Arizona Natural Park Wonders
National and State Wonders Found in the Grand Canyon State:
National Scenic Trails:
National Recreation Areas:
National Wilderness Areas:
Arizona State Parks,
Campgrounds, Recreational Areas:
State Scenic Roads and Byways:
Arizona, best known for the Grand Canyon, is also home to a variety of natural wonders, from green forests to meadows of wildflowers, to mountain lakes and swift rivers.
Let us be your guide to discovering these natural wonders. Follow the links below to obtain more information, insider tips, and pictures, as well as ideas for where to stay when visiting.
National Parks:
Grand Canyon National Park Petrified Forest National Park Saguaro National Park
National Monuments:
Agua Fria National Monument. Established: 2000. [Official Site] Canyon de Chelly National Monument. Established: 1931. [Official Site] Casa Grande Ruins National Monument. Established: 1918. [Official Site] Chiricahua National Monument. Established: 1924. [Official Site] Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument. Established: 2000. [Official Site] Hohokam Pima National Monument. Established: 1972. [Official Site] Ironwood Forest National Monument. Established: 2000. [Official Site] Montezuma Castle National Monument. Established: 1906. [Official Site] Navajo National Monument. Established: 1909. [Official Site] Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument. Established: 1937. [Official Site] Pipe Spring National Monument. Established: 1923. [Official Site] Sonoran Desert National Monument. Established: 2001. [Official Site] Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument. Established: 1930. [Official Site] Tonto National Monument. Established: 1907. [Official Site] Tuzigoot National Monument. Established: 1939. [Official Site] Vermilion Cliffs National Monument. Established: 2000. [Official Site] Walnut Canyon National Monument. Established: 1915. [Official Site] Wupatki National Monument. Established: 1924. [Official Site]
National Scenic Trails:
Arizona National Scenic Trail [Official Site]
National Recreation Trails:
Arivaca Cienega National Recreation Trail Arivaca Creek National Recreation Trail Aspen Spring National Recreation Trail Betty's Kitchen Interpretive Trail Black Canyon National Recreation Trail Central Arizona Project National Recreation Trail Eagle National Recreation Trail General George Crook National Recreation Trail Highline National Recreation Trail North Kaibab Old Baldy Super Loop Painted Desert National Recreation Trail Palm Canyon National Recreation Trail Prescott Peavine National Recreation Trail South Mountain Park Trail Sin Circle National Recreation Trail
National Recreation Areas:
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. Location: straddles north central Arizona, south central Utah, including Lake Powell and lower Cataract Canyon and encompassing more than 1.2 million acres, and administered by the National Park Service. [Official Site] Lake Mead National Recreation Area. Location: southern Nevada and northwest Arizona, containing two large reservoirs (Lake Mead and Lake Mohave) and the Hoover Dam, partially overlapping Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument, and administered by the National Park Service. [Official Site]
National Forests:
Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest. Location: Springerville, Arizona. [Official Site] Coconino National Forest. Location: Flagstaff, Arizona. [Official Site] Coronado National Forest. Location: Tucson, Arizona (as well as New Mexico). [Official Site] Kaibab National Forest. Location: Williams, Arizona. [Official Site] Prescott National Forest. Location: Prescott, Arizona. [Official Site] Tonto National Forest. Location: Phoenix, Arizona. [Official Site]
National Wildlife Refuges:
Bill Williams River National Wildlife Refuge Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge Cibola National Wildlife Refuge Imperial National Wildlife Refuge Kofa National Wildlife Refuge Leslie Canyon National Wildlife Refuge San Bernardino National Wildlife Refuge
National Wilderness Areas:
