June 30 will be the fourth anniversary of the Granite Mountain wildfire in Yarnell that tragically took the lives of 19 Hotshot firefighters. Anticipate increased hiking traffic on the memorial park trail.
The first Saturday of every month, enjoy the music in the park with the Santa Catalina Mountains as the backdrop. Jimmy and the Jitterbugs will perform smooth oldies.
Come join the celebration of the American experience at Freedom Days in Tombstone Arizona. It all starts with a parade! There will be music, wheelbarrow races and of course outlaw gunfights. Old West fun for the entire family.
As a special Summer indoor bonus on July 1, Sylvia hosts a 10am slideshow of vintage photos projected enlarged on a big screen - a chance to get better acquainted with Col. Thompson and his namesake Arboretum.
Come enjoy the 63rd Annual Taylor Independence Day Celebration & Night Rodeo – Taylor Rodeo Complex. A flag raising ceremony, firing of the anvil, a BBQ, rodeos, dances, patriotic program and fireworks, a 10K & two-mile run, softball.
Phoenix historian Sylvia Lee narrates this two-hour walking tour focused on the life and times of Colonel William Boyce Thompson and his Arboretum.
Arizona is the only state in the Union that has been documented as having Africanized bees in every single county. The story of Africanized bees in Arizona is very much a story about the Southwest, and its distinct differences from the rest of the United States.
Meet at the main trailhead in the parking near the two buildings. Return to the main trailhead by using different short trails.
Come join Gila Valley in celebrating the 4th of July 2017. An annual event in Safford AZ. on Main ST. Parade starts at 10:00 a.m. with food and beverage vendors. Kids Bicycle Decorating Contest. At dusk, the annual fireworks display at Graham County Fairgrounds will begin.
Tubac Presidio State Historic Park will be the site of an assortment of free games for the kids including hula hoops, water balloon and bean bag toss, coin guess, and others. This old-fashioned family celebration is organized by the Tubac Chamber of Commerce with help from our local non-profit organizations.
Come join the 4th of July celebrations in Holbrook Arizona. This event includes the Pop Walk – 5K, Fun at the Park, bike parade at Hunt Park, Fireman’s BBQ at noon and fireworks at Navajo County Complex.
The City of Yuma's biggest 4th of July celebration lights up Desert Sun Stadium! This amazing family event will include picnic style food, pie eating contests, entertainment, fun water features, and of course for the grand finale....a fireworks display!
The City of Yuma's biggest 4th of July celebration lights up Desert Sun Stadium! This amazing family event will include picnic style food, pie eating contests, entertainment, fun water features, and of course for the grand finale....a fireworks display!
Take a step back in time. Come enjoy Medieval Mayhem Renaissance Faire. You'll find a little of everything at this faire - food, music, fun, wares and of course sword fights - all in the beautiful tall pines of the White Mountains.
A dozen Yellow-breasted Chats were counted during our annual Spring migrant bird census; visit this week to hear their vocal chorus around the gardens.
Moonlight Hikes are among the most popular interpretive hikes at Red Rock State Park. Led by a knowledgeable naturalist, hikers get the rare opportunity to enjoy the sunset and moon rise from a park overlook and return by the light of the moon.
This entertaining guided tour around the gardens is not just for kids -- popular Lizard Walks are for all who enjoy Arizona's most common, colorful and charismatic little reptiles.
Join a ranger-led evening nature walk in the park, ending by 9 p.m. Reservation required; free with park admission. More details to be announced.
Few people realize that a railroad, the Prescott & Arizona Central, was built to the Territorial Capital before the longstanding SFP&P was completed. But, 131 years ago this year, just such a thing happened – the P&AC was finished on New Years Eve in 1886, by torchlight.
Bring your binoculars along on this trip! You'll be amazed by all that can be seen so clearly in the night sky as you kayak the Colorado River.
Bring your binoculars along on this trip! You'll be amazed by all that can be seen so clearly in the night sky as you kayak the Colorado River.
Join us for a Stickley furniture tour of Riordan Mansion. Enjoy hearing which were Caroline and Timothy Riordan’s favorite chairs.
Meet in the main trailhead of the CSP. Hike Nature Trail to Montrose Pool and Birding Trail. Return by Bridle Trail to parking.
Scott Thybony will talk about the writing of his recent book, The Disappearances. In it he tells a story of exploration, murder, and mystery set in the Four Corners country.
Come enjoy the 26th Annual Cornfest at Soccer Field. Includes lots of fresh roasted Hauser sweet corn, local vendors, craft fair, food, music, lots of family fun, kids games, historical sites and Fort Verde Historical State Park (an authentic, original 1870s military fort).
