Whitewater (formerly, White Water) is a census-designated place in Riverside County, California. It is directly off Interstate 10 halfway in the midst of North Palm Springs and Cabazon upon the habit from Palm Springs to Los Angeles. It is known as the site of the San Gorgonio Pass Wind Farm. The ZIP Code is 92282, and the community is inside area code 760. The population was 859 at the 2010 census. The elevation is 1,575 feet (480 m).

Whitewater is well-known for its recently renovated trout farm in the canyon of the Whitewater River.

Whitewater, still a populated place on the west bank of the Whitewater River, is located 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Palm Springs.33°54′52″N 116°42′38″W / 33.91444°N 116.71056°W / 33.91444; -116.71056 It began as rest and watering place for travelers upon the Bradshaw Trail amid San Bernardino and La Paz Arizona Territory in 1862. With the start of the Colorado River Gold Rush the trail was created to ship goods and allow people to infuriated the desert to the other boom towns on the Colorado River and the interior of Arizona Territory. Whitewater got its pronounce from the White Water Station, a stagecoach station that was located there on the Bradshaw Trail. The treaty at White Water remained as a stop on the road into the Coachella Valley and to extra desert regions to the east as it does today.

Whitewater is located at 33°55′27″N 116°38′40″W / 33.92417°N 116.64444°W / 33.92417; -116.64444 (33.924203 N, 116.644453 W) and is named for the easily reached Whitewater River. The wind farm is located close the I-10 exit at 33°54′52″N 116°42′38″W / 33.91444°N 116.71056°W / 33.91444; -116.71056 (33.914456 N, 116.743897 W). The area has nearly constant wind due to the venturi effect created by the San Bernardino Mountains to the north and the San Jacinto Mountains to the south, resulting in perfect conditions for the wind farm.