It has been nicknamed 'Playground of the Presidents' and 'Golf Capital of the World.' The city has hosted and currently hosts a variety of golf and tennis tournaments, including the Ryder Cup, Desert Classic ( PGA Tour), Davis Cup, and the LPGA Tour ( Chevron Championship). It is adjacent to Cathedral City, Palm Desert, and Unincorporated Thousand Palms. It is nestled along the foothills of the Santa Rosa Mountains in the south and is located between the cities of Palm Springs and Palm Desert. It is a low-density desert-resort community with resorts, golf courses, and country clubs in the Coachella Valley within the Colorado Desert section of the Sonoran Desert. It is home to and has been home to a number of celebrities, including Don Sutton, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Bing Crosby, Sammy Davis Jr., Lucille Ball, Bob Hope, Billie Dove and Gerald and Betty Ford.
Incorporated in 1973 and located between Cathedral City and Palm Desert, it is one of the nine cities of the Coachella Valley ( Palm Springs area). The population was 16,999 at the 2020 census, down from 17,218 at the 2010 census, but the seasonal (part-time) population can exceed 20,000. Rancho Mirage is a city in Riverside County, California, United States.
