Oracle State Park

Rank in Arizona: #691of 727 ranked
Overall score: Score 21.8 out of 100high confidence
Annual visits: 13,002counted in 2024
Category: State Park

Oracle State Park is an Arizona state park in the north-eastern foothills of the Santa Catalina Mountains, covering 3,948 acres. It is named after the nearby town of Oracle and serves as a wildlife refuge. More than 15 miles of hiking trails cross the park, including seven miles of the Arizona Trail. It recorded 13,002 visits in 2024.

Where it is

Oracle State Park is a state park near Oracle, in Pinal 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

Arizona protects its night sky in one set of places and uses it in another — Eight Arizona attractions hold International Dark Sky Park status and all eight publish visitor counts; twelve working observatories publish none.

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/oracle/(opens in a new tab)

Record last verified 2026-08-12.

Nearby attractions

8.8 miles away
Peppersauce Cave
A limestone cave with about a mile of mapped passages in the Santa Catalina Mountains south of Oracle, visited by some 23,000 people a year.
Natural Landmark
11 miles away
Acadia Ranch Museum
A historic Oracle ranch complex built 1885-1930, listed on the National Register in 1984 and run as a museum by the Oracle Historical Society.
Museum
15 miles away
Mount Bigelow
A peak in the Santa Catalina Mountains, home to Catalina Station and the University of Arizona's 61-inch Kuiper Telescope.
Natural Landmark
15 miles away
Mount Lemmon Ski Valley
The southernmost ski area in the continental United States, on Mount Lemmon north of Tucson at 9,157 feet.
Landmark
16 miles away
Biosphere 2
The largest closed ecological system ever created, built by 1991 and now a University of Arizona research facility.
Landmark
16 miles away
Santa Catalina Mountains
The range north of Tucson, rising to 9,157 feet at Mount Lemmon and climbed by the 27-mile Catalina Highway.
Natural Landmark