Rockin' River Ranch State Park

09/07/2026

09/02/2026

This Sunday 🌞

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08/27/2026

Current most common question we get at the park:

⁉️What are those melons growing all over the park⁉️

🤠Answer: They’re Coyote Gourds (also known as as Coyote Melon or Buffalo Gourd), a native flowing plant in the squash family!

Follow up question is usually “Are they edible⁉️”

🤠Answer: Not for us! They have too high of levels of cucurbitacins for human consumption, but they’re an excellent food source for coyotes, deer, javelina, squirrels, 🐿️ and many other animals in the park 🌳

08/24/2026

We interrupted someone’s lunch….

08/23/2026

Update- Wrangler has been reunited with his owners 🥰

We have a lost visitor, if somebody is missing a very sweet young male corgi, he has ventured his way into the park. We will be kept safe until we can get him checked for a microchip.

08/14/2026

🦎 Happy World Lizard Day 🦎

Did you know we have over 50 different species of lizards in Arizona? This Plateau Fence Lizard is ready to drop the story on all of them.

08/12/2026

We’ll just ignore that this visitor is going off trail… 🕷️🌵

Did you know Arizona is home to several species of tarantulas? These gentle giants spend much of their lives in burrows and are most often seen wandering around during the warmer months—especially when males are out searching for a mate.

A pretty cool trail-side encounter 💚