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The most read newspaper in
Fountain Hills is The Fountain
Hills Times. A new edition of
The Times is published every
Wednesday and has been printed
for over twenty years. Western
States Publishers, Inc. is the
parent company of The Fountain
Hills Times, and also publishes
the Fountain Hills/Rio Verde
Telephone Directory, Fountain
Hills Community Guide, Fountain
Hills HOME, and The Arizona
Sentinel 'Let's Go!'.
Business/Local Government
Golf Courses
We're in the process of
collecting information about the many lovely
golf course communities in the Fountain Hills
area.
Team SportsArizona High School,
College, League, and
Professional Sports
College
High School
League
Professional
Stadiums - Arenas
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Fountain Hills just wouldn't be fountain hills
without--The Fountain! The Fountain is listed in
Guinness World Records as the tallest fountain
in the world.
Visitors come from all over to see the Fountain.
Here are some facts about the famous Fountain
Hills Fountain:
The Fountain has been operational since 1970.
When the fountain is operating, it has a column
of water that can reach 562 feet in height.
The Fountain is set in the middle of a 30 acre
lake. It spurts a column of water for 15 minutes
every hour on the hour between 10 a.m. and 9
p.m., unless weather conditions (wind) prohibit
it.
If the wind reaches 10 MPH, the Fountain
automatically turns itself off.
On most days, the water from the Fountain only
reaches a height of about 330 feet. That's
because there are three pumps operating the
Fountain.
Usually, only two are in use, with one of them
being a backup. When all three pumps are
operating together, water stream can get as high
as 560 feet.
You won't hear the fountain when it is
working--it's very quiet!
Once a year, on St. Patrick's Day, the Town of
Fountain Hills adds color--green, of course--to
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