About the area
South Scottsdale at a glance
South Scottsdale borders Papago Park, a hilly desert park of about 1,500 acres split between Phoenix and Tempe, with Scottsdale as its nearest city. Its red sandstone buttes are a familiar backdrop for neighborhoods south of Thomas Road.
The park includes a municipal golf course completed by Phoenix in 1963 and is home to the Phoenix Zoo and the Desert Botanical Garden. Hunt's Tomb, the burial site of Arizona's first governor, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Source: Wikipedia — Papago Park, summarized under CC BY-SA 4.0.
