Boyce Thompson Arboretum is a hub for local pollinators, making it a perfect place to learn about butterflies in the great outdoors!
Bird enthusiasts can join a naturalist for a guided walk appropriate for beginners and advanced birders. The greatest diversity of bird species can be found in the riparian area next to Oak Creek or along the field behind the Visitor Center.
Join staff and visitors for an Ice Cream Social at the Buckskin Center!
Join staff and visitors for an Ice Cream Social at the Buckskin Center in Buckskin Mountain State Park!
Photographers of all skill levels who enjoy digital image post-processing are invited to meet in the Smith Building lecture room.
Come out to cool Lyman Lake State Park for a ranger-led hike on the Petroglyph Trail. After the hike, stick around for a chat with the ranger!
SOLD OUT! When John Wesley Powell explored the Green and Colorado Rivers during his famous expedition of the Grand Canyon 150 years ago, there was no photographer to capture images of the experience. Fortunately, Powell found a master photographic chronicler for his 1872 expedition in boatman John K. Hillers.
Come explore the nature of Fool Hollow Lake Recreation Area, with different themes each week!
Join local mineralogist, Wolfgang Mueller, for a program in the living room of the Kannally Ranch House on gems, minerals, and the copper industry of Arizona.
Enjoy the desert under the glow of black light in search scorpions! Listen to a brief informative talk about scorpions before journeying into the desert night on your hunt.
Enjoy a short, rugged hike from Fool Hollow Lake to Show Low Creek and learn about "The Wild Side of Fool Hollow!" Wild views of Show Low Creek and its canyon are a highlight of this hike.
Come out to Homolovi's Visitor Center Museum and Observatory for a night under the stars. Dress warmly and bring your sense of wonder.
Community Event - Camp Verde Community Library
Learn about rocks and volcanic formations along our main trail on a tour with a professional geologist as your guide for a lively tour that compresses almost two billion years of geologic history.
Hike through the beautiful Whetstone Mountains as we journey along this trail that climbs the limestone hill north of the cave and descends into the wash that follows the fault between the Whetstone Block and the San Pedro Block.
Did wind-blown pollen from jojoba shrubs prompt you to reach for the anti-histamines last month? Spring flowers on these ubiquitous shrubs should produce a crop of seeds during mid-Summer; if your only familiarity with jojoba is from skin lotion, be here Saturday afternoon to learn a few more uses for these wax-packed seeds.
Arizona lizards do comical pushups to display their blue bellies - attend a tour guided by expert naturalists.
Learn about the wonders of the prickly pear cactus, with some discussion of prickly pear medicine. With blender and straining equipment, we will demonstrate a relatively quick and simple method to process prickly pear at home.
Recent research provides evidence of ancestral Apaches in the southern Southwest at least as early as the A.D. 1300s. Join us for a lecture with Dr. Deni J. Seymour, an archaeologist, ethnographer, and ethnohistorian wit three decades of personal and professional investment in knowledge about the indigenous tribes of the southern portion of the American Southwest.
Have you ever wanted to take photos of the amazing underground world of Kartchner Caverns? Here's your chance! Arizona State Parks and Trails now offers an opportunity to take photos inside the cave every month. Registration for this tour is $125 per person.
Join us for our new Saturdays at the Museum series, held the first Saturday of the month through September. Participants will enjoy hands-on learning while creating historic crafts.
Author Tom Martin will review the landscape Powell traveled through, recount some of the background history leading up to the first Powell river trip, the events of the trip, and subsequent legend, history and fact.
Come on out to Catalina State Park and enjoy performances from two fantastic bands!
SOLD OUT! Step back to 1904 with a time period inspired afternoon tea on the veranda. You are welcome to dress in your finest Victorian or Edwardian attire and wear your favorite hat.
The Full Moon Hike is among the most popular interpretive hikes at Red Rock State Park. Join us for an exciting evening under the night sky of Sedona.
Join us for a guided 2.5-mile hike on Jacob’s Crosscut Trail at the base of the mysterious Superstition Mountains. August event has been canceled.
Arizona Family Campout Program weekends are designed for families that have little or no experience camping. We will introduce you to the great experiences you can share with your family and inspire you to continue to explore the great outdoors!
Come out and see the caves! Arizona State Parks and Trails is excited to announce our new Sign Language Saturdays. We will be offering tours joined by a sign language interpreter to help make the experience the most fun and educational for those in the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community.
Join Hilary Cox on a virtual tour through seasonal changes in vegetation at Oracle State Park. Learn more about interrelationships between plants, insects, birds and the weather.
Sample some of rim country's best wine, beer, food, art and music that rim country has to offer! This gala event will raise funds to benefit construction and maintenance projects at Tonto Natural Bridge State Park.
Arizona Family Campout Program weekends are designed for families that have little or no experience camping. We will introduce you to the great experiences you can share with your family and inspire you to continue to explore the great outdoors!
"Bat Night" with Arizona Game & Fish is your chance to see these fascinating creatures up close. Join AZGF field biologists here at the Arboretum for an unforgettable members-only event.
