Lizard Acres, Arizona

Lizard Acres was a former cattle ranch, subdivision, and train stop situated in Maricopa County, Arizona, near the present day town of Surprise.

[5] Throughout the 1960s and into the early 1970s, the ranch began selling parts of its land to Del E. Webb to build Sun City West, Arizona, a retirement community.

[8][6][9] Although the ranch known as “Lizard Acres” is gone, a sign bearing the name remains along the BNSF (former Santa Fe) railroad tracks that run adjacent to Grand Avenue, 1/2 mile north of Bell Road.

[10][11] A pub in Sun City West also bears the name, paying homage to the cattle ranch that stood on the land it now calls home.

Designed by artist Joe Tyler, who remembers the ranch from his childhood, it features many steel animals and plants.