State and National parks in Arizona
This is a complete list of state and national parks in Arizona. If you're thinking it's time for a vacation, why not explore closer to home?
Boyce Thompson Arboretum State Park
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The Boyce Thompson Arboretum in Superior is Arizona's largest botanical garden. Photo by David Sanders / Arizona Daily Star, March 8, 2001. Photo taken on 3/8/2001.
Superior, Arizona
Canyon de Chelly National Monument
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Canyon de Chelly National Monument in Arizona is shown on March 14, 2008. The majestic canyon, replete with thousands of ruins, carvings and paintings on stone, is revered by the Navajo people, who consider it sacred and it is classified as a living monument by the National Parks Service. (AP Photo/Felicia Fonseca)
Chinle, Arizona
Casa Grande Ruins National Monument
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Casa Grande Ruins National Monument offers a window on the Hohokam era. Four stories high and 60 feet long, it has stood for more than six centuries. Early Spanish explorers called it Casa Grande, and to them it was a mystery. Photo by Sergey Shayevich / Arizona Daily Star, taken June 17, 1999.
Coolidge, Arizona
Catalina State Park
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Saguaros and other desert vegetation frame this view along a trail at Catalina State Park north of Tucson.
Tucson, Arizona
Cattail Cove State Park
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Many of Cattail Cove State Park's 96,000 visitors each year use this ramp as a launching point to 100 boat-accessible camp sites on the Colorado River. Photo taken by Tom Foust / Arizona Daily Star, 1996.
Lake Havasu City, Arizona
Chiricahua National Monument
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The rhyolite rock formations along the Echo Canyon Loop Trial in the Chiricahua National Monument. Photo by David Sanders / Arizona Daily Star, Feb. 27, 1997.
Willcox, Arizona
Coronado National Memorial
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Scarlet Creeper, red, and Ivy leaf Morning-Glory wrap around a burned stick along the Coronado Peak Trail in the Coronado National Memorial on August 31, 2011 near Sierra Vista, Ariz. Photo by Dean Knuth / Arizona Daily Star.
Hereford, Arizona
Fort Bowie National Historic Site
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Fort Bowie National Historic Site today, looking to the southeast, as in the photo at left.
Willcox, Arizona
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
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In this Wednesday, March 5, 2008 file photo, water levels at the Colorado River's Horseshoe Bend begin to rise along the beaches just hours after the Glen Canyon Dam jet tubes began releasing water, in Page, Ariz.
Glen Canyon, Arizona
Grand Canyon National Park
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From the South Rim of the Grand Canyon.
Grand Canyon, Arizona
Homolovi State Park
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Homolovi Ruins State Park is in the White Mountains of Arizona. June 8, 1997 photo by Tom Foust / Arizona Daily Star.
Winslow, Arizona
Jerome State Historic Park
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The Douglas Mansion, left, and Little Daisy Hotel sit in the shadow of the United Verde Open Pit in Jerome, Arizona. The mansion is now the centerpiece of the Jerome State Historic Park while the hotel is a private residence. Photo by Jeffry Scott/Arizona Daily Star, Feb. 11, 2005.
Jerome, Arizona
Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail
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A bird sits on a branch off of the Juan Bautista de Anza trail near Tumacacori National Historic Park
Nogales, AZ to San Francisco, CA
Kartchner Caverns State Park
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Kartchner Caverns State Park in the biggest expanse in the 'big room' on November 13, 2006 near Benson, Ariz. Photo by Dean Knuth/Arizona Daily Star.
Benson, Arizona
Lake Mead National Recreation Area
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Lake Mead July 24, 2014. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Mojave Desert, Arizona
Lost Dutchman State Park
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The Superstition Mountain range. A hiker died during a 10-hour hike through the Superstition Wilderness Area.
Apache Junction, Arizona
Old Spanish National Historic Trail
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Oracle State Park
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Oracle State Park, 3820 Wildlife Drive, on Feb. 8, 2018, in Oracle, Ariz.
