Queen Creek

Queen Creek is a town in far southeast of the East Valley the Greater Phoenix Metropolitan area.

Understand
Queen Creek is a town in the Greater Phoenix Metropolitan area, primarily in Maricopa County with the town limits extending into Pinal County. Queen Creek is a growing town, from 26,000 (2010 census) to 59,519 (2020 census).

Get in
Queen Creek is in the far southeast of the East Valley of the Phoenix Metropolitan area. It is located south of Mesa, south and east of Gilbert, east of Chandler Heights, and northwest of San Tan Valley.

By car
The only highway route in Queen Creek is Arizona State Route 24 (AZ 24), a connector highway to the Loop 202 (L-202) to the north; nearby is Arizona State Route 87 (AZ 87) to the west.

Major arterial streets include Ellsworth Rd, Hunt Hwy and Rittenhouse Rd.

By plane

 * Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport is the closest airport.
 * Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport is the closest major airport.

Go next

 * Within in the Greater Phoenix area:
 * Head to downtown Phoenix – catch a show or a ballgame, or see the Phoenix Zoo or the Desert Botanical Garden.
 * Head to Scottsdale for the day.


 * North of the Metro Phoenix area &mdash; on Interstate 17 North:
 * Visit the Grand Canyon – a four hours drive to the South Rim, north near Flagstaff.
 * Elsewhere north: Prescott, Sedona and Route 66.


 * South &mdash; on Interstate 10 East:
 * See South Central Arizona, with an hour-and-a-half drive to Tucson.
 * Elsewhere south: Picacho Peak State Park, Saguaro National Park, Santa Catalina Mountains.


 * West &mdash; on Interstate 10 West (via Loop 202 West):
 * Head towards the Palm Springs area in the California Desert, or continue onwards to Southern California for Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Hollywood.