El Mirage, Arizona

Arizona Charter Academy (ACA) is a coeducational, public charter school located in Surprise, Arizona, USA. The school population is largely from the cities of El Mirage, Surprise, Peoria, Youngtown and Glendale. ACA provides instructions for students in grades kindergarten through 8th grade. ACA has been designated by the Arizona Learns Achievement Profile as "Performing Plus". It was a candidate for accreditation by the now dissolved North Central Association. The school mascot is a bulldog. Starting in the 2017–2018 school year, this school has dropped the high school portion of the school, making it a K-8 school.

Lizard Acres was a former cattle ranch, subdivision, and train stop situated in Maricopa County, Arizona, near the present day town of Surprise. It has an estimated elevation of 1,191 feet (363 m) above sea level.Lizard Acres (noted as Lizard on topographic maps) was a train stop just north of Surprise, Arizona. The stop is near current day Grand Avenue and Bell Road in Surprise, Arizona. The site also held a cattle farm.

Dysart High School is a high school in El Mirage, Arizona under the jurisdiction of the Dysart Unified School District.

Youngtown is a town in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the town was 7,056, up from 6,156 in 2010. It is part of the Phoenix metropolitan area.

Sun City is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, that is located within the Phoenix metropolitan area. The population was 39,931 as of the 2020 census. Its adjoining sister city is Sun City West. Both Sun Cities are retirement communities popular with snowbirds.

Surprise is a city in Maricopa County, in the U.S. state of Arizona. The population was 143,148 at the 2020 census, up from 117,517 in 2010 and just 30,848 in 2000. Surprise is the spring training location of the Kansas City Royals and the Texas Rangers baseball teams.

The Sun Bowl Amphiteathtre is an outdoor amphitheatre in Sun City, Arizona owned by Recreation Centers of Sun City, Inc. It hosts numerous concerts, performances and other events geared towards the retirement communities of Sun City. The Sun Bowl complex comprises approximately 9.1 acres (37,000 m2), including a regulation softball field and parking area.

Marinette was a ghost town in Maricopa County, Arizona, located just northwest of Peoria, Arizona, along the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. The site was promoted in the early 20th century for production of citrus fruit, apricots, olives, and other crops. The town was purchased by the Southwest Cotton company, a Goodyear subsidiary, in 1920. It existed until 1957, when the post office serving Marinette was moved to Youngtown. The place where Marinette once was later became the site of Del Webb Corporation's Sun City, Arizona.

The Surprise Recreation Campus is an athletic facility based in Surprise, Arizona built in 2002. It features such amenities as Surprise Stadium (spring training home of Major League Baseball's Kansas City Royals and Texas Rangers), 12 baseball fields (6 lighted), and Mark Coronado Park, an 8-acre (32,000 m2) multipurpose field (lighted).The facility at one time played host to an independent professional baseball team, the Golden Baseball League's Surprise Fightin' Falcons and previously host a minor league baseball team, the Surprise Rafters of the Arizona Fall League. The recreation campus hosts an annual Christmas event, Sparkling Surprise, that includes food trucks, hot air balloons, sky divers, vendors and live music.In 2023, the campus hosted the Bases and Brews Music Festival to mark the end of the year’s Cactus League spring training.

Surprise Stadium is a baseball venue located at the Surprise Recreation Campus athletic facility in Surprise, Arizona, United States. The stadium opened in 2002 and seats 10,714 people. It is the spring training facility for the Kansas City Royals and the Texas Rangers. It is also the home of the Arizona Fall League's Surprise Saguaros. The venue was previously the home of the Golden Baseball League's Surprise Fightin' Falcons, which disbanded after their only season in 2005. Surprise Stadium is owned and managed by the City of Surprise Sports and Tourism Department.

The West Valley is a region within the Phoenix metropolitan area, in central Arizona. It is located west of the Phoenix city limits, within Maricopa County, Arizona. The boundaries of the west valley is generally considered Interstate 17 in the east, Buckeye in west, the Sierra Estrella Mountains in the south, and Anthem in the north.

Surprise Lake is located in the City of Surprise, Arizona, United States, on the Surprise Recreation Campus in the north-west Valley, between Bell Road and Greenway on the east side of Bullard Avenue.