Arizona State Parks: A Guide to Amazing Places in the Grand Canyon State

by Roger Naylor

Overview

In this guide we join travel writer Roger Naylor as he takes us through the state parks of this amazing region.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826359285
Publisher:	University of New Mexico Press
Publication date:	10/15/2019
Series:	Southwest Adventure Series
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Roger Naylor is an award-winning travel writer, an avid hiker, and a road-trip junkie. He is a member of the Arizona Tourism Hall of Fame and the author of several Arizona guides, including Arizona State Parks, Awesome Arizona, Arizona National Parks and Monuments, and Arizona’s Scenic Roads and Hikes (all from UNM Press). He lives in Cottonwood, Arizona.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Northern Arizona Parks
Dead Horse Ranch State Park and Verde River Greenway State Natural Area
Fool Hollow Lake Recreation Area
Fort Verde State Historic Park
Homolovi State Park
Jerome State Historic Park
Lyman Lake State Park
Red Rock State Park
Riordan Mansion State Historic Park
Slide Rock State Park
Tonto Natural Bridge State Park

Southern Arizona Parks
Boyce Thompson Arboretum State Park
Catalina State Park
Kartchner Caverns State Park
Lost Dutchman State Park
McFarland State Historic Park
Oracle State Park
Patagonia Lake State Park and Sonoita Creek State Natural Area
Picacho Peak State Park
Roper Lake State Park and Dankworth Pond State Park
Tombstone Courthouse State Historic Park
Tubac Presidio State Historic Park

Western Arizona Parks
Alamo Lake State Park
Buckskin Mountain State Park
Cattail Cove State Park
Colorado River State Historic Park
Granite Mountain Hotshots Memorial State Park
Lake Havasu State Park
River Island State Park
Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park

Acknowledgments
About the Author

Editorial Reviews

Arizona State Parks is Roger Naylor's tribute to this state's finest places. Written in Mr. Naylor's inimitable style, it reveals Arizona at its best, with colorful photographs and a personal writing style.—Southern Arizona Guide

The maps, indexes, and gorgeous photos make this super useful, and the information about the parks' rich history makes it fascinating as well.—Emily Dieckman, Foothills News (Tucson, Arizona)

The maps, indexes, and gorgeous photos make this super useful, and the information about the parks' rich history makes it fascinating as well.—Emily Dieckman, Foothills News (Tucson, Arizona)

A must-read for anyone with a passion for the endless beauty and intriguing history of Arizona.—Kudos, Verde Valley Newspapers

Naylor's propensity for adding humor, heart, and history has been well documented, and it continues in his latest effort.—Gabriel Granillo, Arizona Daily Sun

This book has photos, it has maps, it has information, and it has personality. . . . We should all pick up Naylor's book and get out and play.—Christine Wald-Hopkins, Arizona Daily Star

Naylor's book is part history, part romance, and part guidebook. His love for the state is vividly obvious in this.—Sedona.biz

With his been-there-hiked-that approach, Roger Naylor has created a definitive guide to Arizona's thirty-five state parks and natural areas. He takes us there with evocative prose, inviting us to journey into the backcountry for epic hikes, family-friendly swimming holes, and remarkable natural wonders.—

Ashley M. Biggers, author of Eco-Travel New Mexico: 86 Natural Destinations, Green Hotels, and Sustainable Adventures

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