America's State Parks Editorial Team

America's State Parks is an independent online guide to state parks and other public lands in the United States. Our editorial team compiles park profiles from official agency and operator sources and other identified references, and follows our published editorial policy and review methodology. Where a profile shows a source-check date, that date applies to the detail it names. We correct errors when we find them or when readers report them.

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Angel Mounds State Historic Site (Indiana)

Angel Mounds State Historic Site

Angel Mounds State Historic Site is a public state park in Indiana in Vanderburgh County County. The park offers visitors the chance to explore scenic…

Okmulgee State Park (Oklahoma)

Okmulgee State Park

Okmulgee State Park is a public state park in Oklahoma in Okmulgee County County. Spanning 1,075 acres and established in 1963, this park offers a…

Hodges Gardens State Park (Louisiana)

Hodges Gardens State Park

Hodges Gardens State Park is a public state park in Louisiana near Florien in Sabine Parish County. Spanning 4,700 acres and established in 2007, this…

Tumalo Falls

Tumalo Falls

Guide to Bend’s Most Iconic Waterfall

Caumsett State Historic Park Preserve (New York)

Caumsett State Historic Park Preserve

Caumsett State Historic Park Preserve is a public state park in New York near Town of Huntington in Suffolk County County. Spanning 1,520 acres and…

Sweetwater Lake

Milburn Landing State Park

Milburn Landing State Park is a public state park in Maryland in Worcester County County. Spanning 372 acres and established in 1939, this park offers…

Fort Flagler Historical State Park (Washington)

Fort Flagler Historical State Park

Fort Flagler Historical State Park is a public state park in Washington in Jefferson County County. Spanning 784 acres, the park offers a peaceful…

Hunt Pond State Forest

Hunt Pond State Forest is a public state park in New York. Spanning 1,397 acres, the park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for visitors of all ages.

ADDISON BLOCKHOUSE HISTORIC STATE PARK FLORIDA

Addison Blockhouse Historic State Park

Addison Blockhouse Historic State Park is a public state park in Florida in Volusia County. Spanning 134.51 acres and established in 1939, this park…

Coleto Creek Park and Reservoir

Coleto Creek Park and Reservoir is a public state park in Texas in Victoria County County. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for visitors…

waves crash against the shore at Cape Disappointment State Park

Lilliwaup State Park

Lilliwaup State Park is an undeveloped clam and oyster beach on Hood Canal off Highway 101, listed by WDFW. No facilities; check WDFW and DOH before you harvest.

Blue Lake State Park (Oregon)

Blue Lake State Park

Blue Lake State Park is a public state park in Oregon near Fairview in Multnomah County County. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for…

swamps at Savannas Preserve State Park

Jack Island Preserve State Park

Jack Island Preserve State Park is a public state park in Florida. Spanning 1,000 acres and established in 1973, this park offers a peaceful retreat…

Clermont State Historic Site (New York)

Clermont State Historic Site

Clermont State Historic Site is a public state park in New York near Town of Clermont in Columbia County County. The park offers a peaceful retreat…

Silver Strand State Beach (California)

Silver Strand State Beach

Silver Strand State Beach is a public state park in California near Port Hueneme in Ventura County County. Spanning 3,749 acres and established in…

Illinois River Forks State Park (Oregon)

Illinois River Forks State Park

Illinois River Forks State Park is a public state park in Oregon in Josephine County County. Spanning 400 acres, the park offers a peaceful retreat…

Ambrose A Call State Park

Ambrose A. Call State Park

Ambrose A. Call State Park is a public state park in Iowa near Algona in Kossuth County County. Spanning 130 acres and established in 1925, this park…

Yachats State Recreation Area (Oregon)

Yachats State Recreation Area

Yachats State Recreation Area is a public state park in Oregon near Yachats in Lincoln County County. Established in 1928, the park offers a peaceful…

sunset over the water at arrowhead state park in oklahoma

Mineral Mound State Park

Mineral Mound State Park is a public state park in Kentucky near Eddyville in Lyon County County. Spanning 541 acres and established in 2003, this park…

Montgomery Woods State Natural Reserve (California)

Montgomery Woods State Natural Reserve

Montgomery Woods State Natural Reserve is a public state park in California in Mendocino County County. Spanning 2,743 acres and established in 1945,…

Windsor Meadows State Park (Connecticut)

Windsor Meadows State Park

Windsor Meadows State Park is a public state park in Connecticut in Hartford County. Spanning 155 acres and established in 1968, this park offers a…

Guy W. Talbot State Park (Oregon)

Guy W. Talbot State Park

Guy W. Talbot State Park is a public state park in Oregon near Latourell in Multnomah County County. Spanning 220 acres and established in 1929, this…

Knight Point State Park (Vermont)

Knight Point State Park

Knight Point State Park is a public state park in Vermont near North Hero in Grand Isle County County. Spanning 54 acres and established in 1978, this…

