The City of Tempe officially designated Hayden Butte Preserve, better known around campus as "A" Mountain, as a preserve in 2002. In 2018, Papago Park was voted to become a preserve by Tempe residents ...

Tempe's "A" Mountain is not the city's only painted butte. Head west on Broadway Road, and look south just before you hit the I-10 freeway, to check out the side of Double Butte -- about halfway up.