Palm Springs Windmill Tours
Overview
Inclusions
- Accommodation as per itinerary
- Audio program
- Palm Springs Windmill Tour App
What to expect
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.
Additional information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Stroller accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Most travelers can participate
- Hand sanitizer available to travelers and staff
- Regularly sanitized high-traffic areas
- Gear/equipment sanitized between use
- Guides required to regularly wash hands
- If you have been exposed to COVD-19 in the last 14 days, or have a fever, muscle aches, no taste or smell, sore throat, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, sore throat, headache, nausea or vomiting, diarrhea, please reschedule until after 2 weeks, or a full refund will be issued. Thank you.
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
- This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
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This was an excellent way to spend about an hour on a cloudy winter day in the desert. It’s amazing to see the wind turbines from afar, but after the tour, you have a much greater appreciation for what you are looking at. The self guided vehicle tour was well organized and informative(with a lot ...
This was an excellent way to spend about an hour on a cloudy winter day in the desert. It’s amazing to see the wind turbines from afar, but after the tour, you have a much greater appreciation for what you are looking at. The self guided vehicle tour was well organized and informative(with a lot of detail). Learned many interesting facts and look forward to hearing more about the future of wind technology. Do make the optional last stops for the date shake and the overlook. Enjoy!Learned oodles about the history of the wind-driven turbine. So much good trivia it was hard to retain it all. Liked the self-drive aspect; the app worked well even for a technology-challenged person like me. Take your time and soak in the innovation it took to get to where we are today in wind p...
Learned oodles about the history of the wind-driven turbine. So much good trivia it was hard to retain it all. Liked the self-drive aspect; the app worked well even for a technology-challenged person like me. Take your time and soak in the innovation it took to get to where we are today in wind power. DO stop for a date shake, and the viewpoint after that: it gives you perspective on this unique area.A very worthwhile and informative tour! Seeing the amazing turbines up close and learning about how they operate was fascinating and the tour center operators were friendly and available to respond to questions. We also enjoyed the short video on wind power and the little souvenir shop at the cen...
A very worthwhile and informative tour! Seeing the amazing turbines up close and learning about how they operate was fascinating and the tour center operators were friendly and available to respond to questions. We also enjoyed the short video on wind power and the little souvenir shop at the center.The history and what they now produce. Also, how large they are when you're up close! I always wanted to see them up close and learn more about what they can and can't do.
The history and what they now produce. Also, how large they are when you're up close! I always wanted to see them up close and learn more about what they can and can't do.Very interesting information and exhibits about wind and solar energy. We appreciated the opportunity to get up close to wind turbines to see the scale and the variety. Office staff was very welcoming and well-informed. Cost of tour very reasonable, especially if you have a carful of people.
Very interesting information and exhibits about wind and solar energy. We appreciated the opportunity to get up close to wind turbines to see the scale and the variety. Office staff was very welcoming and well-informed. Cost of tour very reasonable, especially if you have a carful of people.Wind turbines are incredible.. even more incredible up close! Super windy, cool experience! We’ll definitely be coming back for another visit.
Wind turbines are incredible.. even more incredible up close! Super windy, cool experience! We’ll definitely be coming back for another visit.