,000 acres woodlands and mountains with many camping sites and hiking trails.
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