Mesa
A mesa is an isolated, flat-topped elevation, ridge, or hill, bounded from all sides by steep escarpments and standing distinctly above a surrounding plain.
A mesa is an isolated, flat-topped elevation, ridge, or hill, bounded from all sides by steep escarpments and standing distinctly above a surrounding plain. Mesas consist of flat-lying soft sedimentary rocks, such as shales, capped by a resistant layer of harder rock, like sandstone or limestone, forming a caprock that protects the flat summit. The caprock may also include dissected lava flows or eroded duricrust.
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Worth seeing in and around Mesa
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.
- 01Arizona's 9th congressional district
Arizona's 9th congressional district was created as a result of the 2010 census. The first candidates ran in the 2012 House elections, and the first representative was seated for the 113th Congress in 2013.
8.8 km · U.S. House district in Phoenix, Arizona · Wikipedia - 02Mullett Arena
Mullett Arena is an indoor multipurpose arena at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona. The 5,000-seat arena is the home of the men's ice hockey, women's ice hockey, women's volleyball, and men's wrestling teams as well as the NBA G League's Valley Suns.
9.9 km · indoor arena in Tempe, Arizona · Wikipedia - 03Mesa Arizona Temple
The Mesa Arizona Temple is the seventh operating temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The intent to build the temple was announced on October 1, 1919, by church president Heber J. Grant, during general conference.
1.1 km · the seventh operating temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) · Wikipedia - 04Sloan Park
Sloan Park is an American baseball park in Mesa, Arizona, that opened in 2014. Sloan Park is the spring training home of the Chicago Cubs, and serves as the home field of the Arizona League Cubs of the Arizona Complex League and the Mesa Solar Sox of the Arizona Fall League.
4.2 km · baseball park in Mesa, Arizona · Wikipedia - 05Casino Arizona Field
Casino Arizona Field, formerly known as Phoenix Rising Soccer Complex, was a 15.8-acre soccer-specific training and stadium facility located in the Salt River Pima–Maricopa Indian Community near Tempe, Arizona. It was the home of Phoenix Rising FC of the USL Championship from 2017 to 2020.
7.9 km · soccer stadium · Wikipedia - 06Arizona Museum of Natural History
The Arizona Museum of Natural History located in Mesa, Arizona, is the only natural history museum in the greater Phoenix area. It exhibits the natural and cultural history of the Southwestern United States.
1.2 km · history museum · Wikipedia - 07HoHoKam Stadium
Hohokam Stadium, also known as Dwight W. Patterson Field and formerly Hohokam Park, is a 10,500-seat baseball park located in Mesa, Arizona, a suburb east of Phoenix. The stadium, named for the Hohokam people who occupied the region from approximately AD 1 to the mid-15th century, was completed in January 1997 after the original Hohokam Stadium was demolished.
1.9 km · Spring training baseball park in Arizona, U.S. · Wikipedia - 08Mesa Historical Museum
The Mesa Historical Museum in Mesa, Arizona, United States was opened in 1987 by the Mesa Historical Society to preserve the history of Mesa, Arizona. The museum's exhibits include a comprehensive history of Mesa, a replica of an early adobe one-room schoolhouse, as well as additional galleries of changing exhibits.
4.1 km · history museum · Wikipedia - 09Mesa Grande
Sce:dagĭ Mu:val Va’aki, in Mesa, Arizona, preserves a group of Hohokam structures constructed during the Classic Period. The ruins were occupied between AD 1100 and 1400 and were a product of the Hohokam civilization that inhabited the Salt River Valley.
2.5 km · cultural park in Mesa, Arizona, preserving a group of Hohokam structures · Wikipedia - 10Wilkes University, Mesa
Wilkes University, Mesa was a campus of Wilkes University located in Mesa, Arizona. It began offering classes in Arizona in 2013.
1.5 km · private university in Mesa, Arizona, United States · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Mesa Historical Museum
This rapidly growing museum, split between two buildings, features displays of the different phases of Mesa's history.
- 02Mesa Arts Center
This uniquely designed building in downtown Mesa features theatres, art galleries, and contemporary public art spaces.
- 03Mesa Arizona Temple
This unique, historic building opened in 1927.
- 04Arizona Museum of Natural History
Tue-Fri 10AM-5PM, Sat 11AM-5PM, Sun 1-5PM.
- 05Commemorative Air Force Museum
2017 N Greenfield Rd, wingleader@azcaf.org.
- 06Mesa Grande Cultural Park
Thu Fri 10AM-4PM, Sat 11AM-4PM, Sun noon-4PM.
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Things to do
- 01Jake's Unlimited
- 02Golfland Sunsplash
- 03Cactus League Spring Training
A treat for baseball fans happens every spring with the Cactus League Spring Training games happening all over Phoenix and Tucson.
- 04Fighter Combat International
Fly an actual dogfight mission in the cockpit of a jet.
- 05Desert Belle Paddleboat Cruises
90-minute cruises aboard the desert belle paddleboat on Saguaro Lake which is known for towering canyon walls, wildlife, and desert/mountain vistas.
- 06Park of the Canals
This 31 acres (13 hectares) park includes evidence of ancient Hohokam Indian canals dating back to 700B.C.
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Where to eat
- 01Baby Kay's Cajun Kitchen
Camelback area local Cajun cuisine restaurant featuring po boys and, in season, crawfish boils on Wednesday nights.
- 02Costa Vida Fresh Mexican Grill
Homemade tortillas, huge burritos, addicting taco salads with spicy avocado ranch dressing.
- 03Pete's Fish and Chips
Eight other locations in the Phoenix Valley.
- 04Ned's Krazy Sub
1927 N Gilbert Rd,.
- 05Steve's Krazy Sub
1211 N Country Club Dr,.
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Getting to Mesa
- Airports
- Phoenix Sky Harbor (PHX), 17 km · Tucson (TUS), 167 km
- Stations
- Falcon Field, 9.8 km · Price–101 Freeway/Apache Boulevard, 6.2 km · Dorsey Lane and Apache Boulevard, 8.8 km · McClintock Drive and Apache Boulevard, 8 km · Smith–Martin/Apache Boulevard, 7.3 km
- Tucson → Mesa158 km · quickest by road, 2h 44m · $14–19
- Las Vegas → Mesa430 km · quickest by air, 4h 35m · $170–260
- Palm Springs → Mesa439 km · quickest by air, 6h 11m · $160–230
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No local-transport research exists yet for Mesa
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 Mesa. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Mesa
Mesa is 24 km from Phoenix, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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- Lehicommunity within Mesa, Arizona, U.S.4.1 km
- Wilbur Street Historic Districthistoric district in Mesa, Arizona, United States500 m