McDowell Mountain Ranch McDowell Mountain Ranch sits at the base of the McDowell Mountains in North Scottsdale. The community offers hiking ,biking and jogging trails throughout it's community.
Views abound throughout the community.
Ranked among the nation s top 10 fastest-growing master planned communities, McDowell Mountain Ranch has received numerous national, regional and local awards. Sunbelt Holdings successfully negotiated the purchase of this 3,200-acre community from the Newhall Land and Farming Company of California. The campus also will include a city-managed aquatic center and soccer field complex. McDowell Mountain Ranch dedicated the entire 70-acre site to the city. The master planned community also donated 891 acres of desert hillside and wash corridors to the city and the McDowell Sonoran Preserve.