As the nation’s mighty urban centers thrust their glass-sheathed skyscrapers further up into the smoggy shroud that hangs above and their bedroom communities jut out for mile after bumper-to-bumper mile, more and more people are looking to trade in their higher costs of living for the higher quality of life found in America’s small western towns.

Increasingly, they’re moving to small towns like Durango, CO, Casper WY, Dodge City, KS, St. Joseph, MO, and another charming community that is also consistently rated one of America’s ten top western towns – Wickenburg, AZ.

What is it about towns like Wickenburg that make people leave the glitz and glamour behind in favor of patriotic parades, roping rodeos, morning tee-times, afternoon tea parties, cowboy poetry readings, Indian ceremonial dances, and whisper-quiet evenings spent sipping cocktails on the back patio?

Is it the warm days that make outdoor activities so invigorating or the cool nights that make it so easy to recuperate from them?

Is it the golds, reds and oranges in the early evening sunset that warm people’s hearts?
Is it the relatively higher elevation that lifts people’s spirits?

Is it the surrounding mountain ranges that create a cradle of comfort and security for the soul?

Is it the slower pace of life that gives people time to get to know one another first as neighbors and acquaintances and then as fast friends?

If you ask Wickenburg residents like Lisa Peterson, who moved to Wickenburg from Jackson Hole, WY, or Walter Perkins who splits time between his summer home in Coeur D Alene, ID and his winter home in Wickenburg, they’ll both say, “Yes. It’s each and every single one of those things.”

Keith Schuck has been a Wickenburg resident his entire life. He knows what people love about Wickenburg. And he knows he can’t preserve that small town quality of life forever.

Instead, he chose to preserve 300 acres of it. That 300 acres is Monte Vista Ranch.

Come. Visit. Explore. You’ll like it here.

Country Living –
Close to Everything

Wickenburg is located just 60 minutes from Phoenix, the nation’s fifth largest city and one of the top destinations for travelers and tourists from around the world.

Within a short drive from Wickenburg, you can be skiing in the mountains of Flagstaff, shopping in the galleries of Sedona, playing golf on one of more than 200 world class golf courses, enjoying any of the major professsional sports, relaxing at one of Arizona’s world famous resorts and spas, or boarding an international flight.

Wickenburg Municipal Airport is located on the western edge of town on West Wickenburg Way. It has a paved runway that is 6,000 feet long and 75 feet wide, and can accommodate aircraft weighing up to 30,000 pounds. Although the airport is utilized primarily by light aircraft such as Cessna, Piper, and Beechcraft single-engine planes, it is also used by heavier, twin-engine aircraft, “corporate” jets such as Lears and Hawkers, helicopters, ultralights, and, on occasion, gliders. The airport has approximately 60 hangars and about 40 tie-down parking spots.