Thousand Palms is a census-designated place (CDP) in the Coachella Valley of Riverside County, California, United States.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 23.6 square miles (61 km2), all of it land.

The Coachella Valley Preserve is a 20,000-acre large nature preserve consisting of several natural desert oases, aeolian sand dunes, and California fan palm tree groves.

It is home to endangered wildlife such as the Coachella Valley fringe-toed lizard and other rare endemic species to the Sonoran Desert.

[5] The oases with their springs and ponds were created as the lines of the San Andreas Fault allow for underground water to rise to the surface.

[6] The preserve has over 25 miles of hiking trails and has been inhabited for centuries by Native Americans.

The preserve was also a popular stagecoach stop between Los Angeles and the gold mines along the Colorado River.

The post office was established in 1915, and the area was named Edom, California after the ancient Asian nation.

However, in 1919, a residents petition was carried out and the name was changed to Thousand Palms.

[9] The Coachella Valley Firebirds of the American Hockey League, an affiliate of the Seattle Kraken of the National Hockey League, play their home games at Acrisure Arena located on Varner Road.