Mesa

Few cities in Arizona have a history as closely tied to Hohokam irrigation canals as Mesa. The modern city occupies part of the Salt River Valley, where Indigenous farmers developed extensive canal systems long before later settlers established Mesa in 1878. Mesa Grande Cultural Park preserves a Hohokam platform mound, providing a direct link to this earlier desert society. Today, Mesa is part of the Phoenix metropolitan area, with a broad grid of neighbourhoods, citrus-growing traditions and cultural venues including the Mesa Arts Center. The Superstition Mountains rise east of the city, beyond the developed valley floor. Browse other webcams across Mesa and the Salt River Valley to place this setting in a wider geographic context.

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