List of Arizona state parks

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An Arizona state park is an area of land in the U.S. state of Arizona preserved by the state for its natural, cultural, or recreational resources. The state park system in Arizona includes both state parks and state historic parks, as well as other designations such as natural areas and recreation areas. Arizona currently has 33 state park units, which are managed wholly or partly by the Arizona State Parks & Trails government agency.<ref name="Website">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Efn

Arizona state parks

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Alamo Lake State Park La Paz & Mohave Template:Convert Template:Convert 1969 Features a remote reservoir on the Bill Williams River with premiere bass fishing and stargazing File:Alamo Lake and Artillery Peak.jpg
Buckskin Mountain State Park La Paz Template:Convert Template:Convert 1967 Provides water recreation on the Colorado River in the Parker Valley
Catalina State Park Pima Template:Convert Template:Convert 1974 Preserves a diverse desert landscape at the foot of the Santa Catalina Mountains File:Catalinastateparkbyandruvalpy.jpg
Cattail Cove State Park Mohave Template:Convert Template:Convert 1970 Provides water recreation on Lake Havasu
Colorado River State Historic Park Yuma Template:Convert Template:Convert 1997 File:Warehouse yumaquartermasterdepot.jpg
Dankworth Pond State Park Graham Companion to Roper Lake State Park
Dead Horse Ranch State Park Yavapai Template:Convert Template:Convert 1972 Provides outdoor recreation along the Verde River File:Dead Horse Ranch.jpg
Fool Hollow Lake Recreation Area Navajo Template:Convert Template:Convert 1994 Surrounds a Template:Convert mountain reservoir
Fort Verde State Historic Park Yavapai Template:Convert Template:Convert 1970 Interprets the best-preserved Indian Wars-era fort in Arizona, active from 1871 to 1891 File:Fort Verde 02.jpg
Granite Mountain Hotshots Memorial State Park Yavapai Template:Convert Template:Convert 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 Template:Convert Template:Convert 1986 Preserves several pueblo ruins and other Ancestral Puebloan archaeological sites
Jerome State Historic Park Yavapai Template:Convert 1957 Honors the Douglas family of mining entrepreneurs in their 1916 adobe mansion File:Douglas Mansion.jpg
Kartchner Caverns State Park Cochise Template:Convert 1988 Preserves a limestone cave kept in near-pristine condition since its discovery in 1974 File:Kartchner Big Room.jpg
Lake Havasu State Park Mohave Template:Convert Template:Convert 1965 Provides water recreation on Lake Havasu
Lost Dutchman State Park Pinal Template:Convert Template:Convert 1977 Faces the Superstition Mountains, where the Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine is said to be hidden File:SUPERSTITIONS AZ15.jpg
Lyman Lake State Park Apache Template:Convert Template:Convert 1960 Features Lyman Reservoir and a 14th Century pueblo ruin File:LymanLake01a.jpg
McFarland State Historic Park Pinal Template:Convert 1974 Preserves a courthouse and jail from the Arizona Territory era File:Courtroom, old Pinal courthouse.jpg
Oracle State Park Pinal Template:Convert Template:Convert 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 Template:Convert Template:Convert 1974 Provides recreational opportunities on Template:Convert Patagonia Lake File:Plsp-boat.jpg
Picacho Peak State Park Pinal Template:Convert Template:Convert 1965 Features a distinctive Template:Convert peak and spring wildflowers File:Picacho Peak.JPG
Red Rock State Park Yavapai Template:Convert Template:Convert 1986 Preserves a section of scenic red rock canyon File:Red Rock State Park, AZ.jpg
Riordan Mansion State Historic Park Coconino Template:Convert Template:Convert 1978 Interprets the 1904 adjoined homes of influential lumber-baron brothers Timothy and Michael Riordan File:Riordan state park flagstaff arizona.jpg
River Island State Park La Paz Companion to Buckskin Mountain State Park
Rockin' River Ranch State Park
Roper Lake State Park Graham Template:Convert Template:Convert 1972 Features a Template:Convert fishing reservoir and a pond fed by a natural hot spring File:Roper1-kmf.JPG
San Rafael State Natural Area Santa Cruz Template:Convert Template:Convert 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 File:San Rafael Valley Arizona 2014.JPG
Slide Rock State Park Coconino Template:Convert Template:Convert 1985 Features a natural waterslide and a historic apple orchard in Oak Creek Canyon File:Slide Rock State Park in snow.jpg
Sonoita Creek State Natural Area Santa Cruz Template:Convert Template:Convert 1994 Preserves a diverse transition zone around Sonoita Creek adjacent to Patagonia Lake State Park
Tombstone Courthouse State Historic Park Cochise Template:Convert 1959 Preserves the historic 1882 courthouse, sheriff's office, and jail File:Tombstone-courthouse-shp-courtroom.jpg
Tonto Natural Bridge State Park Gila Template:Convert Template:Convert 1969 Features the world's largest natural arch made of travertine File:Tonto Natural Bridge.JPG
Tubac Presidio State Historic Park Santa Cruz Template:Convert 1958 Preserves the ruins of the 1753 Presidio San Ignacio de Tubac, an 1885 schoolhouse, and other structures plus a museum File:Jbda-trail-az-3.jpg
Verde River Greenway State Natural Area Yavapai Template:Convert Template:Convert 1986 Preserves a Template:Convert section of the Verde River adjacent to Dead Horse Ranch State Park
Yuma Quartermaster Depot State Historic Park Yuma Template:Convert 1997 Interprets an 1864 U.S. Army facility that supplied 14 military posts around the Southwest File:Warehouse yumaquartermasterdepot.jpg
Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park Yuma Template:Convert 1960 Interprets the famous Arizona Territory prison that operated from 1876 to 1909 File:Yuma prison main guard tower.jpg

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