5.2 miles away
Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve
Managed by the Nature Conservancy, this wetland area is another good spot for birdwatching.
Patagonia Lake State Park
A reservoir in rolling grassland near the Mexican border, and one of the most productive birding sites in the state — its sheltered canyon draws species that reach no further north. It recorded 235,502 visits in 2024.
Facts and sources
Place
- Category
- State Park
- Destination
- Patagonia
- County
- Santa Cruz County
- State
- Arizona
Visitation
- Annual visits
- 235,502 (2024)
- What is counted
- visits
Ranking
- Overall score
- 42.6 / 100
- Visitation score
- 48.2
- Popularity score
- 9.4
- Significance score
- 62.0
- Confidence
- high
Visiting
- Official website
- azstateparks.com(opens in a new tab)
- Coordinates
- 31.4939, -110.8540
- Last verified
- 2026-08-12
Where it is
Patagonia Lake State Park is a state park near Patagonia, in Santa Cruz 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
This place scores 42.6 out of 100, at high confidence. The score combines its published visitor count with public interest and tourism significance. The weighting is explained in full on the methodology page.
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/patagonia-lake/(opens in a new tab)
Record last verified 2026-08-12.
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