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List of Arizona state parks

List of Arizona state parks

Overview
This is a list of state park
State park
State parks are parks or other protected areas of the United States and in Mexico for an area of land preserved on account of its natural beauty, historic interest, recreation, or other reason, and under the administration of the government of a U.S. state or one of the states of Mexico. State...

s in the U.S. state
U.S. state
A U.S. state is any one of 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government . Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile...

 of Arizona
Arizona
The State of Arizona is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. The capital and largest city is Phoenix. The second largest city is Tucson, followed in size by the four Phoenix metropolitan area cities of Mesa, Glendale, Chandler, and Scottsdale.Arizona was the 48th and...

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  • Alamo Lake State Park
    Alamo Lake State Park
    Alamo Lake State Park is a state park in western Arizona, located about north of Wenden. It is accessed via dirt road off either US 60 to the south or US 93 to the east...

     (Recreational | Camping)
  • Boyce Thompson Arboretum State Park
    Boyce Thompson Arboretum State Park
    Boyce Thompson Arboretum State Park is an Arizona state park located in Superior, Arizona near Phoenix, Arizona in the United States. It consists of a botanical collection that includes a wide range of habitats and a 1.5 mile main loop walking trail. Founded in 1925, the arboretum is the...

     (Education)
  • Buckskin Mountain State Park
    Buckskin Mountain State Park
    Buckskin Mountain State Park is located between the Buckskin Mountains and the Colorado River 12 miles north of Parker, Arizona on Highway 95. The park is open 364 days a year, and offers 105 campsites and 21 cabana sites...

     (Recreational | Camping)
  • Catalina State Park
    Catalina State Park
    Catalina State Park is located adjacent to the Coronado National Forest in the western slopes of the Santa Catalina Mountains north of Tucson, Arizona. Catalina State Park has an average elevation of , but varies dramatically with high ridges and low creek beds. The park includes 5,493 acres ,...

     (Recreational | Camping)
  • Cattail Cove State Park
    Cattail Cove State Park
    Cattail Cove State Park is a state park located on State Route 95 south of Lake Havasu, in far southern Mohave County, Arizona, United States, about 19 mi. from Lake Havasu City and 8 mi from Parker Strip...

     (Recreational | Camping)
  • Dead Horse Ranch State Park
    Dead Horse Ranch State Park
    Originally named by the Irey family, who sold the land that became a park to the state of Arizona, Dead Horse Ranch State Park is located in Cottonwood, Arizona on the Verde River in an area known as the Verde River Greenway...

     (Recreational | Camping)
  • Fool Hollow Lake Recreation Area (Recreational | Camping)
  • Fort Verde State Historic Park
    Fort Verde State Historic Park
    Fort Verde State Historic Park in the town of Camp Verde, Arizona, is a small park that attempts to preserve parts of the Indian Wars-era fort as it appeared in the 1880s...

     (Historic)
  • Homolovi Ruins State Park
    Homolovi Ruins State Park
    The Homolovi Ruins State Park is a preservation of over 300 Ancestral Puebloan archaeological sites. Homolovi or Homol'ovi is a Hopi word meaning "place of the little hills". The park is located just over a mile north of Winslow, Arizona and features historical exhibits, interpretive programs,...

     (Archeology | Recreation | Camping)
  • Indian Steele Park (Recreational | Fishing)
  • Jerome State Historic Park
    Jerome State Historic Park
    Jerome State Historic Park is an Arizona State Park in Jerome, Arizona. A museum is located in the old Douglas Mansion.On February 27, 2009‎, Jerome State Historic Park was closed indefinitely, because of budget cuts and to repair the historic mansion...

     (Historic)
  • Kartchner Caverns State Park
    Kartchner Caverns State Park
    Kartchner Caverns State Park is an Arizona state park, located nine miles south of the town of Benson and is considered by many to be the "crown jewel" of Arizona's state park system....

     (Recreational | Educational | Camping)
  • Lake Havasu State Park (Recreational | Camping)
  • Lost Dutchman State Park (Recreational | Camping)
  • Lyman Lake State Park (Recreational | Camping)
  • McFarland State Historic Park
    McFarland State Historic Park
    McFarland State Historic Park is a small historic park located in downtown Florence, Arizona on the corner of Main and Ruggles Streets. The park consists of a preserved courthouse and other buildings dating to Arizona’s history as a territory. The original structure was built in 1878 with the...

     (Historic)
  • Oracle State Park
    Oracle State Park
    Oracle State Park is located on the edge of the Sonoran desert in the northeastern foothills of the Santa Catalina Mountains near the town of Oracle, Arizona. Oracle State Park serves as a wildlife refuge as well as an environmental learning center for visitors. The park has more than of hiking...

     (Group Educational)
  • Patagonia Lake State Park
    Patagonia Lake State Park
    Patagonia Lake State Park, located near Patagonia, Arizona, contains the two-and-a-half mile long, Patagonia Lake, which is a popular southern Arizona site for fishing, camping, boat rental, picnicking, hiking, and birding. Located inside the park is the recently established Sonoita Creek State...

