52883 Eisenhower Drive sits on a double lot at the base of the Santa Rosa Mountains — with a pool, a bocce court, an outdoor kitchen, and a guest casita all behind one electric gate.
Most desert homes ask you to choose. You can have the square footage or you can have the yard. You can have room for guests or you can have privacy from them. You can be near the trails or you can be near town.
52883 Eisenhower Drive declines to choose. Set on a double lot in the heart of La Quinta Cove, this single-story home offers 3,064 square feet, five bedrooms, four full baths, and a detached casita — all wrapped around an outdoor space that reads less like a backyard and more like a small private resort.
Inside: Warm Materials, Easy Flow
Built in 1960 and thoroughly updated, the main house keeps the low, horizontal lines that make mid-century desert homes feel so at ease in the landscape. Travertine flooring runs throughout, paired with flat-panel cabinetry, black granite countertops, and smoked glass accents — a palette that stays cool underfoot in July and warm to the eye in January.
The kitchen anchors the living space with a center island and prep sink, stainless steel appliances, gas cooktop and oven, and enough counter run to stage a party without anyone standing in the cook's way. A formal dining area with built-ins sits alongside it. In the living room, a fireplace does the quiet work of making a desert evening feel like an occasion.
The detail that gives the floor plan away: every bedroom opens through French doors to the landscaped grounds. That single decision turns five bedrooms into five separate ways to step outside with a cup of coffee — and it's the reason the house feels considerably larger than its footprint suggests. Walk-in closets and a dedicated laundry closet round out the practical side.
The Casita: 500 Square Feet of Genuine Separation
Detached from the main house, the casita is a full second dwelling in miniature — bedroom, full bath, living room, kitchenette, and a dual-sided fireplace. It is not a converted garage or a bonus room with a hot plate.
What that buys you is flexibility. Guests who arrive for a long weekend and stay for three weeks have their own front door. A home office can hold a video call without the household tiptoeing past. Multigenerational households get proximity without collision. Buyers considering rental use should confirm current City of La Quinta short-term rental rules and permit status directly with the City before making plans — the Cove is a non-exempt area under the city's ordinance.
The Backyard Is the Headline
This is where the house makes its case. Behind an electric gate, the grounds unfold across the double lot:
- A sparkling in-ground pool and spa, framed by Santa Rosa Mountain views
- An outdoor kitchen with built-in BBQ and bar
- A fire pit for the shoulder-season evenings that make desert living worth it
- A bocce ball court and a horseshoe pit
- Five covered patios — so there is always shade somewhere, whatever the hour
- An outdoor shower, straight off the pool deck or back from the trail
Five covered patios is the number that tells you someone thought about this seriously. It means the party moves with the sun instead of ending when it gets to be too much.
Add the mountain backdrop — unobstructed, and dramatic at both ends of the day — and you have a property that hosts effortlessly and just as comfortably holds two people and a quiet Tuesday.
Parking, Toys, and the Practical Column
A two-car garage plus a dedicated golf cart bay handles the desert essentials, and a covered carport adds protected space beyond that. Central heat and air keep the main house comfortable year-round.
Why La Quinta Cove
The Cove is the Coachella Valley's most distinctive residential pocket, and it earns that reputation on geography alone: the Santa Rosa Mountains wrap it on three sides, which is precisely how it got its name. Unlike the valley's gated golf communities, the Cove is famously without a homeowners association — no architectural review, no monthly dues, no committee weighing in on your paint color. The result is a neighborhood where a 1930s Spanish casita sits comfortably beside a mid-century remodel and a contemporary new build.
A few things Cove residents will tell you within the first five minutes:
- Trails from the neighborhood. The Cove Oasis Trailhead at the south end opens onto a 114-acre natural area and a full menu of routes — a roughly two-mile Oasis loop, the Cove to Lake Trail out to Lake Cahuilla, and the longer Bear Creek Oasis and Boo Hoff trails for serious mileage. The paved Bear Creek Trail through the Fred Wolff Nature Preserve is the one to bike.
- Dark skies. La Quinta's dark sky ordinance and the Cove's lack of streetlights make the stargazing genuinely good.
- Golf cart culture. Dedicated golf cart lanes make short trips around the neighborhood a pleasure rather than an errand.
- Old Town, close by. Old Town La Quinta's restaurants, boutiques, and galleries sit just north of the Cove — a few minutes by car, a pleasant ride by bike. The certified farmers market runs Sunday mornings, October through May.
The Season, From Your Front Door
Eisenhower Drive is the same street that carries La Quinta Resort & Club a couple of miles north — the 1926 Spanish Colonial Revival landmark celebrating its centennial this year. PGA West and its Pete Dye Stadium Course are minutes away, and The American Express brings the PGA Tour to La Quinta every January. SilverRock Resort, the city-owned Arnold Palmer Classic Course, is open to the public with preferred rates for La Quinta residents.
Beyond golf, the valley calendar fills in around you: the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden each March, and Coachella and Stagecoach at the Empire Polo Club in Indio every April — all a short drive from the Cove.
The Numbers
Address | 52883 Eisenhower Drive, La Quinta, CA 92253 |
Offered at | $895,000 |
Bedrooms / Baths | 5 bedrooms, 4 full baths (plus detached casita) |
Living area | 3,064 sq. ft. |
Lot | 10,019 sq. ft. |
Year built | 1960 — single story |
Casita | 500 sq. ft. detached — bedroom, full bath, living room, kitchenette, dual-sided fireplace |
Parking | 2-car plus golf cart garage, covered carport |
Views | Santa Rosa Mountains, pool |
Neighborhood | La Quinta Cove |
MLS # | 219149193DA |
For context: La Quinta closed March 2026 with roughly 4.5 months of supply — the tightest in the Coachella Valley, and the fastest selling times in the region. The Cove remains one of La Quinta's more attainable addresses relative to the gated golf communities, which is a large part of why demand here has held up.
Come See It
Photos can show you the pool and the mountain views. What they can't show you is how the light moves across five covered patios over the course of an afternoon, or how quiet it gets after dark, or how far away the rest of the world feels from behind that gate.
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Jacqulyn Stanton
Broker Associate · DRE #01369783 · (760) 702-2557
Norman Williams
DRE #02051057 · Stanton Williams Group
Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Square footage, lot size, and year built are per public record and should be independently verified. Buyers should verify all short-term rental rules, permit eligibility, and permit transferability directly with the City of La Quinta. Equal Housing Opportunity.