Apache Creek Wilderness Aravaipa Canyon Wilderness Arrastra Mountains Wilderness Aubrey Peak Wilderness Baboquivari Peak Wilderness Bear Wallow Wilderness Beaver Dam Mountains Wilderness Big Horn Mountains Wilderness Cabeza Prieta Wilderness Castle Creek Wilderness Cedar Branch Wilderness Chiricahua National Monument Wilderness Chiricahua Wilderness Cottonwood Point Wilderness Coyote Mountains Wilderness Dos Cabezas Mountains Wilderness Eagletail Mountains Wilderness East Cactus Plain Wilderness Escudilla Wilderness Fishhooks Wilderness Fossil Springs Wilderness Four Peaks Wilderness Galiuro Wilderness Gibraltar Mountain Wilderness Grand Wash Cliffs Wilderness Granite Mountain Wilderness Harcurvar Mountains Wilderness Harquahala Mountains Wilderness Hassayampa River Canyon Wilderness Havasu Wilderness Hells Canyon Wilderness Hellsgate Wilderness Hummingbird Springs Wilderness Imperial Refuge Wilderness Juniper Mesa Wilderness
Kachina Peaks Wilderness Kanab Creek Wilderness Kendrick Mountain Wilderness Kofa Wilderness Mazatzal Wilderness Miller Peak Wilderness Mount Baldy Wilderness Mount Logan Wilderness Mount Nutt Wilderness Mount Tipton Wilderness Mount Trumbull Wilderness Mount Wilson Wilderness Mount Wrightson Wilderness Muggins Mountain Wilderness Munds Mountain Wilderness Needle's Eye Wilderness New Water Mountains Wilderness North Maricopa Mountains Wilderness North Santa Teresa Wilderness Organ Pipe Cactus Wilderness Paiute Wilderness Pajarita Wilderness Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness Peloncillo Mountains Wilderness Petrified Forest National Wilderness Area Pine Mountain Wilderness Pusch Ridge Wilderness Rawhide Mountains Wilderness Red Rock-Secret Mountain Wilderness Redfield Canyon Wilderness Rincon Mountain Wilderness Saddle Mountain Wilderness Saguaro Wilderness Salome Wilderness Salt River Canyon Wilderness
Santa Teresa Wilderness Sierra Ancha Wilderness Sierra Estrella Wilderness Signal Mountain Wilderness South Maricopa Mountains Wilderness Strawberry Crater Wilderness Superstition Wilderness Swansea Wilderness Sycamore Canyon Wilderness Table Top Wilderness Tres Alamos Wilderness Trigo Mountain Wilderness Upper Burro Creek Wilderness Wabayuma Peak Wilderness Warm Springs Wilderness West Clear Creek Wilderness Wet Beaver Wilderness White Canyon Wilderness Woodchute Wilderness Woolsey Peak Wilderness
National Conservation Areas:
Gila Box Riparian National Conservation Area. Location: southeastern Arizona. [Official Site] Las Cienegas National Conservation Area. Location: southeastern Arizona. [Official Site] San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area. Location: southeastern Arizona. [Official Site]
National Scenic Roads and Byways:
Coronado Trail Scenic Byway Historic Route 66 Kaibab Plateau - North Rim Parkway Red Rock Scenic Road Sky Island Scenic Byway
Arizona State Parks,
Campgrounds, Recreational Areas:
Alamo Lake State Park Boyce Thompson Arboretum State Park Buckskin Mountain State Park Catalina State Park Cattail Cove State Park Dead Horse Ranch State Park Fool Hollow Lake Recreation Area Fort Verde State Historic Park Homolovi Ruins State Park Jerome State Historic Park Kartchner Caverns State Park Lake Havasu State Park Lost Dutchman State Park Lyman Lake State Park McFarland State Historic Park Oracle State Park Patagonia Lake State Park Picacho Peak State Park Red Rock State Park Riordan State Historic Park River Island Unit Roper Lake State Park San Rafael State Natural Area Slide Rock State Park Sonoita Creek State Natural Area Tombstone Courthouse State Historic Park Tonto Natural Bridge State Park Tubac Presidio State Historic Park Verde River Greenway State Natural Area Yuma Quartermaster Depot State Historic Park Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park
State Scenic Roads and Byways:
Apache Trail Historic Road Black Hills Back Country Byway Dine' Tah "Among the People" Scenic Road Dry Creek Scenic Road Fredonia-Vermillion Cliffs Scenic Road From the Desert to Tall Pines Scenic Road Gila-Pinal Scenic Road Harquahala Mountain Back Country Byway Jerome, Clarkdale, and Cottonwood Historic Road Joshua Forest Scenic Road Kayenta-Monument Valley Scenic Road Mingus Mountain Scenic Road Old Route 66 - Oatman Road Patagonia-Sonoita Scenic Road San Francisco Peaks Scenic Road Sedona-Oak Creek Canyon Scenic Road Swift Trail Parkway White Mountain Scenic Road White River Scenic Road
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