A knowledgeable volunteer demonstrates the Washington Hand Press used to print Arizona’s first newspaper in 1859 and answers questions about hand press printing, type setting, and other aspects of this marvel of industrial engineering.
It's Corn Fest at Camp Verde! Come celebrate the town's signature summer event with a vintage baseball game and a presentation of ancient Native technology.
Native peoples have been marveling at the stars at Homolovi for centuries. Share the same views experienced by native Hopis hundreds of years ago at our Star Parties.
Photographers of all skill levels who enjoy digital image post-processing are invited to meet in the Smith Building Lecture room, beginners are definitely welcome to attend this popular recurring meetup.
Volunteer tour guide Dave Oberpriller takes visitors through the park touring plants that are found in the Sinai Desert. A leisurely 90-minute tour that is wheelchair accessible.
Many visitors come to Sedona looking for a kind of healing or searching for something meaningful in their lives. For many, Sedona’s incredible natural beauty “speaks to them” and can motivate questions about the human relationship with the natural world. Can we hear what nature is saying to us?
Meet in parking the Equestrian Center. (If you don’t know the direction, please inquire at the entrance kiosk and get a free small map).
If you love all things sylvan and want to learn more about trees – don’t miss this relaxed, slow-paced tour featuring Arboretum staffer and certified Arborist Jeff Payne, a chance to learn about trees both native to the Sonoran Desert and exotic, with a skilled professional's tips on tree care and horticulture.
Events over the two-day celebration include a parade, rodeos, car show, arts & crafts fair, Pioneer Day Run, softball and golf tournaments, fireworks, theatrical performances, kid’s entertainment, barbecue, dancing, historic home tours and more.
Enjoy “a whole lot of cowboy goin’s on,” with gunfights, roping, cowboy action shooting, historical re-enactments, musical revues, storytelling, poetry, cowboy/cowgirl outfit contest, and country music and performances.
Try your hand at art with an optional glass of wine to help nudge your creativity in Carla Keaton's "Paint and Wine" event.
Geologist Rich Leveille takes visitors on the Main Trail to learn about the geology of the area. Compress two billion years of geologic history into one educational hour.
Join us for a guided butterfly walk once-a-month throughout the Summer -- a slow-paced tour where you can see, photograph and learn about colorful species ranging from Empress Leilia to Queen, Spring Azure and more.
Lisa Langell hosts special after-hours access during a ‘dark skies’ night that could be optimal for astro-photography. This session does not have an indoor classroom portion.
Learn about plants along our Curandero Trail on a leisurely guided walk with desert plant enthusiast Jim Shepherd. Plus, you'll have a chance to taste a few ‘desert edible’ samples ranging from prickly pear jelly to nopalitos, mesquite flour, and agave nectar.
Timed hike on Romero Pools Trail. For one and a half hours (1.5 hr.) and after time elapsed return by same trail. Park and meet in the main trailhead parking, near the two small buildings.
A knowledgeable volunteer demonstrates the Washington Hand Press used to print Arizona’s first newspaper in 1859 and answers questions about hand press printing, type setting, and other aspects of this marvel of industrial engineering.
Bat Night begins at 7:30 p.m. at the Kannally Ranch House for a 30-minute PowerPoint introduction to the bats of Arizona. The talk will be followed by an optional netting event excursion. The remote netting site will require an easy one-mile roundtrip trail hike. However, participants should be prepared for walking on non-level park trail, in the dark with the help of flashlights and ranger guide. Research Ecologist and Regional Manager for Arizona Game and Fish, Joel Diamond, Ph.D., is back by popular demand for this evening program to learn more about bats and get up close and personal to some of the flying mammal species living in our neighborhood. Please call for a reservation, (520) 896-2425; free with park admission. Bring your own flashlight if you have one!
Come enjoy the Annual Celebration of the Harvest! Featuring wine & food pairings, winery tours with the winemaker, vineyard tours by wagon throughout the day, and GRAPE STOMPING at southern Arizona`s, Sonoita Vineyards.
Meet in parking, near the two buildings at the main trailhead.
Learn how to pick a peck o’ prickly pears, remove the spines and turn the bright red fruits into tasty jelly, ice cream – or margaritas. Opuntia expert Robert Lewis leads his audience for a short walk, and demonstrates proven techniques for picking and de-spining cactus fruit.
Homolovi State Park's signature event with native dancers, pottery firing demonstrations, artists's marketplace, and a traditional native corn roast.
