America's State Parks Editorial Team

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Ontario Beach Park (New York)

Ontario Beach Park

Ontario Beach Park is a public state park in New York near City of Rochester in Monroe County County. Spanning 39 acres and established in 1884, this…

Clark Island Marine State Park

Clark Island Marine State Park is a public state park in Washington in San Juan County County. Spanning 55 acres, the park offers a peaceful retreat…

Sproul State Forest (Pennsylvania)

Sproul State Forest

Sproul State Forest is a public state park in Pennsylvania in Clinton County County. Established in 1898, the park offers a peaceful retreat into…

El Presidio de Santa Barbara SHP (California)

El Presidio de Santa Barbara SHP

El Presidio de Santa Barbara SHP is a public state park in California in Santa Barbara County. Spanning 5.8 acres, the park offers a peaceful retreat…

Elkhorn Ghost Town State Park (Montana)

Elkhorn Ghost Town State Park

Elkhorn Ghost Town State Park is a public state park in Montana in Jefferson County. Spanning 1 acres, the park offers a peaceful retreat into nature…

Little Presque Isle

Little Presque Isle, 7 miles northwest of Marquette, is a Michigan DNR natural area in the Escanaba River State Forest on Lake Superior, with six hike-in cabins and no campground.

Connecticut Valley Railroad SP (Connecticut)

Connecticut Valley Railroad SP

Connecticut Valley Railroad SP is a public state park in Connecticut near Essex in Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region County. Spanning 136…

Cache River SNA (Illinois)

Cache River SNA

Cache River SNA is a public state park in Illinois in Pulaski County County. Spanning 57.93 acres and established in 1970, this park offers a peaceful…

creek running through Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park

Dos Rios Ranch Preserve

Dos Rios Ranch Preserve is a public state park in California near Modesto in Stanislaus County County. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature…

McGrath State Beach (California)

McGrath State Beach

McGrath State Beach is a public state park in California near Oxnard in Ventura County County. Spanning 312 acres and established in 1948, this park…

Point Sal State Beach (California)

Point Sal State Beach

Point Sal State Beach is a public state park in California in Santa Barbara County County. Spanning 80 acres and established in 1940, this park offers…

Cockaponset State Forest (Connecticut)

Cockaponset State Forest

Cockaponset State Forest is a public state park in Connecticut near Chester in Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region County. Spanning 17,186…

McArthur-Burney Falls SP (California)

McArthur-Burney Falls Memorial State Park

McArthur-Burney Falls SP is a public state park in California in Shasta County County. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for visitors of…

Pennsbury Manor (Pennsylvania)

Pennsbury Manor

Pennsbury Manor is a public state park in Pennsylvania near Falls Township in Bucks County County. Spanning 43 acres and established in 1939, this park…

Vero Beach Oceanside (Florida)

Vero Beach Oceanside

Vero Beach Oceanside is a public state park in Florida near Vero Beach in Indian River County County. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature…

Siesta Key Beach

Siesta Key Beach

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Housatonic Meadows State Park (Connecticut)

Housatonic Meadows State Park

Housatonic Meadows State Park is a public state park in Connecticut near Sharon in Northwest Hills Planning Region County. Spanning 452 acres and…

Rum River State Forest

Rum River State Forest covers 40,605 acres near Mille Lacs Lake in Mille Lacs County, Minnesota. It is managed by the Minnesota DNR Division of Forestry, not by Minnesota’s state park system.

Sprewell Bluff State Park (Georgia)

Sprewell Bluff State Park

Sprewell Bluff State Park is a public state park in Georgia in Upson County. Spanning 1,372 acres and established in 1993, this park offers a…

Dungeness Recreation Area (Washington)

Dungeness Recreation Area

Dungeness Recreation Area is a public state park in Washington in Clallam County County. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for visitors of…

South Whidbey State Park (Washington)

South Whidbey State Park

South Whidbey State Park is a public state park in Washington in Island County County. Spanning 347 acres and established in 1960, this park offers a…

Lake Oroville SRA (California)

Lake Oroville SRA

Lake Oroville SRA is a public state park in California in Butte County. Spanning 29,447 acres and established in 1967, this park offers a peaceful…

The Lodge at St. Edward

The Lodge at St. Edward is a public state park in Washington in Pierce County County. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for visitors of…

Haines Memorial State Park sign, Barrington, Rhode Island

Funter Bay State Marine Park

Funter Bay State Marine Park is a public state park in Alaska in Unorganized Borough County. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for…

Panoramic view of Kachemak Bay State Park

Shuyak Island State Park

Shuyak Island State Park is a public state park in Alaska in Kodiak Island Borough County. Spanning 47,000 acres, the park offers a peaceful retreat…

