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.
Roger Naylor’s latest book celebrates Arizona State Parks. The entire story of Arizona can be told through its award-winning system of state parks. With travel writer Roger Naylor as your guide, explore these hidden treasures that represent the staggering diversity of the state—saguaro-dotted desert, rugged mountains, red rock canyons, rolling grasslands, shady forests, and a playground of rivers and lakes.
CANCELLED: 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 Earth Day and join a hike led by Friends of Oracle State Park volunteers. Oracle State Park will host more Earth Day Weekend activities April 25 & 26!
CANCELLED: 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!
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.
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!
Join a ranger for a guided hike along the Foothills Loop Trail. The trail climbs across rocky terrain of 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.
Step back to 1904 with a guided tour of the Riordan Mansion featuring the Riordan women and their stories.
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!
Calling all active duty military families! This May, Homolovi State Park will become a "Blue Star Museum," which provides free park admission to the nation's active duty military personnel and their families from May 16, until September 7!
Join a ranger on a one-mile walk on the historic Tsüvó (sue-voe) Trail and complete your Jr. Ranger program packet to receive your official Rocky the Ringtail badge!
The Tubac Presidio State Historic Park & Museum invites artists to submit work inspired by our region’s magnificent night sky.
CANCELLED (until further notice): The Moonlight Hike is among the most popular interpretive hikes at Red Rock State Park. Led by a knowledgeable volunteer naturalist, this hike gives participants the rare opportunity to enjoy the sunset and moon rise from an overlook and return by the light of the moon.
Come join us to see all the amazing work from our local artists and crafters. Vendors, activities, and fun in the sun.
Hike through the beautiful Whetstone Mountains at sunset on the Ocotillo Trail or the Foothills Loop Trail!
The 18th Annual Arizona Historic Preservation Conference will be held at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in Tempe. The 18th annual event theme is PreserVISION 2020. Award nominations are also now open.
Do you like solving riddles? Then come to Lyman Lake State Park for an outdoor adventure!
Join a park ranger for a guided tour of the Homolovi II Ancestral Hopi Pueblo and Box Canyon Petroglyphs.
Come join us for fun in the sun, classic cars, door prizes, and prizes for best in categories!
Join us at the park for a day to celebrate everyone's best friend! Local rescues and shelters will be on site, along with an agility course, art activities, and a costume contest for your pooch.
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.
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.
Imagine what you can see with telescopes provided by the Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association at Catalina State Park! Join us for an exciting, educational Star Party!
Supporting the fighters, admiring the survivors, honoring the taken, and never ever giving up hope. Come walk with us.
Get a taste of the Whetstone Mountains backcountry on the Ocotillo Trail! Join an experienced park ranger for a 3.2 mile hike over moderate terrain.
Come join us for a spooky good Halloween! Pumpkin carving contest, games and candy for everyone!
Fort Verde State Historic Park and American Legion Post #135 will be hosting the annual flag disposal ceremony on Saturday, November 17, 2018.
Calling all creative thinkers, independent spirits and garden dreamers. The Presidio, dedicated to the conservation and preservation of history and art, is inviting you to participate in an outdoor garden art exhibit for an entire Tubac season!
Every morning a volunteer naturalist leads a guided nature walk informing visitors about the different life zones of Red Rock State Park. The subjects discussed on this walk include geology, wildlife, history, archaeology, and plant life.
Join staff and visitors for an Ice Cream Social at the Buckskin Center!
Life Along the River: Ancestral Hopi at Homol’ovi is on display at the La Posada Hotel in Winslow until January 2021. The exhibit looks at the community of Homol’ovi, formed by immigrants more than 700 years ago, along the Little Colorado River near present-day Winslow.
Guided bird walks are back! Both novice and seasoned birders enjoy the variety of birds that visit and live in the southern Arizona foothills.
Visit the park office/gift-shop and take a self-guided tour through the multi-level Kannally family home.
CANCELLED through May 8: On the fourth Saturday of every month, Homolovi State Park hosts a star party at the park's observatory! Come and marvel at the wonders of the cosmos!
Join staff and visitors for an Ice Cream Social at the Buckskin Center in Buckskin Mountain State Park!
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.
