0.3 miles away
Gilbert Arizona Temple
A temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Gilbert, announced in 2008 and dedicated in 2014.
Discovery District Park
An 88-acre Gilbert park named for Columbian mammoth fossils found on site, with amusement rides, sports courts, and stocked fishing lakes.
- Rank in Arizona
- #700of 727 ranked
- Overall score
- Score 19.8 out of 100low confidence
- Category
- Landmark
Discovery District Park is an 88-acre park in Gilbert, Maricopa County, Arizona, with amusement rides, a mini-railroad, a skate park, basketball and tennis courts, sand volleyball courts, softball fields, and lakes stocked for fishing. It was named for the discovery of Columbian mammoth fossils near the site during its construction.
Where it is
Discovery District Park is a landmark near Gilbert, in Maricopa County. It is one of the landmarks in this database, and appears in the statewide ranking of Arizona attractions.
How this ranking was reached
No official visitor count is published for Discovery District Park, so its score rests on public interest and tourism significance, and is capped below the level a measured attraction can reach. That is why the low confidence above is not higher. The weighting is explained in full on the methodology page, and every axis is broken out under Facts and sources at the foot of this page.
Note on the data: No official visitor count is published for this attraction.
Sources
- Coordinates and designations: Wikivoyage(opens in a new tab)
- County: U.S. Census geography via FCC Area API, resolved from coordinates
- Official site: https://www.gilbertaz.gov/departments/parks-and-recreation/parks-information/parks/discovery-district-park(opens in a new tab)
Record last verified 2026-08-12.
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2.0 miles away
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A Gilbert park with a 4,000-square-foot splash pad, a 17-foot playground, and courts for basketball, pickleball, volleyball, and tennis.
4.8 miles away
Gilbert Historical Museum
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4.8 miles away
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Downtown Gilbert Water Tower
A downtown Gilbert park with a splash pad, home to the town's water tower and the historic Adobe Pump House, once Gilbert's first jail.
Facts and sources
Place
- Category
- Landmark
- Destination
- Gilbert
- County
- Maricopa County
- State
- Arizona
Visitation
- Annual visits
- Not published
Ranking
- Overall score
- 19.8 / 100
- Visitation score
- No published count
- Popularity score
- No data
- Significance score
- 45.0
- Confidence
- low
Visiting
- Official website
- gilbertaz.gov(opens in a new tab)
- Coordinates
- 33.2940, -111.7410
- Last verified
- 2026-08-12