Robert Moses State Park beach with Fire Island Lighthouse at sunset

Robert V. Riddell State Park

Robert V. Riddell State Park is a public state park in New York near Town of Maryland in Otsego County County. Spanning 2,163 acres and established in…

Old Croton Aqueduct Trail (New York)

Old Croton Aqueduct Trail

Old Croton Aqueduct Trail is a public state park in New York near New York in New York County County. Spanning 216 acres and established in 1968, this…

Fort Simcoe State Park (Washington)

Fort Simcoe State Park

Fort Simcoe State Park is a public state park in Washington in Yakima County County. Spanning 200 acres and established in 1856, this park offers a…

Sweetwater Lake

Shepherd of the Hills Hatchery

Shepherd of the Hills Hatchery is a public state park in Missouri in Taney County County. Spanning 1,011 acres, the park offers a peaceful retreat into…

Hampton Plantation State Historic Site

Hampton Plantation SHP is a public state park in South Carolina in Charleston County. Spanning 300 acres and established in 1971, this park offers a…

Ocotillo Wells SVRA (California)

Ocotillo Wells SVRA

Ocotillo Wells SVRA is a public state park in California in Imperial and San Diego County. Spanning 85,000 acres, the park offers a peaceful retreat…

Point Washington State Forest (Florida)

Point Washington State Forest

Point Washington State Forest is a public state park in Florida near Santa Rosa Beach in Walton County County. The park offers a peaceful retreat into…

Texana Park

Texana Park

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Sweetwater Lake

Billingsley Creek State Park

Billingsley Creek State Park is a public state park in Idaho in Gooding County County. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for visitors of…

Tea-colored Black Moshannon Lake with autumn foliage reflection and boardwalk into sphagnum bog

Moshannon State Forest

Moshannon State Forest covers 190,031 acres on the Allegheny Plateau in Pennsylvania’s Wilds region. It is managed by the DCNR Bureau of Forestry, not by Pennsylvania’s state park system.

Worden Pond

Worden Pond

Worden Pond in South Kingstown is Rhode Island’s largest natural freshwater pond, with a state-owned boat ramp listed by DEM. It is not a state park.

Quinebaug Valley State Fish Hatchery

The Quinebaug Valley State Fish Hatchery in Plainfield raises the majority of Connecticut’s trout for CT DEEP. It is not a state park; tours are open to the public.

Antelope Valley Indian Museum view from southeast

Hungry Valley State Vehicular RA

Hungry Valley State Vehicular RA is a public state park in California in Los Angeles County County. Spanning 19,000 acres, the park offers a peaceful…

Shoup Bay State Marine Park

Shoup Bay State Marine Park is a public state park in Alaska near Valdez in Unorganized Borough County. Spanning 4,560 acres and established in 1983,…

Floras Lake State Natural Area (Oregon)

Floras Lake State Natural Area

Floras Lake State Natural Area is a public state park in Oregon in Curry County County. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for visitors of…

view from the top of the mountain hiking trail at Devil's Den State Park

Lower White River Museum SP

Lower White River Museum SP is a public state park in Arkansas near Des Arc in Prairie County County. Spanning 0.4 acres and established in 1970, this…

Jenkins Ferry State Park (Arkansas)

Jenkins Ferry Battleground State Park

Jenkins Ferry State Park is a public state park in Arkansas in Grant County County. Spanning 40.15 acres and established in 1961, this park offers a…

Dolan Falls Preserve

Dolan Falls Preserve is a public state park in Texas in Val Verde County County. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for visitors of all ages.

Point Cabrillo Light Station SHP (California)

Point Cabrillo Light Station SHP

Point Cabrillo Light Station SHP is a public state park in California in Mendocino County. Spanning 297 acres and established in 1909, this park offers…

Prentice Cooper State Forest

Prentice Cooper State Forest covers 24,459 acres along the Tennessee River Gorge west of Chattanooga, with 35 miles of hiking trails. It is managed by the Tennessee Division of Forestry, not by Tennessee’s state park system.

Sideling Hill Creek State Park

Sideling Hill Creek State Park is a public state park in Maryland in Allegany County County. Spanning 865 acres and established in 2021, this park…

Branched Oak State Recreation Area (Nebraska)

Branched Oak State Recreation Area

Branched Oak State Recreation Area is a public state park in Nebraska in Lancaster County County. Located in Nebraska, the park is a cherished…

Fort Abercrombie State Historical Park (Alaska)

Fort Abercrombie State Historical Park

Fort Abercrombie State Historical Park is a public state park in Alaska in Kodiak Island Borough County. Established in 1969, the park offers a…

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