About Palm Desert's Sun City

Sun City Palm Desert is a stunning active adult community featuring an astounding collection of amenities, the famous Del Webb lifestyle and a wide variety of housing options. Del Webb opened this gated 55+ community in 1992 and sold the last of nearly 5,000 homes in 2003. Not only is Sun City Palm Desert the first 55+ community in the Palm Springs area, it’s also the largest such community in the entire Coachella Valley with over 1,600 acres.

The Coachella Valley offers beautiful weather including 350 days of sunshine a year. Visitors and residents alike enjoy a wide variety of community festivals, exciting casinos and nightlife, fantastic shopping and delicious dining. With such gorgeous California weather, outdoor enthusiasts will truly enjoy all the area has to offer such as hiking, biking, horseback riding, camping and over 200 golf courses throughout the surrounding areas.

Sun City Palm Desert Del Webb features world-class amenities spread throughout three clubhouses plus 36-holes of golf! Whatever your interests your sure to find something to participate in at this popular California active adult community. The first of the three clubhouses is known as the Mountain View Clubhouse. Here residents enjoy health, fitness and hobby related amenities including a state-of-the-art fitness center, indoor lap pool and spa, numerous rooms for hobbies and crafts, tennis courts and pickleball courts. There is also a computer lab, post office, grand ballroom and the popular Daily Grind Coffee Bar.

The second clubhouse is the Sunset View Clubhouse featuring studios for aerobics and dance as well as rooms for cards and group meetings. There is also an outdoor swimming pool and spa, billiards hall and bocce ball courts in addition to a library and auditorium with seating for 250 people. The third and final clubhouse is the Lake View Clubhouse which offers yet another fitness center, a convenient indoor track for walking or jogging plus another outdoor swimming pool and spa.

After enjoying all of these wonderful amenities residents can enjoy a fantastic meal at one of three dining establishments. Ventanna Restaurant offers elegant dining perfect for a romantic dinner or special celebration while Papa Dan’s offers a more casual fare of great sandwiches, burgers and salads. The Boulevards Restaurant is a full-service restaurant serving up breakfast, lunch and dinner seven days a week. With panoramic golf course views, Boulevards is ideal for any occasion!

With 36-holes of golf, Sun City Palm Desert is well known as one of the best active adult golf communities in California. There are two 18-hole championship golf courses offering exciting play for golfers of all skill levels. The landscape of each hole is stunning with lovely flowers, soaring palm trees, waterfalls and breathtaking mountain views.

Today home buyers can choose from a wide variety of resale homes including many of the original 45 different floor plans built at Sun City Palm Desert. All of the homes are single family ranch styles homes yet sizes range from a cozy 1,000 square feet one-bedroom home all the way up to a luxurious 3,200 square feet! Prices begin in the high $100’s and go up to over $1 million. There truly is something for everyone at Sun City Palm Desert!

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Washington Boulevard at Sun City Boulevard, Palm Desert

Club Semi-Private

Debut 1992 (completed in 2002)

Course Designers Billy Casper and Greg Nash

Golf Holes 36

Homes 4,949 (attached and detached)

HOAs $225 monthly

Prices $150K to $779K

Sun City Palm Desert, the first of of the desert’s two Del Webb communities in the Coachella Valley, debuted in 1992 and finished selling in 2002. Located off Washington Street north of the 10 freeway about 15 miles east of Palm Springs, the active-retirement community is designed for adults 55 and older and is a veritable mini-city of almost 5000 homes and 9,000 residents (a third of whom are seasonal residents).

Although it’s technically in an unincorporated area, the community draws its mail through the Palm Desert post office and incorporated that city into its moniker. The development is in the shadow of the Little San Bernadino Mountains and Indio Hills, and the 13,000-acre Coachella Valley Preserve–one of my favorite hiking areas—is only a few miles up the road.

The dynamic development boasts three clubhouses, 27 holes of golf, 80+ social clubs, four restaurants, indoor and outdoor pools, lawn bowling, two gyms, 600-seat ballroom/theater, and its own magazine.

The par 72, 36-hole golf course was designed by PGA Tour players' Billy Casper and Greg Nash. The club is divided into two courses: the San Gorgonio (6,669 yards) and the Santa Rosa (6,720 yards).

Active-retirement communities offer a country club lifestyle at an affordable rate. HOAs are only $225 and cover the guard-gated entrance, security, common-ground landscaping maintenance, clubhouses and fitness facilities, cable TV, trash, etc. In other clubs throughout the Valley, monthly HOAs are $400 to $600 for commensurate amenities.

To see current properties available in Sun City Palm Desert, go to my website: Desert Realtor Mary and select Featured Communities under the Search Properties button.

Sun City Palm Desert is a true Del Webb masterpiece in the Coachella Valley of California. This resort-style active adult community of 5,000 homes is an amazing retreat complete with three clubhouses, two championship golf courses, multiple restaurants and so much more!

The Coachella Valley is known for its perfect weather averaging 350 days of sunshine a year. Everywhere you look there are breathtaking mountain views, lush landscaped grounds and sparkling water features. The Palm Desert area is well known for its outdoor recreation including mountain hiking, camping, horseback riding and of course, golf! Active adult communities in California offer some of the best golf in the country. Sun City Palm Desert residents enjoy the Mountain Vista Golf Club boasting a total of 36-holes. Golfers will find a true paradise here with challenging play set amidst impeccable landscaping, cascading waterfalls, towering palm trees and amazing mountain views.

Originally opened in 1992, Sun City Palm Desert was the very first 55+ community in Palm Desert. The community was completed in 2003 and today offers a nice selection of resale homes priced from the high $100s to over $1 million. Over the years Del Webb constructed this stunning CA active adult community, there were 45 different floor plans offered ranging from one-bedroom single family homes of almost 1,000 square feet all the way up to sprawling ranch homes of 3,200 square feet. The wide selection of homes in a wide price range ensures almost any active adult home buyer will find the home of their dreams.

Residents of Sun City Palm Desert enjoy a marvelous collection of amenities. There are three clubhouses featuring multiples of the most popular amenities such as fitness centers, swimming pools and hobby rooms. There is also a computer lab, post office, grand ballroom, billiards hall, woodworking shop and even an indoor walking track. Set in the pristine community landscape are beautifully landscaped walking paths, 10 tennis courts, bocce ball courts, a softball field and fishing ponds. Fantastic dining options are also available at the Ventanna Restaurant, Papa Dan’s Restaurant, Boulevards Cafe and the Daily Grind Coffee Bar.

The exquisite setting, world-class amenities, amazing golf and elegant homes have helping make this Del Webb community one of the most popular in 55+ communities in California.

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