0.4 miles away
Tempe Butte
A volcanic butte on the Arizona State University campus in Tempe, known locally as A Mountain for the 60-foot letter near its summit.
Tempe Town Lake
An artificial reservoir on the Salt River in Tempe, fed largely by Colorado River water through the Central Arizona Project.
- Rank in Arizona
- #106of 727 ranked
- Overall score
- Score 50.7 out of 100medium confidence
- Category
- Natural Landmark
Tempe Town Lake is an artificial perennial reservoir in Tempe, lying just north of Tempe Butte at the confluence of the intermittent Salt River and the ephemeral Indian Bend Wash. It receives most of its water from the Colorado River by way of the Central Arizona Project. On 20 July 2010 a portion of the west side of the dam holding the water gave way, sending a flood into the Salt River and draining the lake.
Where it is
Tempe Town Lake is a natural landmark near Tempe, in Maricopa County. It is one of the natural 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 Tempe Town Lake, 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: Wikivoyage(opens in a new tab)
- County: U.S. Census geography via FCC Area API, resolved from coordinates
- Official site: https://www.tempe.gov/government/community-services/tempe-town-lake(opens in a new tab)
Record last verified 2026-08-12.
More photographs
Alan Stark from Goodyear, AZ, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 · licence(opens in a new tab) · source(opens in a new tab) 
Chris English, CC BY-SA 3.0 · licence(opens in a new tab) · source(opens in a new tab)
Nearby attractions
0.4 miles away
Mountain America Stadium
The Arizona State University football stadium in Tempe, opened in 1958 and named Sun Devil Stadium until 2023.
0.5 miles away
Mullett Arena
A 5,000-seat arena at Arizona State University, temporary home of the NHL's Arizona Coyotes from 2022 to 2024.0.7 miles away
AZ Heritage Center at Papago Park
The AZ Heritage Center at Papago Park is a Tempe museum devoted to Arizona's history across the 20th and 21st centuries.
0.7 miles away
Marquee Theatre
A music venue on the north side of Tempe Town Lake, opened as the Red River Opry, close to the Mill Avenue Bridge.0.8 miles away
ASU Robert S. Dietz Museum of Geology
Arizona State University's geology museum in Tempe, housing minerals, gems and fossils from Arizona and worldwide.
Facts and sources
Place
- Category
- Natural Landmark
- Destination
- Tempe
- County
- Maricopa County
- State
- Arizona
Visitation
- Annual visits
- Not published
Ranking
- Overall score
- 50.7 / 100
- Visitation score
- No published count
- Popularity score
- 42.0
- Significance score
- 58.0
- Confidence
- medium
Visiting
- Official website
- tempe.gov(opens in a new tab)
- Coordinates
- 33.4328, -111.9328
- Last verified
- 2026-08-12