Patagonia Lake State Park

Patagonia Lake State Park
Patagonia Lake State Park
	Patagonia Lake State Park Location in Arizona
Location	Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States
Coordinates	31°29′18″N 110°51′13″W / 31.488224°N 110.853724°W
Area	2,658 acres (1,076 ha)
Elevation	3,750 ft (1,140 m)
Established	1974
Administered by	Arizona State Parks & Trails
Visitors	152,781 (in 2024)
Website	Official website

Patagonia Lake State Park is a state park of Arizona, United States, on State Route 82, 7 miles (11 km) south of Patagonia, Arizona, containing Patagonia Lake.^[4] The 2.5-mile-long (4.0 km), 250-acre (100 ha) lake is a popular southern Arizona site for fishing, camping, boat rental, picnicking, hiking, and birding. Located inside the park is the recently established Sonoita Creek State Natural Area, Arizona's first major state natural area. Created by the damming of Sonoita Creek, the lake is habitat for reproducing largemouth bass, black crappie, bluegill, green sunfish, flathead catfish, threadfin shad, redear sunfish, channel catfish, and American bullfrogs. Rainbow trout are stocked every three weeks from October to March. Sonoita Creek contains black bullhead, red shiner, mosquitofish, crayfish, American bullfrogs, largemouth bass, Gila topminnows, speckled dace, longfin dace, Sonora suckers, and desert suckers.^[5] Special events include an annual mariachi festival in March and bird tours and interpretive programs on request.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "Patagonia Lake State Park Maps". Arizona State Parks & Trails. Retrieved October 19, 2025.
^ "History of Patagonia Lake State Park". Arizona State Parks & Trails. Retrieved October 19, 2025.
^ "Monthly State Parks Visitation Report" (PDF). Arizona Office of Tourism. July 2025. Retrieved October 19, 2025.
^ ^a ^b "Patagonia Lake State Park". Arizona State Parks & Trails. Retrieved October 19, 2025.
^ "Santa Cruz River Watershed" (PDF). www.fws.gov.