page_title: Mesa, Arizona
section_title: Cultural attractions
hierarchical_section_title: Mesa, Arizona / Cultural attractions
caption_attribution_description: English: A large plaza in front of the Mesa Grande Temple mound which was enclosed by a large adobe wall. The plaza is located in the Mesa Grande Cultural Park at 1000 N. Date St. The Mesa Grande Cultural Park was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in November 21, 1978, reference number 78000549.
context_page_description: Mesa is a city in Maricopa County, in the U.S. state of Arizona. It is a suburb located about 20 miles east of Phoenix in the East Valley section of the Phoenix Metropolitan Area. It is bordered by Tempe on the west, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community on the north, Chandler and Gilbert on the south along with Queen Creek, and Apache Junction on the east.
  Mesa is the largest suburban city by population in the United States, the third-largest city in Arizona after Phoenix and Tucson, the 35th-largest city overall in the US, and the largest city that is not a county seat. The city is home to 518,012 people as of 2019 according to the Census Bureau, which makes it more populous than major cities such as Minneapolis, St. Louis, or Miami. Mesa is home to numerous higher education facilities including the Polytechnic campus of Arizona State University. It is also home to the largest relief airport in the Phoenix area, Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport, which is located in the southeastern corner of the city.
context_section_description: Mesa Arizona Temple, a large LDS temple, where an Easter Pageant is held every spring (due to extensive renovations the Easter Pageant will not be held until at least 2020)
  HoHoKam Park of the Cactus League, home of the Oakland Athletics and former home of the Chicago Cubs during spring training, the WAC Baseball Tournament and former summer home to the now defunct Mesa Miners professional baseball team of the Golden Baseball League
  Sloan Park, opened in 2014 as the new Cactus League spring training home of the Chicago Cubs
  Mesa Arts Center
  Mesa Amphitheater
  Museums
  i.d.e.a. Museum formerly Arizona Museum for Youth
  Commemorative Air Force Arizona Wing Aircraft Museum, located at Falcon Field – B-17 Sentimental Journey
  Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, Mesa Arts Center
  Mesa Historical Museum
  Arizona Museum of Natural History
  Archeological sites
  Mesa Grande Ruins
  Park of the Canals
  Public libraries
  Main Library (MN)
  Dobson Ranch Branch (DR)
  Mesa Express Library (MEL)
  Red Mountain Branch (RM)
  Water parks
  Golfland Sunsplash waterpark on U.S. 60
  The only highrise in Mesa is the Bank of America (formerly Western Savings) building near Fiesta Mall.
  Organ Stop Pizza, containing the world's largest Wurlitzer organ
caption: Mesa Grande Ruins
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