Desert Shores is a census-designated place in Imperial County, California, US. It is part of the El Centro Metropolitan Statistical Area. The town is located at the western shore of the Salton Sea in the Imperial Valley, within the Colorado Desert ecoregion. It is 36 miles west-northwest of Calipatria. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP h…Desert Shores is a census-designated place in Imperial County, California, US. It is part of the El Centro Metropolitan Statistical Area. The town is located at the western shore of the Salton Sea in the Imperial Valley, within the Colorado Desert ecoregion. It is 36 miles west-northwest of Calipatria. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 0.7 square miles, all land.