Photos: Oracle State Park
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Oracle State Park has been granted International Dark Skies status. Take a look at the park over several years.
Don and Jean Sealy walk along a trail as a lone tree with golden leaves stands out against the scrub oaks and other trees Monday, October 1st, 2001 at Oracle State Park which opened to the public today. The opening weekend celebration drew over a thousand people. Jim Davis 10-1-01 92072
- JIM DAVIS/ARIZONA DAILY STAR
A lone tree with golden leaves stands out against the scrub oaks and other trees Monday, October 1st, 2001 at Oracle State Park which opened to the public today. The opening weekend celebration drew over a thousand people. Jim Davis 10-1-01 92072
- James Davis/Arizona Daily Star
Oracle State Park has been closed for over a year, and repairs like these picnic benches that were moved because of heavy rains need to be removed to a different location. Photo by David Sanders. Copyright 1996 The Arizona Daily Star
- David Sanders/Arizona Daily Star
Johnny Hernandez, 7, is smelling one of the canisters that was placed along the trail by the docents to find and smell and record various items during their outing. Johnny also attends Davis Bilingual Elementary School. Photo was taken in the Oracle State Park in Oracle, Arizona. Photo by Benjie Sanders. Photo taken on 3-2-2001.
- Benjie Sanders/Arizona Daily Star
Darrell Klesch, a docent from Oracle, Arizona, is leading a group of students from Davis Bilingual Elementary School down a hiking trail in the Oracle State park. These students are getting a sneak peak at the park, which will open in October. Photo by Benjie Sanders.
- Benjie Sanders/Arizona Daily Star
A lone Mexican Gold Poppy lines one of the paths at Oracle State Park Thursday, April 10th, 2003. Many of the plants and cactus are blooming even though the desert still is below the normal rainfall average for this time of year. Jim Davis 4/10/03 100897
- James Davis/Arizona Daily Star
State Parks volunteer Hal Cutcher talks to a second grade class from Immaculate Heart about the habitat around them at Oracle State Park during an outing by the school. The children took a nature walk and found clues for wildlife along the trails. JIm Davis 4/10/03 100897
- James Davis/Arizona Daily Star
Bird watchers came our early for the "Grand Re-opening" of Oracle State Park on Saturday, February 4, 2012 in Tucson, AZ. The response was so good the nearly thirty birders used the road as a trail. Photo by Ron Medvescek/Arizona Daily Star.
- Ron Medvescek/Arizona Daily Star
Don and Jean Sealy walk along a trail as a lone tree with golden leaves stands out against the scrub oaks and other trees Monday, October 1st, 2001 at Oracle State Park which opened to the public today. The opening weekend celebration drew over a thousand people. Jim Davis 10-1-01 92072
- JIM DAVIS/ARIZONA DAILY STAR
Johnny Hernandez, 7, is smelling one of the canisters that was placed along the trail by the docents to find and smell and record various items during their outing. Johnny also attends Davis Bilingual Elementary School. Photo was taken in the Oracle State Park in Oracle, Arizona. Photo by Benjie Sanders. Photo taken on 3-2-2001.
- Benjie Sanders/Arizona Daily Star
Darrell Klesch, a docent from Oracle, Arizona, is leading a group of students from Davis Bilingual Elementary School down a hiking trail in the Oracle State park. These students are getting a sneak peak at the park, which will open in October. Photo by Benjie Sanders.
- Benjie Sanders/Arizona Daily Star
State Parks volunteer Hal Cutcher talks to a second grade class from Immaculate Heart about the habitat around them at Oracle State Park during an outing by the school. The children took a nature walk and found clues for wildlife along the trails. JIm Davis 4/10/03 100897
- James Davis/Arizona Daily Star
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Park is the first state park in Arizona to receive the designation.
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