Buckskin Mountain State Park

Buckskin Mountain State Park
Arizona State Park
A green Palo Verde tree, and small grayish shrubs of Encelia (Brittlebush) in the Buckskin Mountains & Park
Country	United States
State	Arizona
County	La Paz

Location	Parker
- elevation	394 ft (120 m) ^[1]
- coordinates	34°15′23″N 114°8′11″W / 34.25639°N 114.13639°W / 34.25639; -114.13639Coordinates: 34°15′23″N 114°8′11″W / 34.25639°N 114.13639°W / 34.25639; -114.13639

Area	1,677 acres (679 ha)

Founded	1967
Management	Arizona State Parks

Location of Buckskin Mountain State Park in Arizona

Buckskin Mountain State Park is a state park located near Parker, Arizona, USA. A second developed area of the park is known as the River Island Unit or River Island State Park. Both park areas have shoreline on the Colorado River and views of the Buckskin Mountains. The park provides camping and water recreation opportunities.

Both parks have been maintained with the assistance of members from the National Service Program: AmeriCorps NCCC. The park hosted the most recent team in November, 2014 on their campsite & worked with the team to provide the park with general maintenance, inputting a fence, digging water retention pits & significantly cleaning up the beach areas. The team & park rangers also began an irrigation project for the dog run that is scheduled to be finished in 2015. Buckskin State Park & River Island State are primarily operated by volunteers with only a few park rangers split between the two parks. Both sites are home to many different kinds of birds, insects, fish & plant life, as well as a winter haven for travelers from up North.

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Fish species

References

↑ "Buckskin Mountain State Park". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 1984-06-27. Retrieved 2011-03-12.

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Protected areas of Arizona

Federal

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

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

Municipal

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)

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