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These 5 Arizona state parks get the most visitors
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These 5 Arizona state parks get the most visitors

  • Tiffany Acosta Arizona Republic
  • Updated Jul 15, 2026

Arizona has more than 30 state parks and natural areas, and two of the most visited are in southern Arizona.

William C. Thornton: AZ state parks suffer from financial neglect
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William C. Thornton: AZ state parks suffer from financial neglect

  • By William Thornton Special to the Arizona Daily Star
  • Updated Dec 17, 2018

A roadmap for how the state got to this low point. 

Want to try camping with the fam? This program can help first-timers
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Want to try camping with the fam? This program can help first-timers

  • Angela Pittenger | This Is Tucson
  • Updated May 17, 2024

A night in the wilderness with the family might sound more like the beginning of a horror movie than a relaxing vacay for inexperienced campers. 

Kartchner Caverns

Kartchner Caverns

  • CHRIS RICHARDS
  • Updated Nov 17, 2013

Stalactite formations drip with water - a sign of a healthy cave - in the Big Room at Kartchner caverns. Photo by Chris Richards.

Kartchner Caverns

Kartchner Caverns

  • CHRIS RICHARDS
  • Updated Nov 17, 2013

Park Ranger Ginger Nolan is dwarfed by the cave formations in the Big Room. Photo by Chris Richards.

Kartchner Caverns

Kartchner Caverns

  • DAVID SANDERS
  • Updated Nov 17, 2013

Dr. Rickard Tomey, Cave Resources Manager for Kartchner Caverns State Park, looks over stalagmites, stalactites, and columns in the Big Room, …

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Surcharge to fund Ariz. parks won't make ballot

  • By Howard Fischer Capitol Media Services
  • Jul 4, 2012

PHOENIX — Arizonans are not going to get a chance to vote on whether they want to fund state parks with a surcharge on vehicle registration fee.

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Arizona ballot measure sought on state parks funding

  • The Associated Press
  • May 4, 2012

PHOENIX — An initiative campaign is under way to ask Arizona voters to approve a ballot measure on state parks funding. The proposal supporte…

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Renovated Rose Canyon Lake campground to re-open

  • Arizona Daily Star
  • Updated Apr 9, 2012

The renovated Rose Canyon Lake campground in the Santa Catalina Mountains will re-open for the summer season on Sunday, officials said.

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