Freebies In The Valley

Agua Caliente Cultural Museum Exhibits

Sticks & Stones...and Other Things: Through October 18, 2009
Creating a Legacy: Gifts to the Collections: Through October 18, 2009

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. Takes 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