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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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…

Fiery Gizzard Trail (Tennessee)

Fiery Gizzard Trail

Fiery Gizzard Trail is a public state park in Tennessee near Tracy City in Grundy County County. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for…

Mohawk Trail State Forest (Massachusetts)

Mohawk Trail State Forest

Mohawk Trail State Forest is a public state park in Massachusetts near Charlemont in Franklin County County. Spanning 7,700 acres and established in…

Plum Island State Reservation (Massachusetts)

Plum Island State Reservation

Plum Island State Reservation is a public state park in Massachusetts near Newbury in Essex County County. Spanning 77 acres, the park offers a…

Moses H. Cone Memorial Park (North Carolina)

Moses H. Cone Memorial Park

Moses H. Cone Memorial Park is a public state park in North Carolina near Blowing Rock in Watauga County County. Spanning 3,496 acres and established…

Bidwell–Sacramento River State Park entrance sign

Laguna Beach Park

Laguna Beach Park is a public state park in California near Laguna Beach in Orange County County. Spanning 7,000 acres and established in 1993, this…

aerial photograph of Lake Sammamish State Park

Rosario Beach Marine Laboratory

Rosario Beach Marine Laboratory is a public state park in Washington near Rosario Beach in Skagit County County. The park offers a peaceful retreat…

Bedell Bridge State Historic Park New Hampshire feature

Bedell Bridge State Historic Site

Bedell Bridge State Park is a public state park in New Hampshire near Haverhill in Grafton County County. Spanning 38 acres and established in 1970,…

Hamilton Pool Preserve (Texas)

Hamilton Pool Preserve

Hamilton Pool Preserve is a public state park in Texas near Dripping Springs in Travis County County. Spanning 232 acres and established in 1985, this…

Pavilion by the water at Lake Sakakawea State Park

Pembina Gorge State Recreation Area

Pembina Gorge State Recreation Area is a public state park in North Dakota in Cavalier County. Spanning 1,236 acres and established in 2012, this park…

Bidwell Mansion in 2021

Oso Flaco Lake State Park

Oso Flaco Lake State Park is a public state park in California in San Luis Obispo County County. Spanning 800 acres and established in 1974, this park…

Cataract Falls State Recreation Area (Indiana)

Cataract Falls State Recreation Area

Cataract Falls State Recreation Area is a public state park in Indiana near Cataract in Owen County County. The park offers a peaceful retreat into…

Leominster State Forest (Massachusetts)

Leominster State Forest

Leominster State Forest is a public state park in Massachusetts near Westminster in Worcester County County. Spanning 4,246 acres and established in…

Beaver Brook State Park Windham Chaplin Connecticut

Beaver Brook State Park

Beaver Brook State Park is a public state park in Connecticut near Colebrook in Coös County County. Spanning 303 acres and established in 1955, this…

Pleasant Harbor State Park

Pleasant Harbor State Park is a public state park in Washington in Jefferson County County. Spanning 1 acre and established in 1955, this park offers a…

Asilomar State Beach (California)

Asilomar State Beach

Asilomar State Beach is a public state park in California near Pacific Grove in Monterey County County. Spanning 107 acres and established in 1951,…

Niagara Gorge Trail (New York)

Niagara Gorge Trail

Niagara Gorge Trail is a public state park in New York near City of Niagara Falls in Niagara County County. The park offers a peaceful retreat into…

Fort Griffin State Historic Site (Texas)

Fort Griffin State Historic Site

Fort Griffin State Historic Site is a public state park in Texas near Fort Griffin in Shackelford County County. Established in 1867, the park offers a…

Elm Brook Park

Elm Brook Park is a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers day-use park at Hopkinton-Everett Lake in Hopkinton, New Hampshire. It is not a New Hampshire state park.

