0.3 miles away
Oak Creek Canyon
A river gorge between Flagstaff and Sedona, followed for 13 miles by State Route 89A after a descent of hairpin turns.
Slide Rock State Park
A natural water slide formed by the bed of Oak Creek north of Sedona, set on a 43-acre working apple farm.
- Rank in Arizona
- #53of 727 ranked
- Overall score
- Score 55.3 out of 100high confidence
- Annual visits
- 467,016counted in 2024
- Category
- State Park
Slide Rock State Park is an Arizona state park in Oak Creek Canyon, seven miles north of Sedona. It takes its name from a natural water slide formed by the slippery bed of Oak Creek where the creek runs over sandstone. The park stands on Coconino National Forest land and is co-managed by Arizona State Parks and the United States Forest Service. It contains a 43-acre working apple farm, and the tall red rock formations typical of the region surround it. It is one of the most visited attractions in Arizona, regularly drawing over a quarter of a million people a year — 278,330 in 2024. It recorded 467,016 visits in 2024.
Where it is
Slide Rock State Park is a state park near Sedona, in Coconino 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.
- The county with the most attractions publishes no visitor numbers at all — Maricopa County holds 162 of Arizona's attractions, more than any other, and not one of them carries an official visitor count.
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/slide-rock(opens in a new tab)
Record last verified 2026-08-12.
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Nearby attractions
1.9 miles away
Grasshopper Point
A cliffside swimming hole on Oak Creek about two miles north of Sedona, shaded and cool enough that the Forest Service recommends it as a respite from the summer heat. Picnic tables and vault toilets, no drinking water, and no camping — it is day-use only, and a fee applies. Allen's Bend trail leaves the car park, running north towards Casner Canyon and south towards Huckaby.
2.2 miles away
Schnebly Hill Formation
A dark red sandstone unit 800 to 1,000 feet thick near Sedona, lying between the Coconino Sandstone and the Hermit Formation.3.0 miles away
Sedona Heritage Museum
Sedona Heritage Museum, in Sedona, Arizona, is dedicated to the history of the town's early white settlement.
3.5 miles away
Devil's Kitchen Sinkhole
A sinkhole on the Soldier Pass Trail near Sedona, formed in the late 1880s and 840 feet deep including the cave below it.
3.6 miles away
Seven Sacred Pools
Sandstone tinajas on the Soldier Pass Trail near Sedona, fed by a seasonal stream and named by local Jeep tour guides.
Facts and sources
Place
- Category
- State Park
- Destination
- Sedona
- County
- Coconino County
- State
- Arizona
- Designations
- National Register of Historic Places listed place
Visitation
- Annual visits
- 467,016 (2024)
- What is counted
- visits
Ranking
- Overall score
- 55.3 / 100
- Visitation score
- 58.7
- Popularity score
- 35.4
- Significance score
- 67.0
- Confidence
- high
Visiting
- Official website
- azstateparks.com(opens in a new tab)
- Coordinates
- 34.9153, -111.7310
- Last verified
- 2026-08-12