Name
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Image
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Date
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Location
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County
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Ownership
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Description
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Barfoot Park
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2011
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31°54′54.32″N 109°18′7.26″W / 31.9150889°N 109.3020167°W / 31.9150889; -109.3020167 (Barfoot Park)
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Cochise
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Federal (Coronado National Forest)
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One of the best U.S. examples of Madrean-influenced ponderosa pine forests.
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Barringer Meteor Crater
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1967
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35°1′38″N 111°1′21″W / 35.02722°N 111.02250°W / 35.02722; -111.02250 (Barringer Meteor Crater)
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Coconino
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Private
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The world's first identified meteor crater.
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Canelo Hills Cienega Reserve
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1974
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31°33′44.09″N 110°31′33.07″W / 31.5622472°N 110.5258528°W / 31.5622472; -110.5258528 (Canelo Hills)
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Santa Cruz
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Private (The Nature Conservancy)
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Notable for the extremely rare Canelo Ladies Tresses Orchid and the Gila chub.
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Comb Ridge
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1976
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36°49′08″N 110°03′26″W / 36.8188°N 110.0572°W / 36.8188; -110.0572 (Comb Ridge)
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Navajo
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Communal lands (Navajo Nation)
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The only known location for tritylodont fossils in North America.
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Grapevine Mesa
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1967
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35°58′28″N 114°04′54″W / 35.974431°N 114.081636°W / 35.974431; -114.081636 (Grapevine Mesa)
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Mohave
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Federal (Bureau of Land Management)
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The best existing display of Joshua trees in the United States.
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Kaibab Squirrel Area
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1965
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36°24′0.6″N 112°9′11.11″W / 36.400167°N 112.1530861°W / 36.400167; -112.1530861 (Kaibab Squirrel Area)
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Coconino
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Federal (Kaibab National Forest)
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Illustrative of the habitat for the Kaibab squirrel.
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Onyx Cave
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1974
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31°43′3″N 110°46′9″W / 31.71750°N 110.76917°W / 31.71750; -110.76917 (Onyx Cave)
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Santa Cruz
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Federal (Coronado National Forest)
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Considered to be the finest cave in Arizona.
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Patagonia-Sonoita Creek
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1970
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31°31′40.83″N 110°46′31.65″W / 31.5280083°N 110.7754583°W / 31.5280083; -110.7754583 (Patagonia-Sonoita Creek)
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Santa Cruz
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Private (The Nature Conservancy)
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An example of a cottonwood-willow riparian forest and one of the last permanent stream-bottom habitat areas in southern Arizona.
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Ramsey Canyon
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1965
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31°26′52.05″N 110°18′25.88″W / 31.4477917°N 110.3071889°W / 31.4477917; -110.3071889 (Ramsey Canyon)
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Cochise
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Private (The Nature Conservancy)
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A stream-cut, vertical-sided gorge.
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Willcox Playa
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1966
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32°8′27.6″N 109°50′52.8″W / 32.141000°N 109.848000°W / 32.141000; -109.848000 (Willcox Playa)
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Cochise
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Federal (Bureau of Land Management)
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The largest "dry lake" in Arizona.
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