Fountain Hills, Arizona: World's Tallest Continuously Running Freshwater Fountain

Great park to enjoy a walk, along with a very nice Veterans Memorial. The fountain is awesome!

I read on the web that if the wind across the lake reaches 10 mph, the fountain will not spout. Unfortunately, I have been unable to find a web site that posts the wind speed so that people could check before visiting. So it is a case of turn up and hope for the best. It was windy on the day we went (10/21/2012) so we didn't get to see the fountain.

The Fountain, driven by three 600 horsepower turbine pumps, sprays water at a rate of 7,000 gallons per minute though an 18-inch nozzle. The fountain runs for 15 minutes on the hour at the top of the hour. The water in Fountain Lake is actually clean and quite safe as it is treated and tested on a regular basis. With all three pumps running, the fountain reaches 560 feet in height. When built, it was the world's tallest fountain and held that record for over a decade.

Fountain Hills is a beautiful town located in the hills east of Scottsdale and is home to nearly 70 pieces of publicly displayed artwork. The eight fountains along the Avenue of the Fountains were the beginning of the public art collection.

Don't sit in the mist. The Fountain and lake are part of the water treatment system.

The work being done to the World's Tallest Fountain is complete and the fountain is again spouting on the hour, every hour, during daylight hours. When the fountain is active, the column of water can be seen for miles. The park surrounding the fountain is still partially closed due to on-going facility upgrades at this time but the open section is an excellent area to congregate with family and friends and, as an added bonus, if the winds are blowing your way you get a very nice, refreshing mist from the fountain.