Sce:dagĭ Mu:val Va’aki

Sce:dagĭ Mu:val Va’aki, formerly known as Mesa Grande Cultural Park, is a site in Mesa, Arizona preserving a group of Hohokam structures built during the Classic Period. The ruins were occupied between AD 1100 and 1400 by the Hohokam civilisation of the Salt River Valley, which built an extensive system of water canals there. The central feature is a large ruin of adobe walls and platforms, and it is one of only two Hohokam mounds left in the Phoenix metropolitan area, the other being Pueblo Grande Museum Archaeological Park. The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978, when it was owned by the actress Acquanetta and her husband Jack Ross; the city of Mesa acquired it from them in 1988 and a visitor centre was completed in 2013. It is operated by the Arizona Museum of Natural History, which is carrying out archaeological studies there. The mound remains intact and the wider site is protected but undeveloped.

Where it is

Sce:dagĭ Mu:val Va’aki is a historic site near Mesa, in Maricopa County. It is one of the historic sites in this database, and appears in the statewide ranking of Arizona attractions.

How this ranking was reached

No official visitor count is published for Sce:dagĭ Mu:val Va’aki, 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 medium 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

• Public interest: Wikimedia pageviews (en.wikipedia, human traffic), 2024
• Coordinates and designations: Wikidata(opens in a new tab)
• County: U.S. Census geography via FCC Area API, resolved from coordinates
• Official site: http://mesagrandeculturalpark.org(opens in a new tab)

Record last verified 2026-08-12.