Park name |
County |
Size[lower-alpha 1] |
Elevation[lower-alpha 1] |
Established[lower-alpha 1] |
Remarks[lower-alpha 1] |
Photography |
acres |
ha |
ft |
m |
Alamo Lake State Park | La Paz & Mohave | 4,900 |
2,000 | 1,300 |
400 | 1969 | Features a remote reservoir on the Bill Williams River with premiere bass fishing and stargazing | |
Buckskin Mountain State Park | La Paz | 1,677 |
679 | 420 |
130 | 1967 | Provides water recreation on the Colorado River in the Parker Valley | |
Catalina State Park | Pima | 5,493 |
2,223 | 2,650 |
810 | 1974 | Preserves a diverse desert landscape at the foot of the Santa Catalina Mountains | |
Cattail Cove State Park | Mohave | 2,000 |
810 | 450 |
140 | 1970 | Provides water recreation on Lake Havasu | |
Dead Horse Ranch State Park | Yavapai | 423 |
171 | 3,300 |
1,000 | 1972 | Provides outdoor recreation along the Verde River | |
Fool Hollow Lake Recreation Area | Navajo | 800 |
320 | 6,300 |
1,900 | 1994 | Surrounds a 150-acre (61 ha) mountain reservoir | |
Fort Verde State Historic Park | Yavapai | 11 |
4.5 | 3,260 |
990 | 1970 | Interprets the best-preserved Indian Wars-era fort in Arizona, active from 1871 to 1891 | |
Granite Mountain Hotshots Memorial State Park | Yavapai | 320 |
130 | 4,318–5,460 |
1,316–1,664 | 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 | 4,500 |
1,800 | 4,900 |
1,500 | 1986 | Preserves several pueblo ruins and other Ancestral Puebloan archaeological sites | |
Jerome State Historic Park | Yavapai | | | 5,000 |
1,500 | 1957 | Honors the Douglas family of mining entrepreneurs in their 1916 adobe mansion | |
Kartchner Caverns State Park | Cochise | | | 4,700 |
1,400 | 1988 | Preserves a limestone cave kept in near-pristine condition since its discovery in 1974 | |
Lake Havasu State Park | Mohave | 928 |
376 | 480 |
150 | 1965 | Provides water recreation on Lake Havasu | |
Lost Dutchman State Park | Pinal | 320 |
130 | 2,000 |
610 | 1977 | Faces the Superstition Mountains, where the Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine is said to be hidden | |
Lyman Lake State Park | Apache | 1,200 |
490 | 6,000 |
1,800 | 1960 | Features Lyman Reservoir and a 14th Century pueblo ruin | |
McFarland State Historic Park | Pinal | | | 1,500 |
460 | 1974 | Preserves a courthouse and jail from the Arizona Territory era | |
Oracle State Park | Pinal | 3,948 |
1,598 | 3,700 |
1,100 | 1986 | Features an environmental learning center, a historic ranchhouse, and wildlife habitat in the foothills of the Santa Catalina Mountains | |
Patagonia Lake State Park | Santa Cruz | 2,658 |
1,076 | 3,750 |
1,140 | 1974 | Provides recreational opportunities on 265-acre (107 ha) Patagonia Lake | |
Picacho Peak State Park | Pinal | 3,747 |
1,516 | 2,000 |
610 | 1965 | Features a distinctive 3,374-foot (1,028 m) peak and spring wildflowers | |
Red Rock State Park | Yavapai | 286 |
116 | 3,900 |
1,200 | 1986 | Preserves a section of scenic red rock canyon | |
Riordan Mansion State Historic Park | Coconino | 5 |
2.0 | 6,900 |
2,100 | 1978 | Interprets the 1904 adjoined homes of influential lumber-baron brothers Timothy and Michael Riordan | |
Roper Lake State Park | Graham | 338 |
137 | 3,130 |
950 | 1972 | Features a 32-acre (13 ha) fishing reservoir and a pond fed by a natural hot spring | |
San Rafael State Natural Area | Santa Cruz | 3,557 |
1,439 | 4,750 |
1,450 | 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 | 43 |
17 | 4,930 |
1,500 | 1985 | Features a natural waterslide and a historic apple orchard in Oak Creek Canyon | |
Sonoita Creek State Natural Area | Santa Cruz | 9,584 |
3,879 | 3,750 |
1,140 | 1994 | Preserves a diverse transition zone around Sonoita Creek adjacent to Patagonia Lake State Park | |
Tombstone Courthouse State Historic Park | Cochise | | | 4,539 |
1,383 | 1959 | Preserves the historic 1882 courthouse, sheriff's office, and jail | |
Tonto Natural Bridge State Park | Gila | 161 |
65 | 4,530 |
1,380 | 1969 | Features the world's largest natural arch made of travertine | |
Tubac Presidio State Historic Park | Santa Cruz | | | 3,500 |
1,100 | 1958 | Preserves the ruins of the 1753 Presidio San Ignacio de Tubac, an 1885 schoolhouse, and other structures plus a museum | |
Verde River Greenway State Natural Area | Yavapai | 480 |
190 | 3,300 |
1,000 | 1986 | Preserves a 6-mile (9.7 km) section of the Verde River adjacent to Dead Horse Ranch State Park | |
Yuma Quartermaster Depot State Historic Park | Yuma | | | 120 |
37 | 1997 | Interprets an 1864 U.S. Army facility that supplied 14 military posts around the Southwest | |
Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park | Yuma | | | 120 |
37 | 1960 | Interprets the famous Arizona Territory prison that operated from 1876 to 1909 | |