Special guest speaker Michael Weasner will offer a presentation on the potential for the town of Oracle to become an International Dark Sky Community, followed by live music and a star party.
Celebrate all things outdoors while learning about the dynamic ecology of the Verde River. All day events and activities for the whole family! This event is free!
The dark skies of Red Rock State Park allow visitors to easily see the stream of stars and dark dust lanes with the unaided eye. Join us for great times under the stars of Sedona!
Join the Southwest Monarch Study for an exciting morning of butterfly netting and tagging. This program is an outdoor event so please be ready to be outdoors.
Join Margarethe Brummermann, PhD, at the historic Kannally Ranch House for a slide show presentation including spectacular images from her photographic collection.
Young women from the Camp Verde area compete in poise and horsemanship for a set of spurs and the title of "Colonel's Daughter," inspired by the 1882 novel by Capt. Charles E. King.
Learn about the history of the Homolovi IV Pueblo by touring this rarely seen site. Tours are limited to 15 people, so please call to make reservation.
Fall is on its way, and it’s time to celebrate the changing seasons at Slide Rock State Park! Join us for the 12th annual Fall Festival. Colored leaves, red rocks, and cooler temperatures will have the whole family enjoying the transition to autumn!
Arizona Family Campout Programweekends are designed for families that have little or no experience camping. We will introduce you to the great experiences you can share with your family and inspire you to continue to explore the great outdoors!
Celebrate the joy of music at Catalina State Park with Wendy and her husband Chuck! Wendy’s repertoire includes standards, country, pop and old rock and roll.
Fort Verde State Historic Park celebrates Fort Verde Days with a flag-raising and lowering ceremony, living history presentations with the Buffalo Soldiers and Indian Wars period re-enactors, special presentations, a fashion show, cavalry drills and a vintage baseball game.
Arizona Family Campout Programweekends are designed for families that have little or no experience camping. We will introduce you to the great experiences you can share with your family and inspire you to continue to explore the great outdoors!
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.
Want to learn more about the stars and planets? Do you have any little ones curious about the cosmos? Then head to Kartchner Caverns, an International Dark Sky Park, for a star party!
Roadrunners and cuckoos are members of the same odd family of birds. These species play a significant role in human culture for good reasons – they exhibit extraordinary behavior. The class will be followed by a Guided Bird Walk at 4 p.m.
Join Kathe Anderson, resident birding expert, on an early morning walk through Oracle State Park in search of the various bird species that call this beautiful place home, followed by a special breakfast on the patio.
Join us at Kartchner Caverns for some Halloween fun! Bring the kids for a night of fun, games, and of course, candy.
Arizona Family Campout Programweekends are designed for families that have little or no experience camping. We will introduce you to the great experiences you can share with your family and inspire you to continue to explore the great outdoors!
The Tubac celebration of Día de los Muertos is an event exuberantly honoring our ancestors and community. Everyone is welcome to create an ofrenda or altar and these will be displayed throughout the community.
Arizona Family Campout Programweekends are designed for families that have little or no experience camping. We will introduce you to the great experiences you can share with your family and inspire you to continue to explore the great outdoors!
Join us for a celebration with a purpose! Experience this fabulous day-long village-wide event that will have exhibits, lectures, performing arts, films, educational workshops and activities in celebration of the Santa Cruz River.
Join the Apache Junction Chamber of Commerce for this annual event that includes paint in the park (wine and paint), paint with Punz (paint with Rapunzel for kids) and our favorites like the pie eating, car show, food trucks, vendor booths, beer garden, Veterans Tribute and sooooo much more!!
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.
Fort Verde State Historic Park and American Legion Post #135 will be hosting the annual flag disposal ceremony on Saturday, November 17, 2018.
Are you interested in learning more about the ecology of Southern Arizona? Come and hear Jack explain why jackrabbits have such long ears, why mountain lions’ forepaws are larger than their hind paws, why the grooves on the south side of the saguaros are deeper than those on the north, and much more about the Sonoran Desert’s flora and fauna.
Kartchner Caverns is celebrating 20 years as a state park, and we'll have fun activities, events, and celebrations all day! Stop by to help us say happy birthday to the Best Cave in the USA!
Arizona Family Campout Program weekends are designed for families that have little or no experience camping. We will introduce you to the great experiences you can share with your family and inspire you to continue to explore the great outdoors!
Celebrate the holidays with Fort Verde State Historic Park when we decorate the fort with Victorian-style holiday decorations. Discover all of the events celebrated at the Fort and in the town of Camp Verde!
Join us as we host candlelight tours through Fort Verde State Park's historic homes along Officer's Row. December 8 is a fee free day sponsored by Camp Verde Parks & Recreation!
This is the famous story of the Navajo Code Talkers in the Pacific during WWII, through the eyes of Chester Nez who, like so many other Navajos, just wanted to serve his country and make his father proud.
Community Event - Lake Havasu Museum of History
