Desert Botanical Garden
Desert Botanical Garden is a 140-acre botanical garden located in Papago Park, at 1201 N. Galvin Parkway in Phoenix, central Arizona. Founded by the Arizona Cactus and Native Flora Society in 1937 and established at this site in 1939, the garden now has more…| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Park
- Description: non-profit organization in Arizona, USA
- Also known as: “Desert Botanical Gardens” and “The Desert Botanical Garden”
- Address: 1201 North Galvin Parkway, Scottsdale, AZ
Places of Interest
Highlights include Papago Park and Phoenix Municipal Stadium.
Papago Park
Park
Photo: 2candle, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Papago Park is a municipal park of the cities of Phoenix and Tempe, Arizona, United States. It has been designated as a Phoenix Point of Pride. It includes Hunt's Tomb, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Phoenix Municipal Stadium
Recreation area
Photo: Friejose, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Phoenix Municipal Stadium is a baseball stadium, located in Phoenix, Arizona. It is often referred in short as Phoenix Muni. The stadium was built in 1964 and holds 8,775 people.
Hall of Flame Fire Museum
Museum
Photo: Njcraig, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The National Historical Fire Foundation is a museum dedicated to the historical preservation of firefighting equipment used through the years around the world.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tempe and Scottsdale.
Tempe
Photo: squeaks2569, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tempe is a city of 180,587 in the Greater Phoenix area of Arizona, best known as the home of Arizona State University. Its younger, student-heavy population allows it to offer a vibrant nightlife that is relatively rare in Arizona.
Scottsdale
Photo: Nhartmannphotos, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Scottsdale is a city in the state of Arizona. Scottsdale is home to many galleries, high quality resorts, and golf courses. It is also one of the wealthier parts of the Phoenix Metro Area.
Arcadia
Neighborhood
Arcadia is a neighborhood in the areas of Phoenix and Scottsdale, Arizona. The neighborhood is located at the south foot of Camelback Mountain. It has boundaries from 44th Street to 68th Street and Camelback Road to the Arizona canal. Arcadia is situated 3 miles north of Desert Botanical Garden.
Desert Botanical Garden
- Categories: botanical garden, nonprofit organization, and recreation area
- Location: Maricopa County, Arizona, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
33.46135° or 33° 27′ 41″ northLongitude
-111.94397° or 111° 56′ 38″ westElevation
1,302 feet (397 metres)Open location code
855CF364+GCOpenStreetMap ID
way 34580212OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Desert Botanical Garden” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Desert Botanical Garden”
- Cebuano: “Desert Botanical Gardens”
- Chinese: “沙漠植物园”
- Dutch: “Desert Botanical Garden”
- French: “jardin botanique du désert”
- French: “Jardin botanique du désert”
- German: “Desert Botanical Garden”
- Japanese: “砂漠植物園”
- Spanish: “Jardin Botanico del Desierto”
- Spanish: “Jardín Botánico del Desierto”
- Ukrainian: “Пустельний ботанічний сад”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Desert Botanical Garden”. Photo: Davepape, Public domain.