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Thermal is an unincorporated community within the Coachella Valley in Riverside County, California, United States, located approximately 25 miles (40 km) southeast of Palm Springs and about 9.5 miles (15.3 km) north of the Salton Sea. The community's elevation is 138 feet (42 m) below mean sea level.
Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport (IATA: TRM, ICAO: KTRM, FAA LID: TRM) is a county-owned, public-use airport in Riverside County, California, United States.It is located in the southeastern Coachella Valley, 20 nautical miles (23 mi, 37 km) southeast of the central business district of Palm Springs, [1] in Thermal, California.
Thermalito (Spanish for "Small Thermal") is a census-designated place (CDP) in Butte County, California, United States.The population was 6,646 at the 2010 census, up from 6,045 at the 2000 census.
Coachella valley desert. The Eastern Coachella Valley is located in Southern California.It is known to locals as a geographical subdivision of the Coachella Valley.In other words, although the Eastern Coachella Valley is located within the same Coachella Valley geographical parameters, it is considered its own.
Farther west lies the border with San Diego County and to the south the international boundary between the US state of California and Baja California, Mexico. To the north is the boundary with Riverside County and the Coachella Valley , which with the Imperial Valley form the "Cahuilla Basin" or the " Salton Trough ".
State Route 86 (SR 86) is a north–south state highway in the U.S. State of California that connects the Imperial and Coachella valleys in the southeastern desert region of the state. It runs from State Route 111 near the Mexican border crossing at Calexico north through the Imperial Valley via El Centro and Brawley , and around the west side ...
The 2009 Station fire became the largest in L.A. County history, charring 250 square miles, destroying more than 200 structures and killing two county firefighters.
"Salt Creek" first appeared on a map in 1867, and "Salton Station" is on a railroad map from 1900, although this place had existed as a rail stop since the late 1870s. [7] Until the advent of the modern sea, the Salton Sink was the site of a major salt-mining operation.