This is a list of individual parks within the Arizona State Parks & Trails system. An Arizona state park is a protected area in the U.S. state of Arizona managed wholly or partly by Arizona State Parks & Trails. The system includes 33 units -- 15 camping parks, 8 historic parks, 1 memorial state park, and 8 recreation parks for day-use only. One park, San Rafael State Natural Area, is not open to the public.
For information about the managing agency, see Arizona State Parks & Trails.
Arizona state parks
NameCountySizeElevationEstab-lishedImageRemarks acres ha ft m Alamo Lake State Park La Paz & Mohave 1969 Features a remote reservoir on the Bill Williams River with bass fishing and stargazing Buckskin Mountain State Park La Paz 1967 Provides water recreation on the Colorado River in the Parker Valley Catalina State Park Pima 1974 Preserves a diverse desert landscape at the foot of the Santa Catalina Mountains Cattail Cove State Park Mohave 1970 Provides water recreation on Lake Havasu Colorado River State Historic Park Yuma 1997 Dankworth Pond State Park Graham Companion to Roper Lake State Park Dead Horse Ranch State Park Yavapai 1972 Provides outdoor recreation along the Verde River Fool Hollow Lake Recreation Area Navajo 1994 Surrounds a mountain reservoir Fort Verde State Historic Park Yavapai 1970 Interprets the best-preserved Indian Wars-era fort in Arizona, active from 1871 to 1891 Granite Mountain Hotshots Memorial State Park Yavapai 2016 Memorial to the nineteen members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots who died there on June 30, 2013, while fighting the Yarnell Hill Fire Homolovi State Park Navajo 1986 Preserves several pueblo ruins and other Ancestral Puebloan archaeological sites Jerome State Historic Park Yavapai 1957 Honors the Douglas family of mining entrepreneurs in their 1916 adobe mansion Kartchner Caverns State Park Cochise 1988 Preserves a limestone cave kept in near-pristine condition since its discovery in 1974 Lake Havasu State Park Mohave 1965 Provides water recreation on Lake Havasu Lost Dutchman State Park Pinal 1977 Faces the Superstition Mountains, where the Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine is said to be hidden Lyman Lake State Park Apache 1960 Features Lyman Reservoir and a 14th Century pueblo ruin McFarland State Historic Park Pinal 1974 Preserves a courthouse and jail from the Arizona Territory era Oracle State Park Pinal 1986 Features an environmental learning center, historic ranch house, and wildlife habitat in the foothills of the Santa Catalina Mountains Patagonia Lake State Park Santa Cruz 1974 Provides recreational opportunities on Patagonia Lake Picacho Peak State Park Pinal 1965 Features a distinctive peak and spring wildflowers Red Rock State Park Yavapai 1986 Preserves a section of scenic red rock canyon Riordan Mansion State Historic Park Coconino 1978 Interprets the 1904 adjoined homes of lumber-baron brothers Timothy and Michael Riordan River Island State Park La Paz Companion to Buckskin Mountain State Park Rockin' River Ranch State Park Yavapai 2024 Confluence of the Verde River and West Clear Creek Roper Lake State Park Graham 1972 Features a fishing reservoir and a pond fed by a natural hot spring San Rafael State Natural Area Santa Cruz 1999 Preserves a native grassland largely free of invasive plants. A former ranch complex is now a district on the National Register of Historic Places. Not open to the public Slide Rock State Park Coconino 1985 Features a natural waterslide and historic apple orchard in Oak Creek Canyon Sonoita Creek State Natural Area Santa Cruz 1994 Preserves a diverse transition zone around Sonoita Creek adjacent to Patagonia Lake State Park Tombstone Courthouse State Historic Park Cochise 1959 Preserves the historic 1882 courthouse, sheriff's office, and jail Tonto Natural Bridge State Park Gila 1969 Features the world's largest natural arch made of travertine Tubac Presidio State Historic Park Santa Cruz 1958 Preserves the ruins of the 1753 Presidio San Ignacio de Tubac, an 1885 schoolhouse, and other structures Verde River Greenway State Natural Area Yavapai 1986 Preserves a section of the Verde River adjacent to Dead Horse Ranch State Park Yuma Quartermaster Depot State Historic Park Yuma 1997 Interprets an 1864 U.S. Army facility that supplied 14 military posts around the Southwest Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park Yuma 1960 Interprets Arizona Territory prison that operated from 1876 to 1909
See also List of U.S. national parks
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External links Arizona State Parks