| Rancho Mirage Library and Observatory | |
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| Former names | Rancho Mirage Public Library |
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| Coordinates | 33°44′54″N116°25′16″W / 33.74833°N 116.42111°W |
| Inaugurated | January 8, 2006 |
| Website | |
| RanchoMirageLibrary.org | |
Rancho Mirage Library and Observatory is a public library and science education complex in Rancho Mirage, California. It has been called a "cultural oasis" in the Coachella Valley. [1]
The Rancho Mirage Library was dedicated in 2006. [2] The Observatory was opened on March 25, 2018, [3] and recently celebrated its 5-year anniversary. The Observatory has an in-house City Astronomer, regular viewing parties and daytime observatory tours. [4]
The Observatory is currently led by City Astronomer Eric McLaughlin and Observatory Program Coordinator Lauren Zuckerberg. [5]
The library also hosts the popular [6] Rancho Mirage Writers Festival every year. [7] The RMWF has featured dozens of major authors like Dave Barry, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Fran Lebowitz, James Patterson, George Saunders, Zadie Smith, Jerry Brown, Sally Field, Tom Hanks and Mike Reiss. [8]
The Rancho Mirage Library and Observatory was featured as a stargazing date location in the 18th season of The Bachelorette . [9] [10]
Cathedral City, colloquially known as "Cat City", is a desert resort city in Riverside County, California, United States, within the Colorado Desert's Coachella Valley. Situated between Palm Springs and Rancho Mirage, the city has the second largest population, after Indio, of the nine cities in the Coachella Valley. Its population was 51,493 at the 2020 census, a slight increase from 51,200 at the 2010 census.
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