Saguaro Ranch Park

The history of Saguaro Ranch Park is enough of a reason to check this place out.
This is a hot spot for local photographers since there is a variety of landscapes. I’ve done several photo sessions here and recently was informed that you will now be required to have special permission and/​or a permit. If you are caught breaking the rule they will ask you to leave. Please respect their rules and be courteous.
As a child I called this place «Peacock Park» since there are peacocks roaming around. Do not scare them or chase them. But if your calm and patient you may be lucky enough to capture a photo with one. In a recent maternity shoot I did there I captured the shot at just the right angle and the to see their completely outstretched feather fan. Gorgeous!
Okay now if your looking for a park that you can bring your children to … They have a great play place for the children of all ages, as well as a spacious picnic area and large grassy area to run and play. My children absolutely love the play equipment which has been recently updated.
Saguaro Ranch Park is certainly worth a visit! But please remember to respect the rules of the park and the precious peacocks!

Great Park, I love the Peacocks and Turkeys walking around. Great Events. Clean

Plenty of parking. Huge location. My son loves coming here and we always have a blast. Playgrounds are well maintained. Different play areas and plenty of green space to just run around and do whatever you want. Shaded areas are nice now that it’s starting to warm up. Will surely return.

This park has two decent playgrounds that are shaded and one unshaded… theres plenty of Ramada space for a party and the historic part of the park is great for pictures.

I love this park! It’s huge. Lots of parking and room to walk around and spread out. There is grass here, and palm trees… And some old farm buildings and equipment. There are also lots of pigeons, a couple peacocks and some cats hiding around here and there. Peaceful, quiet, serene place I like to come eat lunch and walk around. One of the best kept secrets in the Phoenix area.

I came to the saguaro ranch park today for business as I drive a limousine. I was approached by I guess the park manager, first she told me I had to leave because I didn’t have the media permit. Then after someone in my group furnished the permit she shut up and went on her way. She returned five minutes later and told me to leave again because i was blocking traffic. I asked her to stop harassing me and she threatened to call the ranger. I’ve been coming to this park since I can remember and this lady just came here from California and is trying to be bossy. Fire her… It’s a park not a concentration camp

This is a great place to bring the kids or a date. There are sculptures, a xeriscape garden, cool old buildings, and lots of animals like chickens, peacocks, rabbits, turkeys, cats, etc. They just run around free. They also have a rose garden. The city of Glendale hold events here occasionally as well. There is also a decent amount of shade.

im a photographer and love taking photos here!!! Im glad they started charging $ 100 for a permit cuz theres not as many people want to pay that fee so not the park isnt as busy as it use to be

My boyfriend took my to this park yesterday and I loved it. He had mentioned it a few weeks ago and told me about peacocks that roam around and I almost didn’t believe him. Well it is definitely true. There was also a very large chicken. We didn’t get to walk around to all of the areas because I brought my little dog and wanted to make sure he had plenty of shade and water. I will definitely return in the future to explore other areas.

A big slice of the great outdoors, sandwiched between suburbia and the local college! Bring kids, bring family, bring a large group of athletic friends. Saguaro is where FUN happens.
–A dog park with lots of running room
–Lots of places to play sports, including at least two soccer fields
–A vast playground for kids
–Several sand volleyball courts
–A huge, I mean HUGE area to barbecue.
–Citrus grove to gawk at historical sites or chill out under some very old orange trees.
–A cactus garden. I don’t understand the significance of this, it’s just a peaceful, special place to me.
Yes, I too miss the abundance of peacocks. They do still pay a visit from time to time! I usually don’t go to parks as a form of entertainment, but when I do, Saguaro never lets me down.

Beautiful wish they did tours though

This is a nice park and I agree with the previous reviewer that the grounds are very well maintained. I attended a wedding here in their rose garden. The rose garden was a lot smaller than what I expected, but the overall area was a great place to do a wedding. I like that they have chickens roaming around, we got to see a mother hen and her chicks following her around… very cute!

This park use to have a ton of peacocks roaming around. It’s so sad to see them gone.
The grounds are maintained pretty well. I love how large the park is, there is plenty of space to spread out and play Frisbee, or what have you. They also have sand volleyball, dog park, soccer fields and baseball fields. The bbq area is set up perfectly for large parties, I’ve been to a few here and it’s always a great time.