Jump to content
Main menu
Main menu
move to sidebar
hide
Navigation
Main page
Recent changes
Random page
Help about MediaWiki
Special pages
Niidae Wiki
Search
Search
Appearance
Create account
Log in
Personal tools
Create account
Log in
Pages for logged out editors
learn more
Contributions
Talk
Editing
Surprise, Arizona
(section)
Page
Discussion
English
Read
Edit
View history
Tools
Tools
move to sidebar
hide
Actions
Read
Edit
View history
General
What links here
Related changes
Page information
Appearance
move to sidebar
hide
Warning:
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you
log in
or
create an account
, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
Anti-spam check. Do
not
fill this in!
==Infrastructure== ===Roads=== [[File:Surprise-Home_Mission_Cemetery_-2.jpg|right|thumb|Mission Home Cemetery]] {{See also|Roads and freeways in metropolitan Phoenix}} Surprise is served by [[Arizona State Route 303|Loop 303]] and [[U.S. Route 60 in Arizona|U.S. Route 60]]. U.S. Route 60 leads southeast to Phoenix and northwest to [[Wickenburg, Arizona|Wickenburg]] and [[Las Vegas, Nevada|Las Vegas]] (via [[U.S. Route 93 in Arizona|U.S. Route 93]]). Surprise is also served by many major arterial roads. ===Transportation=== Surprise is a member of [[Valley Metro]]. [[Valley Metro Bus]] operates an route 571, an express bus between Surprise and Glendale. Surprise is also a member of WeRIDE, which operates [[demand-responsive transport]] in [[Peoria, Arizona|Peoria]], [[Goodyear, Arizona|Goodyear]], [[Avondale, Arizona|Avondale]], and Surprise.<ref>https://www.westvalleyview.com/news/weride-reaches-250-000-passengers-served/article_103bd9ec-dea0-11ef-ba1f-cf55d776554d.html</ref> ===Police=== The Surprise Police Department consists of a field operations division, administrative services division, criminal investigations division, and technical services division. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.surpriseaz.gov/882/Police-Department|title=Surprise Police Department β Official Website β Surprise, Arizona|website=www.surpriseaz.gov}}</ref> === Sun City Grand === Sun City Grand (The Grand) is a 45+ active adult retirement community in the city of Surprise founded in 1996. The communities final homes were completed in 2005. Unlike other Del Webb communities in Arizona ([[Sun City, Arizona|Sun City]] and [[Sun City West, Arizona|Sun City West]]), the Grand is not an unincorporated community led by community associations. The community boasts four golf courses and a variety of other amenities like pools and recreation centers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Sun City Grand |url=https://www.suncitygrand-realestate.com/about-sun-city-grand |access-date=2024-09-02 |website=www.suncitygrand-realestate.com}}</ref> ===Mission Home Cemetery=== The Mission Home Cemetery, also known as the Sleeping Bride Cemetery, is a historic cemetery located in Surprise.<ref>{{cite web |date=May 8, 2014 |title=Who's buried in Surprise |url=https://www.azcentral.com/picture-gallery/news/local/surprise/2014/05/08/whos-buried-in-surprise/8851643/ |website=AZCentral}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=December 26, 2011 |title=Mission Home Cemetery |url=http://apcrp.org/MISSION_HOME/Mission_Home_Mast_Txt.htm |website=American Pioneer & Cemetery Research Project |publisher=Neal Du Shane}}</ref> {{clear}}
Summary:
Please note that all contributions to Niidae Wiki may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here.
You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see
Encyclopedia:Copyrights
for details).
Do not submit copyrighted work without permission!
Cancel
Editing help
(opens in new window)
Search
Search
Editing
Surprise, Arizona
(section)
Add topic