State Parks Visitation and Revenue State Parks Board Program Summary

Program Overview The below table displays the visitation and revenue generated by Arizona state parks open to the public in FY 2019 and FY 2020. As of December 2020, 28 state parks are open to the public with 23 of those parks funded and operated by the state with existing state funds, while the other 5 open parks are funded and operated through partnership agreements between the Arizona State Parks Board (ASPB) and local governments.

1/ Arizona State Parks Visitation and Revenue

Visitation Revenue Park Operated By FY 2019 FY2020 % Change FY 2019 FY 2020 % Change

Alamo Lake State 59,800 66,700 11.54% $507,700 549,300 8.19% Boyce Thompson Local 2/3/ 92,900 2,600 NA - - - Buckskin Mountain State 87,500 79,900 (8.69)% 694,000 845,200 21.79% Catalina State 251,100 250,400 (0.28)% 1,621,600 1,589,500 (1.98)% Cattail Cove State 113,800 118,600 4.22% 723,300 748,300 3.46% Colorado River Local 18,200 10,300 (43.41)% - - - Dead Horse Ranch State 185,400 205,800 11.00% 1,331,400 1,374,000 3.20% Fool Hollow Lake State 4/ 132,900 143,100 7.67% 857,000 990,000 15.52% Fort Verde State 10,700 7,900 (26.17)% 60,600 42,700 (29.54)% Granite Mountain 5/ State 30,700 25,000 (18.57)% - - - Homolovi Ruins State 26,800 22,200 (17.16)% 179,300 165,700 (7.59)% Jerome State 51,700 34,500 (33.27)% 316,000 220,300 (30.28)% Kartchner State 170,700 124,800 (26.89)% 2,774,300 1,971,500 (28.94)% State 504,000 533,800 5.91% 2,038,100 2,498,600 22.59% Lost Dutchman State 214,800 201,700 (6.10)% 1,368,000 1,554,500 13.63% Lyman Lake State 31,100 62,500 100.96% 191,400 333,800 74.40% McFarland Local 6,800 4,700 (30.88)% - - - Oracle State 14,200 13,600 (4.23)% 37,800 43,900 16.14% Patagonia Lake State 225,300 235,200 (4.39)% 1,518,200 1,472,300 (3.02)% Picacho Peak State 121,900 96,900 (20.51)% 604,900 508,400 (15.95)% Red Rock State 6/ 83,500 70,200 (15.93)% 516,300 424,800 (17.72)% Riordan Mansion Local 7/ 23,300 14,300 (38.63)% - - - River Island State 32,300 33,600 4.02% 250,100 275,400 10.12% Roper Lake State 75,700 83,800 10.70% 501,100 579,100 15.57% Slide Rock State 377,700 345,700 (8.47)% 1,825,400 1,447,300 (20.71)% Tombstone State 110,700 36,200 (67.30)% 244,600 171,400 (29.93)% State 92,600 87,700 (5.29)% 627,600 539,500 (14.04)% Tubac Presidio Local 18,300 5,900 (67.76)% - - - Yuma Prison Local 62,500 48,400 (22.56)% - - - Park Office NA NA NA 126,000 569,500 351.98% Credit Card Fees NA NA _____NA __(307,900) _(353,500) (14.81)% Total 3,226,900 2,966,000 (8.08)% $18,606,800 $18,561,500 (0.24)% ______1/ ASPB does not receive revenues from certain partnership parks that are operated through agreements between local governments and ASPB. Partnerships originated from when the park may have otherwise stopped operation due to insufficient state resources. Local governments operate and retain revenues from the parks delineated as local in the table. 2/ The local government operates and retains the park revenues, but ASPB retains annual pass revenue. 3/ The Boyce Thompson partnership agreement with ASPB ended in September 2019 and is no longer part of the state parks system. As a result, ASPB did not receive visitation data from the park after August 2019. 4/ Per a General Appropriation Act footnote, ASPB shares revenue with the City of Show Low and the US Forest Service if over $260,000. 5/ Granite Mountain Hotshots Memorial State Park does not charge entrance fees. 6/ Operated by ASPB but receives minimal funding through agreements by local government to fund part-time staff. 7/ ASPB will assume operational and funding responsibilities for Riordan Mansion as of February 2021.

Prepared by Henry Furtick, Senior Fiscal Analyst

JLBC Staff Program Summary – Arizona State Parks Visitation and Revenue (December 24, 2020) 1