category : Recreation
When you arrive at this man-made lake you won't believe you are in Arizona. Hiking trails, rental boats, campground, day use area, and picnic ramadas await you in the Park, which also offers beach access and regularly scheduled pontoon boat birding tours. Call for the tour schedule, as it changes seasonally. The Sonoita Creek State Natural Area is a pristine area located adjacent to the Park, and offers 5,000 acres of cottonwoods, willows, sycamores and mesquites, nesting black hawks and endangered species.

Admission: $7 per car
Hours: Day Use: 8:00am - 10:00pm; Access to park is closed from 10:00pm - 4:00am
Address: 400 Patagonia Lake Road
Phone: 520-287-6965
Take Hwy 82 south, 7 miles past the town of Patagonia. The Park is on the right. You will drive several miles after the turn before you reach the main gate.

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Patagonia Roadside Rest

Almost as well known as the Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, the Roadside Rest is the best place to look for the Rose-throated becard, varied bunting, Indigo bunting, and Zone-tailed hawk.

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Patagonia Lake State Park

When you arrive at this man-made lake you won'

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Nature Conservancy's Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve

The Preserve is one of the best-known and most popular places for birding in the U.S. More birders have seen their first Gray hawks here than anywhere else. The streamside or riparian habitat found along Sonoita Creek contains some of the richest habitat remaining in Southern Arizona. More than 3

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Paton's Hummingbirds

For decades, the Paton'

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Patagonia Butterfly Garden

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