Alhambra
Worth seeing in and around Alhambra
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Grand Canyon University
Grand Canyon University is a private Christian university in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. The university offers degrees in over 200 areas of study and is administratively divided into nine colleges.
1.6 km · private Christian university in Phoenix, Arizona · Wikipedia - 02Cathedral of Saints Simon and Jude
The Cathedral of Saints Simon and Jude is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix in Phoenix, Arizona, in the United States. As of 2025, the rector of the cathedral is Monsignor Matthew Henry.
3.9 km · church in Arizona, United States · Wikipedia - 03Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum, also called the Madhouse Coliseum or Phoenix Memorial Coliseum, is a 14,870-seat multi-purpose indoor arena in Phoenix, Arizona, United States, located at the Arizona State Fairgrounds. It hosted the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association from 1968 to 1992, as well as indoor soccer, professional roller hockey, multiple professional minor league ice hockey teams, and roller derby.
4.7 km · 14,870-seat multi-purpose indoor arena in Phoenix, Arizona · Wikipedia - 04Campbell Avenue and Central Avenue
Campbell/Central Avenue station is a station on the B Line of the Valley Metro Rail & Streetcar system in Phoenix, Arizona, United States.
5.6 km · Metro light rail stop in Phoenix, Arizona · Wikipedia - 05Encanto Park
Encanto Park is a 222 acres public park in central Phoenix, Arizona consisting of picnic areas, a lagoon for fishing, a boat house, swimming pool, nature trail, miniature amusement park, and two golf courses. The lagoon is approximately 7.5 acres in and approximately 6 feet deep.
4.9 km · public park · Wikipedia - 06Global Credit Union Arena
Global Credit Union Arena at Grand Canyon University is a 7,000-seat, 135,000-square-foot multi-purpose entertainment and athletics facility in Phoenix, Arizona, owned and operated by Grand Canyon University. The arena is the home of Grand Canyon University Lopes men's and women's basketball teams, men's and women's volleyball teams and other university events.
1.3 km · indoor arena in Arizona, USA · Wikipedia - 07American Family Fields of Phoenix
American Family Fields of Phoenix, formerly known as Maryvale Baseball Park and briefly as Brewers Fields of Phoenix, is a baseball park located in the Maryvale community of Phoenix, Arizona. The facility is owned and operated by the city's Parks and Recreation department, and holds 10,000 people.
3.7 km · baseball park located in Phoenix, Arizona · Wikipedia - 08GCU Stadium
The GCU Stadium is a collegiate soccer soccer-specific stadium located on the campus of Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Arizona. The venue has a capacity of 6,000 and includes a full-sized soccer field.
1.7 km · soccer stadium in Arizona, USA · Wikipedia - 09Brophy College Chapel
Brophy College Chapel is a chapel at Brophy College Preparatory, a Jesuit high school in Phoenix, Arizona. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.
5.8 km · chapel in Arizona, United States of America · Wikipedia - 10Steele Indian School Park
Steele Indian School Park is located on the northeast corner of Indian School Road and Central Avenue in Encanto Village, Phoenix, Arizona.
6 km · Public park in Phoenix, Arizona · Wikipedia
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Getting to Alhambra
- Airports
- Phoenix Sky Harbor (PHX), 14 km · Tucson (TUS), 190 km
- Stations
- Thomas Road and Central Avenue, 5.9 km · 19th Avenue/Camelback, 3.5 km · 7th Avenue/Camelback, 4.9 km
- Tucson → Alhambra181 km · quickest by road, 2h 50m · $16–22
- Las Vegas → Alhambra405 km · quickest by air, 4h 26m · $170–250
- Palm Springs → Alhambra149 km · quickest by road, 2h 30m · $13–18
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No local-transport research exists yet for Alhambra
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Alhambra. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inMain building at 15000 N Airport Dr | lat -111.9161 | content = It's one of the busiest single-runway airports in the United States, and Signature Flight Support and Ross Aviation operate the two private terminals for chartered VIP flights.
- Get inAir charter companies including Valley Jet and Phoenix Jet Charter offer access to private planes based at any of the airports in the Phoenix-area, with planes ranging from luxury jets to cost-effective single & twin-engine planes.
- Go nextA good option for a day trip, or longer, out of Phoenix is a drive north to Sedona.
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Next door to Alhambra
Alhambra is 8 km from Phoenix, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Central Avenue Corridorhuman settlement in Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America5.8 km
- Encantohuman settlement in Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America4.9 km
- Cartwright Elementary School Districtschool district in Phoenix, Arizona, United States5.2 km
- Woodlea Historic DistrictNeighborhood in Phoenix, Arizona4.3 km