Cathedral Rocks Red Rock State Park

Title

Cathedral Rocks Red Rock State Park

Artist

Dr Bob Johnston

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Painting - Digital Or Acrylic And Oil Or Fine Art Photography

Description

Autumn in Red Rock State Park, a state park of Arizona, USA, featuring a red sandstone canyon outside the city of Sedona. The main mission of this day-use park is the preservation of the riparian habitat along Oak Creek.

Red Rock State Park includes a 1.4-mile stretch of Oak Creek, upstream flows through the famous Oak Creek Canyon in Coconino National Forest. The riparian zone along the creek supports an array of species. Trees include Fremont cottonwood, Arizona sycamore, velvet ash, and Arizona alder.

Bird in the area includes the black hawk, wood duck, and merganser. Lower Oak Creek, which includes the state park, has been designated an Important Bird Area. Large mammals include the cougar, coyote, mule deer, collared peccary, and river otter. Introduced species found in the park include giant reed, tamarisk, Johnson grass, and tumbleweed.

Red Rock State Park was previously a part of a ranch, Smoke Trail Ranch. In 1941, purchased by Jack Frye, then-president of Trans World Airlines, as a southwestern retreat for himself and his wife Helen. Helen Frye maintained the property for many years after Jack's death in 1959. In the early 1970s, she sold 330 acres to a real estate development company, who planned to build a resort complex. The deal fell through from lack of funds.

Bruce Babbitt, then-governor of Arizona. Concerned about loss of public access along waterways, researched the property and noted its potential for a full-fledged state park.
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