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Rivers
Rivers in Arizona
- 11 places
- across 8 destinations
Rivers in Arizona
Showing 1–11 of 11
Lake Havasu City, Lake Havasu & Colorado River
Bill Williams River National Wildlife Refuge
One of the last natural cottonwood-willow forests on the lower Colorado, where the Bill Williams River meets Lake Havasu
Free
Yuma, Lake Havasu & Colorado River
Colorado River State Historic Park
The Army's 1864 Yuma Quartermaster Depot, with steamboat, wagon and irrigation exhibits in five original buildings
From $7
Cottonwood, Sedona & Verde Valley
Dead Horse Ranch State Park
Lagoons, Verde River access, camping and over 20 miles of shared-use trails
From $5
Payson, Phoenix & Superstition Mountains
Fossil Creek
Spring-fed Wild and Scenic River with travertine pools; permit season April 1 to October 1
From $6
Marble Canyon, Page & Monument Valley
Lees Ferry
The old Colorado River crossing where Grand Canyon river trips begin, with a pioneer ranch nearby
From $30
Sedona, Sedona & Verde Valley
Slide Rock State Park
An 80-foot natural water chute below a historic apple orchard in Oak Creek Canyon
From $5
Yuma, Lake Havasu & Colorado River
Imperial National Wildlife Refuge
Thirty miles of Colorado River backwaters north of Yuma, including the river's last unchannelled stretch before Mexico
Free
Marble Canyon, Page & Monument Valley
Navajo Bridge
Twin steel arches 467 feet above the Colorado River, the old one now open to walkers
Page, Page & Monument Valley
Horseshoe Bend
An overlook 1,000 feet above a 270-degree bend of the Colorado River, a short walk from US 89
Sierra Vista, Tombstone & Bisbee
San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area
Forty miles of cottonwood-lined river, birds by the hundred and 13,000 years of human history
From $2
Cottonwood, Sedona & Verde Valley
Verde Canyon Railroad
A heritage excursion train on a 1912 copper branch line from Clarkdale to Perkinsville
Rivers Overview
Rivers in Arizona