List of National Natural Landmarks in Arizona

From the list of National Natural Landmarks, these are the National Natural Landmarks in Arizona. There are 10 in total.^[1]

	Name	Image	Date	Location	County	Ownership	Description
1	Barfoot Park		000000002011-06-01-0000June 2011		Cochise County	federal (Coronado National Forest)	One of the best U.S. examples of Madrean-influenced ponderosa pine forests.
2	Barringer Meteor Crater		000000001967-11-01-0000November 1967	Winslow 35°01′38″N 111°01′21″W / 35.027222°N 111.0225°W / 35.027222; -111.0225 (Barringer Meteor Crater)	Navajo	private	The Impact crater which lead Daniel Barringer to suggest in 1906 that it was caused by a meteor. He was eventually proven correct by Gene Shoemaker, making this the world's first identified meteor crater.
3	Canelo Hills Cienega Reserve		000000001974-12-01-0000December 1974	Sonoita 31°33′44″N 110°31′33″W / 31.562246°N 110.525851°W / 31.562246; -110.525851 (Canelo Hills)	Santa Cruz	private (The Nature Conservancy)	This 260 acres (110 ha) preserve is a mix of the rare cienega wetland with Black Oak and Arizona Fescue fields.[1] It is notable for the extremely rare Canelo Ladies Tresses Orchid and the Gila chub.
4	Comb Ridge		000000001976-01-01-00001976		Navajo	communal lands (Navajo Nation)	The only known location for tritylodont fossils in North America.
5	Grapevine Mesa		000000001967-01-01-00001967		Mohave	federal (Bureau of Land Management)	The best existing display of Joshua trees in the United States.
6	Kaibab Squirrel Area		000000001965-01-01-00001965		Coconino	federal (Kaibab National Forest)	Illustrative of the habitat for the Kaibab squirrel.
7	Onyx Cave		000000001974-01-01-00001974		Santa Cruz	federal (Coronado National Forest)	Considered to be the finest cave in Arizona.
8	Patagonia-Sonoita Creek		000000001970-01-01-00001970		Santa Cruz	private (The Nature Conservancy)	An example of a cottonwood-willow riparian forest and one of the last permanent stream-bottom habitat areas in southern Arizona.
9	Ramsey Canyon		000000001965-01-01-00001965		Cochise County	private (The Nature Conservancy)	A stream-cut, vertical-sided gorge.
10	Willcox Playa		000000001966-01-01-00001966		Cochise County	federal (Bureau of Land Management)	The largest “dry lake” in Arizona,

References

↑ "National Natural Landmarks Program - Arizona". National Park Service. Retrieved 11 March 2013.

Protected areas of Arizona

National Parks	Grand Canyon Petrified Forest Saguaro

National Historical Parks, Historic Sites and Memorials	Tumacácori NHP Fort Bowie NHS Hubbell Trading Post NHS Coronado NMem

National Monuments	National Park Service Canyon de Chelly Casa Grande Ruins Chiricahua Grand Canyon-Parashant Hohokam Pima Montezuma Castle Navajo Organ Pipe Cactus Pipe Spring Sunset Crater Tonto Tuzigoot Walnut Canyon Wupatki Bureau of Land Management Agua Fria Ironwood Forest Sonoran Desert Vermilion Cliffs

National Conservation Areas	Gila Box Riparian Las Cienegas San Pedro Riparian

National Recreation Areas	Glen Canyon Lake Mead

National Trails	Arizona National Scenic Trail Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail Old Spanish National Historic Trail

National Forests	Apache-Sitgreaves Coconino Elden Pueblo Palatki Heritage Site V-Bar-V Heritage Site Coronado Kaibab Prescott Tonto

National Wildlife Refuges	Bill Williams River Buenos Aires Cabeza Prieta Cibola Havasu Imperial Kofa Leslie Canyon San Bernardino

Wilderness Areas	See List of Arizona Wilderness Areas

Wild and Scenic Rivers	Fossil Creek Verde River

State Parks	Alamo Lake Boyce Thompson Arboretum Buckskin Mountain Catalina Cattail Cove Dead Horse Ranch Fool Hollow Lake Fort Verde Homolovi Jerome Kartchner Caverns Lake Havasu Lost Dutchman Lyman Lake McFarland Oracle Patagonia Lake Picacho Peak Red Rock Riordan Mansion River Island Roper Lake San Rafael Slide Rock Sonoita Creek Tombstone Courthouse Tonto Natural Bridge Tubac Presidio Verde River Greenway Yuma Quartermaster Depot Yuma Territorial Prison

Wildlife areas	Becker Lake Cluff Ranch Luna Lake Mittry Lake Powers Butte Santa Rita White Mountain Grasslands Willcox Playa

Nature parks	Phoenix Mountains Park and Recreation Area South Mountain Park Papago Park

Other

National Natural Landmarks	See List of National Natural Landmarks in Arizona

National Historic Landmarks	See List of National Historic Landmarks in Arizona

Historic Places	See National Register of Historic Places listings in Arizona

Arizona State Parks (web)

National Natural Landmarks in the United States

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