How far is Sun Lakes from Phoenix? About 30 miles and roughly forty minutes door to door in normal traffic, south on I-10 then into Chandler and down to the lake-dotted active-adult community. Sun Lakes is a large retirement resort community: five country-club phases around small lakes, golf courses, clubhouses, and gates that every visitor learns to navigate. Snowbirds settling in for the season, golf groups flying in for long weekends, and visiting family members all share one ground leg: the short freeway ride from Sky Harbor to the southern suburbs. It sits just past the well-covered how...