Join Catalina State Park in welcoming Nancy Elliott for the First Saturday Concert on August 5, 2017. Bob Atkinson, a Tucson, Arizona Poet, describes Nancy this way; “Nancy's feeling for Southwestern Culture gets displayed in each concert she performs.
Working for the Arizona Historical Society's Pioneer Museum and Riordan Mansion State Historic Park is what founded Breann Velasco's research interest of the Hispanic history in Flagstaff. It is a community whose role in Flagstaff's past has often been overlooked.
In Arizona's Valley of the Sun, many photographers agree it's just TOO HOT to shoot outside during early August – so Lisa Langell is bringing the botany indoors for a fun, imaginative and creative shoot using tools you can find right around your house.
Photographer and dragonfly fan Roger Racut guides ‘an odonate excursion’ and interpreted walking tour to Ayer Lake and garden water features -- a chance to learn about these beautiful, fascinating insect predators.
Phoenix historian Sylvia Lee narrates this two-hour walking tour focused on the life and times of Colonel William Boyce Thompson and his Arboretum.
Jan will speak primarily about rafting the Grand Canyon but also a little about the geology, archaeology, and history of boating the Grand Canyon with a focus on the adventure and magical beauty of a place unlike any other on earth.
Moonlight Hikes are among the most popular interpretive hikes at Red Rock State Park. Led by a knowledgeable naturalist, hikers get the rare opportunity to enjoy the sunset and moon rise from a park overlook and return by the light of the moon.
FREE Event! The Arizona Rough Riders is a living history group which brings the Spanish-American War era (1898) to life. Dressed in authentic period dress of the famous Rough Riders, and their ladies, and carrying 100 year old weapons for the public's examination, the Arizona Rough Riders describe the era, the war, the effects, and the social mores of turn of the century America.
The city of Yuma’s Heritage Festivals invites you to Celebrate the Heat on Main Street with live music and entertainment, great food, shopping and family fun!
The city of Yuma’s Heritage Festivals invites you to Celebrate the Heat on Main Street with live music and entertainment, great food, shopping and family fun!
Native peoples have been marveling at the stars at Homolovi for centuries. Share the same views experienced by native Hopis hundreds of years ago at our Star Parties.
Photographers of all skill levels who enjoy digital image post-processing are invited to meet in the Smith Building Lecture room, beginners are definitely welcome to attend this popular recurring meetup.
Experimental forests were planted from Arizona to Alberta, Canada as part of habitat restoration. Findings from these forests have played an important role in the development of genetics solutions to help mitigate the impacts of drought, invasive species and other challenges to which southwestern streams are especially susceptible
Identify and discuss a variety of plants along the trail, plus have a treat at the end prepared from foraged foods. The fee for the two-hour ethnobotany program is $10 in addition to park admission. Sonoran Herbalist and Presenter, John Slattery, will also bring a display of Desert Tortoise Botanicals products for sale, and copies of his new book, Southwest Foraging. Program sponsored by Friends of Oracle State Park. Reservation required; limit 25.
Join us for a guided butterfly walk once-a-month throughout the Summer -- a slow-paced tour where you can see, photograph and learn about colorful species ranging from Empress Leilia to Queen, Spring Azure and more.
Come join us for The 11th Annual Salsa Festival for 2017. This 2-day event offers dozens of food vendors and crafts and features the Salsa Challenge, Car Show, a beer garden and live entertainment.
Moonlight Hikes are among the most popular interpretive hikes at Red Rock State Park. Led by a knowledgeable naturalist, hikers get the rare opportunity to enjoy the sunset and moon rise from a park overlook and return by the light of the moon.
A special presentation for Colorado River Days made possible by River Runners for Wilderness. Grand Canyon author Tom Martin will present a 50 minute behind the scenes look at Otis “Dock” Marston’s book “From Powell to Power: A Recounting of the First One Hundred River Runners Through Grand Canyon.”
Native peoples have been marveling at the stars at Homolovi for centuries. Share the same views experienced by native Hopis hundreds of years ago at our Star Parties.
Come join the Astronomers of Verde Valley as they present the celestial happenings of the late April sky. This program is limited to 75 participants.
Photographers of all skill levels who enjoy digital image post-processing are invited to meet in the Smith Building Lecture room, beginners are definitely welcome to attend this popular recurring meetup.
Join Sonoran herbalist John Slattery for a trail walk and talk to learn about the wonders of the prickly pear cactus, with some discussion of prickly pear medicine. With a blender and straining equipment, John will demonstrate a relatively quick and simple method to process prickly pear at home. Enjoy a freshly made juice drink at the end. Botanical products and books for sale as well. Workshop is $15 in addition to park entrance fee. Reservation required, limit 15. Program sponsored by Friends of Oracle State Park.
