Mailing Address: Physical Address: PO Box 10358 Note: All water-based activities are at the risk of the 6871 N. Highway 89A user. No lifeguard on duty. Glass containers and pets Sedona, AZ 86339 Sedona, AZ 86336 are NOT permitted in the swim area. (928) 282-3034 Red Rock/ Secret Mountain Wilderness

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Fruit 6.5 mi. to source Clifftop Nature Packing Trail (3/8 mi.) Barn Accessible Volleyball Overlook Slide Rock Car Parking aved) Area Swim Area il (P R.V. & Bus Parking endley Hom ra P estead T Slide Rock Market Stairs to Antique Farm Oak Creek Picnic Implements Homestead Area Tourist Cabins Brown House (Built in 1933) Heritage House Ranger Station Tree Sedona (7 Miles) Entrance Flagstaff (20 Miles)

Map not to scale Legend Please Recycle Ranger Station Parking Note: Entry into the park will not be permitted one hour prior to closing. Ramada Rest Rooms Pets are not to be left in a vehicle Picnic Area Drinking Fountain or unattended. Help keep Slide Rock beautiful. Swim Area Bench Please don’t litter. Park Rules Hiking Trails

Help us protect this special park. Please The park has short trails including a nature familiarize yourself with the park rules: trail. It is also close to several Coconino National Forest hiking trails. This area is • No pets or glass containers in the managed on a pack-it-in, pack-it-out basis, swim area. and any type of glass containers are strictly • Pets must be kept on a leash & attended prohibited. to at all times. • Propane grilles, charcoal and wood fires Pendley Homestead Trail: 0.25 mile are prohibited at all times. trail with a difficulty rating of easy. This • Littering is unlawful. paved, level trail is suitable for all visitors • Damaging or removing rocks, vegetation, and travels through a portion of the historic or public property is prohibited. Pendley Homestead of Slide Rock State • Use of firearms or other weapons is Park. Features along the trail include some prohibited. of the original apple orchards, Pendley Mailing Address: Physical Address: • This area contains many natural hazards. Homestead house, tourist cabins, apple PO Box 10358 6871 N. Highway 89A Please enjoy with caution. Rocks and packing barn, various farming implements Sedona, AZ 86339 Sedona, AZ 86336 creek beds are slippery when wet or icy. that were used historically in the homestead, a new orchard of semi-dwarf apple trees, and spectacular views of the canyon walls of (928) 282-3034 Swimming Oak Creek Canyon. Slide Rock State Park, originally the Pendley Homestead, is a 43-acre historic The Slide Rock swim area is approximately Slide Rock Route: This is a 0.3-mile trail apple farm located in Oak Creek Canyon, 1/2 mile of creek bottom. There are multiple with a difficulty rating of moderate. This north of Sedona. Frank L. Pendley, having places to swim and wade, as well as the primitive route along Oak Creek is the main arrived in the canyon in 1907, formally famous Slide. The Slide is an 80-foot access to the Slide Rock Swim Area. This acquired the land in 1910 under the slippery shoot that is worn into sandstone. extremely popular area features a natural Homestead Act. He succeeded where others Note: All water-based activities are at water slide along Oak Creek. failed by establishing a unique irrigation the risk of the user. No lifeguard on system still in use by the park today. This duty. Glass containers are not permitted Clifftop Nature Trail: This is a 0.25-mile allowed Pendley to plant his first apple in the swim area. trail that begins near the apple barn and orchard in 1912, beginning the pattern of offers scenic views of the Slide Rock agricultural development. Swim Area. Picnic Areas/Shelters The site was also instrumental to the development of the tourism industry in 15 open air picnic areas suitable for small Oak Creek Canyon. The completion of the groups are available near the entry station canyon road in 1914 and the paving of the and parking lot on a first-come, first-served roadway in 1938 were strong influences in basis. Propane grilles, charcoal and encouraging recreational use of the canyon. wood fires are prohibited at all times! Pendley followed suit and in 1933, built rustic cabins to cater to vacationers. Two covered ramadas with picnic bench seating may be reserved for Group: Day The park is named after the famous Slide Use. Each ramada will hold about 50 people. Rock, a stretch of slippery creek bottom Ramadas may be reserved in advance for adjacent to the homestead. Visitors may a fee. Reservations are not taken between slide down the slick natural water chute or the Friday before Memorial Day and the wade and sun along the creek. The swim end of Labor Day. Contact the park to make area is located on National Forest land which reservations for the designated months. is jointly managed by Arizona State Parks and the U.S. Forest Service.