Buckskin Mountain State Park

Buckskin Mountain State Park is a public recreation area near Parker, in La Paz County, Arizona. It comprises two developed areas: the main park and a second known as the River Island Unit, or River Island State Park. Both have shoreline on the Colorado River and stand within view of the Buckskin Mountains. The park provides camping and water recreation. It recorded 62,681 visits in 2024.

Where it is

Buckskin Mountain State Park is a state park near Parker, in La Paz County. It is one of the state parks in this database, and appears in the statewide ranking of Arizona attractions.

How this ranking was reached

The score combines the published visitor count with public interest and tourism significance, which is what earns it high confidence. The weighting is explained in full on the methodology page, and every axis is broken out under Facts and sources at the foot of this page.

Mentioned in

• Five parks carry half of Arizona's state park visits — Arizona's 32 state park units recorded 3,122,079 visits in 2024, and the five busiest accounted for 53 per cent of them.

Sources

• Visitation: Arizona Office of Tourism Monthly State Parks Visitation Report (December 2025); source Arizona State Parks, compiled by AHRRC(opens in a new tab)
• Public interest: Wikimedia pageviews (en.wikipedia, human traffic), 2024
• Coordinates and designations: Wikidata(opens in a new tab)
• County: U.S. Census geography via FCC Area API, resolved from coordinates
• Official site: https://azstateparks.com/buckskin/(opens in a new tab)

Record last verified 2026-08-12.