Sample some of rim country's best wine, beer, food, art and music at Tonto Natural Bridge State Park's annual Taste of the Bridge event, sponsored by the hidden gem of Pine, THAT Brewery.
Join us for a star party with telescopes and night sky interpretation by Tucson Amateur Astronomers Association. More details to be announced.
A Camp Verde tradition, sponsored by the Camp Verde Cavalry. Young women from the Camp Verde area compete in poise and horsemanship for the title of "Colonel's Daughter."
September means the April course in reverse, but this year we're adding a 5k road race on the park's paved roads. All feature those same spectacular mountain views!
Celebrate all things outdoors while learning about the dynamic ecology of the Verde River. A free family event from your state parks.
Moonlight Hikes are among the most popular interpretive hikes at Red Rock State Park. Led by a knowledgeable naturalist, hikers get the rare opportunity to enjoy the sunset and moon rise from a park overlook and return by the light of the moon.
Come join the fun at the 91st Annual Graham County Fair in Safford AZ. Carnival, exhibits, animal shows and auction, gymkhana, horse show, live entertainment, talent show and free games with cash prizes.
Take a trip through time and commemorate the history of Fort Verde with historic reenactors, vintage baseball games, and talks on the history of our nation's servicepeople.
Visit Slide Rock State Park during our signature event. Enjoy food, games, a hay ride for the whole family, and learn more about our picturesque Oak Creek.
Tubac Presidio's hallmark event, historic reenactors enter the park on horseback from the Anza Trail to recreate the 1775 expedition of Juan Bautista de Anza to the Pacific.
Native peoples have been marveling at the stars at Homolovi for centuries. Share the same views experienced by native Hopis hundreds of years ago at our Star Parties.
Halloween is a great time of year for a story. The Riordan Mansion provides a perfect backdrop. Tour this beautiful historic house and hear tales of the fantastic and the factual.
A perfect opportunity for endurance racers to challenge themselves immersed in the unique vistas around Patagonia Lake. Swim, bike, and run to the registration page to sign up!
The Gala Colors of Copper Art Show and Wine tasting will be held on Historic Chase Creek in Downtown Clifton Arizona. Wines from some of Arizonas finest vineyards. Art Show will showcase a variety of submittals from Arizona, California and Colorado.
Honor our veterans past, present, and historic at McFarland State Historic Park's Veteran's Day Celebration. Military reenactors from the Revolution to today display the history of our country's armed forces.
Alamo Lake offers some of the best conditions for stargazing. Be prepared to stay up late and use your imagination as we view the night sky through professional telescopes.
We pay tribute our veterans from the past, present, and throughout history with our annual celebration. Give Old Glory a proper sendoff by bringing in your old and tattered flags for retirement.
Native peoples have been marveling at the stars at Homolovi for centuries. Share the same views experienced by native Hopis hundreds of years ago at our Star Parties.
Bring your family to Lake Havasu State Park to watch the holiday boat parade of lights. Watch brightly-lit floats from over 50 participants float around the lake.
Make a holiday wreath out of natural, locally-sourced plant materials gathered around the park. Visitors usually can't take natural materials from the park, so make the most of this rare opportunity.
If you have a vintage trailer (1979 or older) then Arizona Roundup invites you to gather with other enthusiasts for Buckskin Mountain State Park's roundup gathering!
Come to Fort Verde's Victorian ornament workshop where we'll look at classic period decorations and use similar materials to recreate the texture, style, and appearance of that bygone era.
Celebrate the holidays with Fort Verde State Historic Park when we decorate the fort with Victorian-style holiday decorations. A perfect backdrop for your family holiday card!
Take a candlelight tour of the Officers's quarters at Fort Verde State Historic Park, decked in Victorian-style decorations.
The staff at the courthouse will begin lighting the luminaries at dusk. All luminaries and the Courthouse tree will be fully lit upon conclusion of the Tombstone Christmas Parade.
Join us for the annual re-enactment celebration, same place, different time. This event has been moved from March 2018 to November 2018. We'll have cooler weather & a bigger event to celebrate the start of the re-enactment season.
Arizona Humanities and the Walton Sustainability Solutions Initiatives and School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies at Arizona State University are pleased to announce an exclusive Arizona tour of Water/Ways, a traveling exhibition from the Smithsonian Institution.
Arizona Humanities and the Walton Sustainability Solutions Initiatives and School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies at Arizona State University are pleased to announce an exclusive Arizona tour of Water/Ways, a traveling exhibition from the Smithsonian Institution.
