Gainey Ranch is a master-planned community in central Scottsdale. Just east of Scottsdale Road, between Mountain View Road and Eastwood Roads, Gainey Ranch is home to the Hyatt Regency Hotel Scottsdale and the Gainey Ranch Golf Club. It is a small community noted for its lush landscaping, manned, guard-gates and the abundance of boutiques and recognized restaurants in the Shops at Gainey Village.

Gainey Ranch Rd circles the majority of this community, where The Enclave, The Legend, Pavilions, Gainey Center Drive, The Estates and the Golf Villas are a few of the neighborhoods within Mountain View Rd. to the north, Scottsdale Rd. to the west and Doubletree Ranch Rd., to the south. Here, residents often gather for fitness, recreation and social events at the Daniel C. Gainey Estate Club. To the north of Mountain View Road, is North Meadow, an offshoot of the community. It is outside of the manned gates, but still gated. South of Doubletree Ranch Road, additional communities, including Vaquero Drive, Arroyo Vista, and the Gainey Village Casitas offer the similar feel of the main community.