     (Recreational | Camping)
  • Picacho Peak State Park
    Picacho Peak State Park
    Picacho Peak State Park is a park in the Arizona State Parks system, located between Casa Grande and Tucson just off Interstate 10 in Pinal County, Arizona. Its centerpiece spire, Picacho Peak, is visible from downtown Tucson, a distance of 45 miles. The summit rises to 3374' above mean sea level...

     (Recreational | Camping)
  • Red Rock State Park (Recreational | Educational)
  • Riordan Mansion State Historic Park
    Riordan Mansion State Historic Park
    - Location :The Riordan Mansion State Historic Park can be found hidden in the Ponderosa pines of Kinlichi Knoll in Flagstaff, Arizona bordering Northern Arizona University.- Origin :...

     (Historic)
  • RIver Island State Park (Recreation)
  • Roper Lake State Park (Recreational | Camping)
  • San Rafael State Natural Area (Conservation)
  • Slide Rock State Park
    Slide Rock State Park
    Slide Rock State Park is a state park located in Oak Creek Canyon in north central Arizona, seven miles north of Sedona. It takes its name from a natural water slide, formed by the slippery bed of Oak Creek. The park is located on Coconino National Forest land and is co-managed by the Arizona...

     (Recreational)
  • Sonoita Creek Natural Area (Recreation)
  • Tombstone Courthouse State Historic Park
    Tombstone Courthouse State Historic Park
    Tombstone Courthouse State Historic Park, located in Tombstone, Arizona, United States, preserves the original Cochise County courthouse. The two-story building, constructed in 1882 in the Victorian style, is laid out in the shape of a cross and once contained various county offices, including...

     (Historic)
  • Tonto Natural Bridge State Park
    Tonto Natural Bridge State Park
    Tonto Natural Bridge State Park is an Arizona State Park that was built around what is believed to be the largest natural travertine bridge in the world. The park is located off State Route 87, just 10 miles north of Payson, Arizona...

     (Recreational)
  • Tubac Presidio State Historic Park
    Tubac Presidio State Historic Park
    Tubac Presidio State Historic Park, located in Tubac, Arizona, preserves the ruins of the Tubac Presidio and various other buildings, thereby presenting a timeline of human settlement in this Southern Arizona town. The park contains a museum, a number of historic sites, an underground archeology...

     (Historic)
  • Yuma Quartermaster Depot State Historic Park
    Yuma Quartermaster Depot State Historic Park
    The Yuma Quartermaster Depot in Yuma, Arizona, United States is a former United States Army logistics facility and now an Arizona state historic park. Yuma Quartermaster Depot State Historic Park , opened in 1997...

     (Historic)
  • Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park (Historic)

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This is a list of state park
State park
State parks are parks or other protected areas of the United States and in Mexico for an area of land preserved on account of its natural beauty, historic interest, recreation, or other reason, and under the administration of the government of a U.S. state or one of the states of Mexico. State...

s in the U.S. state
U.S. state
A U.S. state is any one of 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government . Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile...

 of Arizona
Arizona
The State of Arizona is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. The capital and largest city is Phoenix. The second largest city is Tucson, followed in size by the four Phoenix metropolitan area cities of Mesa, Glendale, Chandler, and Scottsdale.Arizona was the 48th and...

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  • Alamo Lake State Park
    Alamo Lake State Park
    Alamo Lake State Park is a state park in western Arizona, located about north of Wenden. It is accessed via dirt road off either US 60 to the south or US 93 to the east...

     (Recreational | Camping)
  • Boyce Thompson Arboretum State Park
    Boyce Thompson Arboretum State Park
    Boyce Thompson Arboretum State Park is an Arizona state park located in Superior, Arizona near Phoenix, Arizona in the United States. It consists of a botanical collection that includes a wide range of habitats and a 1.5 mile main loop walking trail. Founded in 1925, the arboretum is the...

     (Education)
  • Buckskin Mountain State Park
    Buckskin Mountain State Park
    Buckskin Mountain State Park is located between the Buckskin Mountains and the Colorado River 12 miles north of Parker, Arizona on Highway 95. The park is open 364 days a year, and offers 105 campsites and 21 cabana sites...

     (Recreational | Camping)
  • Catalina State Park
    Catalina State Park
    Catalina State Park is located adjacent to the Coronado National Forest in the western slopes of the Santa Catalina Mountains north of Tucson, Arizona. Catalina State Park has an average elevation of , but varies dramatically with high ridges and low creek beds. The park includes 5,493 acres ,...

     (Recreational | Camping)
  • Cattail Cove State Park
    Cattail Cove State Park
    Cattail Cove State Park is a state park located on State Route 95 south of Lake Havasu, in far southern Mohave County, Arizona, United States, about 19 mi. from Lake Havasu City and 8 mi from Parker Strip...

     (Recreational | Camping)
  • Dead Horse Ranch State Park
    Dead Horse Ranch State Park
    Originally named by the Irey family, who sold the land that became a park to the state of Arizona, Dead Horse Ranch State Park is located in Cottonwood, Arizona on the Verde River in an area known as the Verde River Greenway...