Oracle, Arizona
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
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The morning sun illuminates an organ pipe cactus at the monument.
Ajo, Arizona
Parashant National Monument
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The Shivwits Plateau, a strip of land between the Grand Canyon and the Utah state line near Kingman, is part of the Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument.
Northern Arizona
Patagonia Lake State Park
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A boat heads towards the marina at Patagonia Lake as it passes some reeds along the bank on Thursday, June 19, 2008, in Patagonia, Ariz.Photo by A. E. Araiza/Arizona Daily Star
Nogales, Arizona
Petrified Forest National Park
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The Painted Desert's Kachina Trail winds through dusty red hills, illuminated by early morning light, Oct. 7, 2001. The Painted Desert occupies the northern part of the 93,533-acre Petrified Forest National Park in eastern Arizona. (AP Photo/ Alisa Blackwood)
Petrified Forest, Arizona
Picacho Peak State Park
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Picacho Peak State Park northwest of Tucson.
Picacho, Arizona
Red Rock State Park
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Red Rock State Park by Tom Foust Copyright 1996 Arizona Daily Star
Sedona, Arizona
Riordan Mansion State Historic Park
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A partnership between Arizona State Parks and the Arizona Historical Society will keep the Riordan Mansion State Historic Park in Flagstaff open for the next three years.
Flagstaff, Arizona
Rockinβ River Ranch State Park
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Horses graze on land in Camp Verde slated to become a new state park. Park officials used $7 million from a conservation fund to buy the Rockinβ River Ranch along the Verde River in 2008.
Camp Verde, Arizona
Roper Lake State Park
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Rose Crum and Rich Crum sit on the bench at Roper Lake State Park near Safford. Photo by Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star, Jan. 24, 2003
Cactus Flat, Arizona
Saguaro National Park
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A proposal to boost entry fees at Saguaro National Park would raise them $5 across four categories.
Tucson, Arizona
Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument
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Sunset Crater is seen just west of Flagstaff, Ariz., in this May, 1999 file photo. Explorer John Wesley Powell is often credited with discovering Sunset Crater, but at least one researcher now believes the crater was first charted by Lt. George Wheeler on expedition for the United States government in 1871.
Flagstaff, Arizona
Tombstone Courthouse State Historic Park
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Flags wave in the wind outside of Tombstone Courthouse State Historic Park in Tombstone, Ariz., Tuesday Dec. 16, 2008. Photo by Greg Bryan/Arizona Daily Star
Tombstone, Arizona
Tonto National Monument
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The lower cliff dwellings of the Tonto National Monument are a short hike above the Apache Trail east of Phoenix, Ariz. Wednesday January 8, 2003. Photo by Aaron J. Latham / Arizona Daily Star
Roosevelt, Arizona
Tonto Natural Bridge State Park
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The Natural Bridge, the largest natural travertine bridge in the world, after which Tonto Natural Bridge State Park, outside of Payson, Arizona, is named. Photo taken on Jan. 15, 2005, by Chris Richards/Arizona Daily Star.
Pine, Arizona
Tubac Presidio State Historic Park
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Jim Pagels explains how the 1850s era printing press works at Tubac Presidio State Historic Park.
Tubac, Arizona
TumacΓ‘cori National Historical Park
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Santa Cruz River flows near Tumacacori National Historic Park, 1891 E. Frontage Road Tumacacori, Ariz. on Thursday July 21, 2016.
TumacΓ‘cori, Arizona
Walnut Canyon National Monument
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Walnut Canyon National Monument attracts visitors with its rock formations and ancient pueblos.
Flagstaff, Arizona
Wupatki National Monument
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The Lomaki Pueblo in Wupatki National Monument north of Flagstaff.
Flagstaff, Arizona
Yuma Territorial Prison State Historical Park
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Yuma, Arizona
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