Living in Arizona

• Hottest temperature recorded in Phoenix is 122 degrees (it’s a dry heat)
• More boats per capita than any U.S. state
• South Mountain Park covers more than 16,000 acres, making it the largest city park in the world
• The highest point is at Humphrey's Peak at 12,633 ft. and the lowest point is the Colorado River at 70 ft.
• The amount of copper on the roof of the Capitol building is equivalent to 4,800,000 pennies
• There are 300 ostrich ranches with approximately 10,000 birds
• More galleries and museums than malls

• Old Town Scottsdale
• Mill Avenue in Tempe
• Scottsdale Fashion Square
• Kierland Commons
• 5+ outlet malls within a one hour drive

• Grady Gammage Memorial Auditorium (designed by Frank Lloyd Wright)
• The Phoenix Symphony
• The Herberger Theatre Center (home of the Arizona Theatre Company)
• Phoenix Theatre Cookie Company
• Arizona Opera
• Ballet Arizona
• Scottsdale Center for the Arts
• The Heard Museum
• Desert Museum (Tucson, AZ)

• Ak-Chin Pavilion (outdoor concerts with seating for 18,000+ in Glendale)
• Arizona Financial Theatre (Downtown Phoenix)
• Mesa Amphitheatre
• Marquee Theater
• Country Thunder Festival
• The McDowell Mountain Music Festival
• The University of Phoenix Stadium

• University of Arizona (Medical Schools located in downtown Phoenix and Tucson)
• Arizona State University (the nation’s largest university with more than 80,000 students)
• Northern Arizona University (Flagstaff, Arizona)
• Grand Canyon University
• Thunderbird School of Management (known worldwide for international business degrees)
• University of Phoenix
• Maricopa Community Colleges (one of the largest in the United States)

• College Sports
  • Arizona State University
  • University of Arizona
  • Fiesta Bowl
  • Rate Bowl
• Football
  • Arizona Cardinals (2015 Division NFC Division Champions)
• Basketball
  • Phoenix Suns
  • Phoenix Mercury
    • 2007, 2009 & 2014 WNBA World Champions
• Baseball
  • Arizona Diamondbacks
    • 2001 World Champions
  • Spring Training (15 major league teams in the Cactus League)
• Racing
  • Phoenix International Raceway
• Golf
  • Over 200 golf courses in Phoenix and over 300 in the state
  • Three professional tours, including the PGA’s Waste Management Open with the infamous 16th hole

• Arizona has two national parks, six national forests, two national recreational areas, six national wildlife refuges, four nature conservancies, 25 State Parks and 303 lakes.
• One quarter of the state is forested
• The Grand Canyon
• Skiing in Snowbowl in Flagstaff and Sunrise in Pinetop
• The Kartchner Caverns State Park
• Havasupai Falls
• Tombstone (the OK Corral)
• Biosphere 2 in Tucson
• The Phoenix Zoo
• The Desert Botanical Garden (houses the largest collection of desert plants in the nation)
• More than 20 casinos (most within a 45 minute drive from Phoenix)

Phoenix to:

• Grand Canyon: 234 mi.
• Flagstaff: 146 mi.
• Las Vegas: 289 mi.
• Los Angeles: 372 mi.
• Mexico City: 1541 mi.
• Prescott: 102 mi.
• Puerto Peñasco: 212 mi
• Sedona: 119 mi.
• San Diego: 369 mi.
• Snowbowl: 158 mi