Flambeau River State Forest (Wisconsin)

Flambeau River State Forest

Flambeau River State Forest is a public state park in Wisconsin near Town of Winter in Sawyer County County. Established in 1930, the park offers a…

Stephen A. Forbes State Recreation Area

Stephen A. Forbes State Recreation Area is a public state park in Illinois in Marion County County. Spanning 3,103 acres and established in 1959, this…

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Spring Meadow Lake State Park

Spring Meadow Lake State Park is a public state park in Montana near Helena in Lewis and Clark County County. Spanning 61 acres and established in…

Michael J Kirwan Reservoir as seen from the boat launch at West Branch State Park

Brush Creek State Park

Brush Creek State Park near Brush Creek in Muskingum County County. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for visitors of all ages.

Wassama Round House State Historic Park (California)

Wassama Round House State Historic Park

Wassama Round House State Historic Park is a public state park in California near Ahwahnee in Madera County County. Spanning 78.6 acres and established…

Harrison Bay State Park through the trees.

Greeter Falls Trail

Greeter Falls Trail is a public state park in Tennessee in Grundy County County. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for visitors of all ages.

Anderson Lake State Park

Anderson Lake State Park

Anderson Lake State Park is a day-use park on the Olympic Peninsula near Chimacum, Washington, with forest and marsh trails around a freshwater lake. Recurring toxic algae blooms regularly close the water to all recreation.

Agate Beach State Recreation Site Oregon

Agate Beach State Recreation Site

Agate Beach State Recreation Site is a public state park in Oregon near Newport in Lincoln County County. Established in 1969, the park offers visitors…

Arcadia Beach State Recreation Site

Arcadia Beach State Recreation Site

Arcadia Beach State Recreation Site is a public state park in Oregon in Clatsop County County. The park offers visitors the chance to cast a line in…

Mystery Bay State Park

Mystery Bay State Park

Mystery Bay State Park is a public state park in Washington near Marrowstone in Jefferson County County. Spanning 18 acres and established in 1972,…

Dead tree in water against sunset at Lake Arrowhead State Park

Glacier Lakes Trail

Glacier Lakes Trail is a public state park in Minnesota near Turner Township in Aitkin County County. Spanning 22 miles, the park offers a peaceful…

Tombigbee State Park (Mississippi)

Tombigbee State Park

Tombigbee State Park is a public state park in Mississippi in Lee County County. Spanning 480 acres and established in 1934, this park offers a…

Sang Run State Park

Sang Run State Park is a public state park in Maryland near McHenry in Garrett County County. Spanning 264 acres and established in 2017, this park…

Waveland State Historic Site (Kentucky)

Waveland State Historic Site

Waveland State Historic Site is a public state park in Kentucky near Lexington in Fayette County County. Spanning 10 acres and established in 1957,…

Otter River State Forest (Massachusetts)

Otter River State Forest

Otter River State Forest is a public state park in Massachusetts near Templeton in Worcester County County. Spanning 1,022 acres and established in…

Ukiah-Dale Forest State Scenic Corridor

Ukiah-Dale Forest State Scenic Corridor

Ukiah-Dale Forest State Scenic Corridor is a public state park in Oregon. Established in 1944, the park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for…

Rockwood Hall State Park Preserve

Rockwood Hall State Park Preserve is a public state park in New York near Town of Mount Pleasant in Westchester County County. Spanning 88 acres and…

Fort Knox State Historic Site (Maine)

Fort Knox State Historic Site

Fort Knox State Historic Site is a public state park in Maine near Prospect in Waldo County County. Spanning 124 acres and established in 2007, this…

Folsom Powerhouse State Historic Park (California)

Folsom Powerhouse State Historic Park

Folsom Powerhouse State Historic Park is a public state park in California near Folsom in Sacramento County County. Spanning 35 acres, the park offers…

Casselman River Bridge State Park (Maryland)

Casselman River Bridge State Park

Casselman River Bridge State Park is a public state park in Maryland in Garrett County. Spanning 4 acres and established in 1957, this park offers a…

Topsmead State Forest (Connecticut)

Topsmead State Forest

Topsmead State Forest is a public state park in Connecticut near Litchfield in Northwest Hills Planning Region County. Spanning 615 acres and…

Split Rock Creek through the trees at Palisades State Park

Fort Sisseton Historic State Park

Fort Sisseton State Historic Park is a public state park in South Dakota in Marshall County County. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for…

Brule River State Forest

Brule River State Forest is a public state park in Wisconsin near Town of Cloverland in Douglas County County. Established in 1907, the park offers a…

McLaughlin Eastshore State Park (California)

McLaughlin Eastshore State Park

McLaughlin Eastshore State Park is a public state park in California near Oakland in Alameda County County. Spanning 1,854 acres and established in…

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