     (Recreational | Camping)
  • Fool Hollow Lake Recreation Area (Recreational | Camping)
  • Fort Verde State Historic Park
    Fort Verde State Historic Park
    Fort Verde State Historic Park in the town of Camp Verde, Arizona, is a small park that attempts to preserve parts of the Indian Wars-era fort as it appeared in the 1880s...

     (Historic)
  • Homolovi Ruins State Park
    Homolovi Ruins State Park
    The Homolovi Ruins State Park is a preservation of over 300 Ancestral Puebloan archaeological sites. Homolovi or Homol'ovi is a Hopi word meaning "place of the little hills". The park is located just over a mile north of Winslow, Arizona and features historical exhibits, interpretive programs,...

     (Archeology | Recreation | Camping)
  • Indian Steele Park (Recreational | Fishing)
  • Jerome State Historic Park
    Jerome State Historic Park
    Jerome State Historic Park is an Arizona State Park in Jerome, Arizona. A museum is located in the old Douglas Mansion.On February 27, 2009‎, Jerome State Historic Park was closed indefinitely, because of budget cuts and to repair the historic mansion...

     (Historic)
  • Kartchner Caverns State Park
    Kartchner Caverns State Park
    Kartchner Caverns State Park is an Arizona state park, located nine miles south of the town of Benson and is considered by many to be the "crown jewel" of Arizona's state park system....

     (Recreational | Educational | Camping)
  • Lake Havasu State Park (Recreational | Camping)
  • Lost Dutchman State Park (Recreational | Camping)
  • Lyman Lake State Park (Recreational | Camping)
  • McFarland State Historic Park
    McFarland State Historic Park
    McFarland State Historic Park is a small historic park located in downtown Florence, Arizona on the corner of Main and Ruggles Streets. The park consists of a preserved courthouse and other buildings dating to Arizona’s history as a territory. The original structure was built in 1878 with the...

     (Historic)
  • Oracle State Park
    Oracle State Park
    Oracle State Park is located on the edge of the Sonoran desert in the northeastern foothills of the Santa Catalina Mountains near the town of Oracle, Arizona. Oracle State Park serves as a wildlife refuge as well as an environmental learning center for visitors. The park has more than of hiking...

     (Group Educational)
  • Patagonia Lake State Park
    Patagonia Lake State Park
    Patagonia Lake State Park, located near Patagonia, Arizona, contains the two-and-a-half mile long, Patagonia Lake, which is a popular southern Arizona site for fishing, camping, boat rental, picnicking, hiking, and birding. Located inside the park is the recently established Sonoita Creek State...

     (Recreational | Camping)
  • Picacho Peak State Park
    Picacho Peak State Park
    Picacho Peak State Park is a park in the Arizona State Parks system, located between Casa Grande and Tucson just off Interstate 10 in Pinal County, Arizona. Its centerpiece spire, Picacho Peak, is visible from downtown Tucson, a distance of 45 miles. The summit rises to 3374' above mean sea level...

     (Recreational | Camping)
  • Red Rock State Park (Recreational | Educational)
  • Riordan Mansion State Historic Park
    Riordan Mansion State Historic Park
    - Location :The Riordan Mansion State Historic Park can be found hidden in the Ponderosa pines of Kinlichi Knoll in Flagstaff, Arizona bordering Northern Arizona University.- Origin :...

     (Historic)
  • RIver Island State Park (Recreation)
  • Roper Lake State Park (Recreational | Camping)
  • San Rafael State Natural Area (Conservation)
  • Slide Rock State Park
    Slide Rock State Park
    Slide Rock State Park is a state park located in Oak Creek Canyon in north central Arizona, seven miles north of Sedona. It takes its name from a natural water slide, formed by the slippery bed of Oak Creek. The park is located on Coconino National Forest land and is co-managed by the Arizona...

     (Recreational)
  • Sonoita Creek Natural Area (Recreation)
  • Tombstone Courthouse State Historic Park
    Tombstone Courthouse State Historic Park
    Tombstone Courthouse State Historic Park, located in Tombstone, Arizona, United States, preserves the original Cochise County courthouse. The two-story building, constructed in 1882 in the Victorian style, is laid out in the shape of a cross and once contained various county offices, including...

     (Historic)
  • Tonto Natural Bridge State Park
    Tonto Natural Bridge State Park
    Tonto Natural Bridge State Park is an Arizona State Park that was built around what is believed to be the largest natural travertine bridge in the world. The park is located off State Route 87, just 10 miles north of Payson, Arizona...

     (Recreational)
  • Tubac Presidio State Historic Park
    Tubac Presidio State Historic Park
    Tubac Presidio State Historic Park, located in Tubac, Arizona, preserves the ruins of the Tubac Presidio and various other buildings, thereby presenting a timeline of human settlement in this Southern Arizona town. The park contains a museum, a number of historic sites, an underground archeology...

     (Historic)
  • Yuma Quartermaster Depot State Historic Park
    Yuma Quartermaster Depot State Historic Park
    The Yuma Quartermaster Depot in Yuma, Arizona, United States is a former United States Army logistics facility and now an Arizona state historic park. Yuma Quartermaster Depot State Historic Park , opened in 1997...

     (Historic)
  • Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park (Historic)

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