This area gets more than 300 days of sunshine in an average year, which makes for great weather for golf and other outdoor sports and recreation. Local activities include hiking, camping and fishing in any of several man-made lakes or ponds found throughout the Valley.

The Rodeo of Rodeos ran in Phoenix for nearly 70 years but came to an end in 1997. Exhibits from past rodeos along with relics of days gone by can be seen at the Phoenix Museum of History. The exhibit display old newspaper articles and photos to take back to the past.