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Living in Buckeye

Neighborhoods, places to eat, things to do and the LOCAL Merchants who make Buckeye home.

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Aerial view of Buckeye, Arizona, with the town surrounded by a patchwork of green irrigated fields and open desert

Community LIVING

Welcome to Buckeye: a big city still filling in its map

Arizona's largest city by land area is only about one-sixth built. Here is how Buckeye is laid out, how its year runs and where newcomers start.

November 7, 2026 at 8:51 PM MST

Irrigated green farm fields at golden hour west of Phoenix, Arizona, with a concrete irrigation canal in the foreground and rugged desert mountains on the horizon

Community LIVING

Ten things worth knowing about Buckeye

A canal named for Ohio, a town first platted as Sidney, a party first thrown in 1935 and a September tradition: ten facts a Buckeye resident can share with any visitor.

November 7, 2026 at 8:51 PM MST

Saguaros and spring-green palo verde along a trail in Skyline Regional Park, Buckeye, with desert hills behind

Health & Wellness

Parks, trails and outdoor places in Buckeye

From Skyline's 20 miles of mountain trail to Sundance Park's lake and the wildlife areas along the Gila, here is where Buckeye gets outside, and how to do it safely.

November 7, 2026 at 8:51 PM MST

Cholla and desert scrub on a rocky slope in Skyline Regional Park, with mountains on the horizon

Entertainment

Interesting places to explore in Buckeye

A free history museum, a library mural full of hidden animals, a veterans' cemetery, petroglyphs by the Gila and an airfield that turns into a festival: eight Buckeye places worth a second look.

November 7, 2026 at 8:51 PM MST

A Sonoran-style Mexican meal on a weathered wooden table on a shaded patio in a small Arizona farm town

Dining

How Buckeye eats: cotton country, carnicerias and mesquite smoke

From a downtown meat market and family Mexican kitchens to a steakhouse born from a food cart and supper at the rodeo grounds, here is what Buckeye cooks and where.

November 7, 2026 at 8:51 PM MST

Saguaros beneath white clouds and a deep blue sky in the White Tank Mountains, Arizona

Family Life

Family days in Buckeye, season by season

Lakes, trails and holiday lights when the weather is kind; the pool, the libraries and a free museum when it isn't. A year of family outings close to home in Buckeye.

November 7, 2026 at 8:51 PM MST

A quiet residential street in a newer master-planned neighborhood at the edge of the Sonoran Desert west of Phoenix, Arizona

Community LIVING

Buckeye, one neighborhood at a time

From the old farm-town streets around Monroe Avenue to Verrado's Main Street and the still-growing Festival area, here is how Buckeye's parts fit together.

November 7, 2026 at 8:51 PM MST

The rusted steel trusses of the 1927 Gillespie Dam Bridge crossing the Gila River on Old Highway 80, with desert hills behind

Community LIVING

Buckeye history, landmarks and local traditions

A canal named for Ohio, a main street that was once a coast-to-coast highway and a rodeo first held in 1935: Buckeye's past is still easy to visit.

November 7, 2026 at 8:51 PM MST

A vintage Douglas A-26B Invader bomber with an orange fuselage band displayed at Buckeye Municipal Airport, Arizona

Entertainment

Buckeye events, November 2026 to February 2027: Cotton Fest to the Air Fair

Holiday lights on Monroe, Santa at Sundance Park, a marathon that ends on a runway, Buckeye Days and the Air Fair: Buckeye's season, with the dates each organizer has set.

Through February 28