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Arizona State Parks. Kartchner Caverns State Park is a state park of Arizona, United States, featuring a show cave with 2.4 miles (3.9 km) of passages. [1] The park is located 9 miles (14 km) south of the town of Benson and west of the north-flowing San Pedro River. Long hidden from view, the caverns were discovered in 1974 by local cavers ...
Kartchner Caverns State Park: Cochise: 4,700 1,400: 1988: Preserves a limestone cave kept in near-pristine condition since its discovery in 1974: Lake Havasu State Park: Mohave: 928 376: 480 150: 1965: Provides water recreation on Lake Havasu: Lost Dutchman State Park: Pinal: 320 130: 2,000 610: 1977
Northwestern Chihuahuan Desert. Municipalities. Benson and Sierra Vista. Range coordinates. 31°48′41″N 110°25′07″W / 31.8114757°N 110.4186871°W / 31.8114757; -110.4186871. Borders on. San Pedro River, San Pedro Valley, I-10, Mule Mountains and Huachuca Mountains. The Whetstone Mountains is a mountain range in Cochise ...
Arizona State Parks. Lost Dutchman State Park is a 320-acre (129 ha) state park located in northwestern Pinal County, Arizona on the Apache Trail (State Route 88) north of Apache Junction, near the Superstition Mountains in central Arizona. It is named after the Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine, a famously lost gold mine legendary in the tales of the ...
USGS Apache Peak. Apache Peak, at 7,714 feet (2,351 m), is the highest peak in the Whetstone Mountains in Cochise County, Arizona. The summit, located in the Coronado National Forest, is a popular local hiking destination. It is located near the Kartchner Caverns State Park, the city of Benson, Interstate 10, and Arizona State Route 90.
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Sunlight near the entrance of Coronado Cave. The Memorial hosts eight miles (12.8 km) of hiking trails to accommodate a wide range of skill levels, ranging from an interpretive nature trail less than one mile round-trip, to a 6.2 mile trail which gains more than 1,300 feet in elevation and offers hikers a direct route to a border marker between the states of Arizona and Sonora.
Park history. On November 15, 1978, after over a year of planning and negotiations, Arizona State Parks received a warranty deed conveying the Riordan homes, much of their contents and 5 acres (20,000 m 2) of land surrounding the structures for State Park purposes. The public opening of the Park was held on August 4, 1983, and only included the ...