Wildlife Prairie Park (Illinois)

Wildlife Prairie Park

Wildlife Prairie Park is a public state park in Illinois near Hanna City in Peoria County County. Spanning 6.9 acres and established in 2000, this park…

Walking trail by Lake Melvin at Eisenhower State Park

Prairie Spirit Trail State Park

Prairie Spirit Trail State Park is a public state park in Kansas near Princeton in Franklin County County. Established in 1996, the park offers a…

Rockbridge State Nature Preserve (Ohio)

Rockbridge State Nature Preserve

Rockbridge State Nature Preserve in Hocking County County. Spanning 182 acres and established in 1978, this park offers a peaceful retreat into nature…

Griffiths-Priday Ocean State Park (Washington)

Griffiths-Priday Ocean State Park

Griffiths-Priday Ocean State Park is a public state park in Washington in Grays Harbor County. Spanning 364 acres, the park offers a peaceful retreat…

Wahiawa Freshwater State Recreation Area

Wahiawa Freshwater State Recreation Area is a public state park in Hawaii. Spanning 66 acres, the park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for…

crater of diamonds state park sign

Plum Bayou Mounds Archeological State Park

Plum Bayou Mounds Archeological State Park, formerly Toltec Mounds, near Scott, Arkansas, protects 18 earthen mounds of the Plum Bayou culture. A National Historic Landmark.

Poe Springs State Park (Florida)

Poe Springs State Park

Poe Springs State Park is a public state park in Florida in Alachua County County. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for visitors of all ages.

Jay Nixon State Park (Missouri)

Jay Nixon State Park

Jay Nixon State Park is a public state park in Missouri in Reynolds County. Spanning 1,231 acres and established in 2017, this park offers a peaceful…

North Hampton State Beach (New Hampshire)

North Hampton State Beach

North Hampton State Beach is a public state park in New Hampshire near North Hampton in Rockingham County County. Spanning 1.1 acres and established in…

Jones Island State Park (Washington)

Jones Island State Park

Jones Island State Park is a public state park in Washington in San Juan County County. Spanning 188 acres and established in 1982, this park offers a…

Grand Gulf Military Park (Mississippi)

Grand Gulf Military Park

Grand Gulf Military Park is a public state park in Mississippi near Grand Gulf in Claiborne County County. Established in 1962, the park offers a…

The edge of the lake on site #7 at Pawtuckaway State Park

Merrimack River State Forest

Merrimack River State Forest is a public state park in New Hampshire near Boscawen in Merrimack County County. The park offers a peaceful retreat into…

a trail through snow-covered trees at Bogue Chitto State Park

St. Bernard State Park

Saint Bernard State Park is a public state park in Louisiana near Poydras in Saint Bernard Parish County. The park offers a peaceful retreat into…

Port Austin State Harbor

Port Austin State Harbor

Port Austin State Harbor is a public state park in Michigan near Port Austin in Huron County County. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for…

sunrise over drucker bay at meaher state park in alabama

Ebenezer Swamp Ecological Preserve

Ebenezer Swamp Ecological Preserve is a public state park in Alabama. Located in Alabama, the park is a cherished destination for outdoor enthusiasts,…

Lake Greeson State Park (Arkansas)

Lake Greeson State Park

Lake Greeson State Park is a public state park in Arkansas in Pike County County. Spanning 276 acres and established in 1955, this park offers a…

Bandon State Natural Area (Oregon)

Bandon State Natural Area

Bandon State Natural Area is a public state park in Oregon. Established in 1954, the park offers visitors the chance to spot rare and migratory birds,…

Fay Bainbridge Park (Washington)

Fay Bainbridge Park

Fay Bainbridge Park is a public state park in Washington near Bainbridge Island in Kitsap County County. Spanning 17 acres, the park offers a peaceful…

Burnside Island State Park (Kentucky)

General Burnside Island State Park

General Burnside Island State Park is a public state park in Kentucky near Burnside in Pulaski County County. Spanning 430 acres and established in…

Lake George Beach Day Use Area

Lake George Beach Day Use Area, known as Million Dollar Beach, is a DEC swimming beach on the south shore of Lake George, not a state park. Season, fees and rules.

Sand Ridge State Forest (Illinois)

Sand Ridge State Forest

Sand Ridge State Forest is a public state park in Illinois near Forest City in Mason County County. Spanning 29 acres and established in 1939, this…

a watchtower under the stars at Newton Hills State Park

Spearfish Canyon Scenic Byway

Spearfish Canyon Scenic Byway is a public state park in South Dakota near Lead in Lawrence County County. The park offers a peaceful retreat into…

Sweetwater Lake

Florewood River Plantation State Park

Florewood River Plantation State Park is a public state park in Mississippi near Greenwood in Leflore County County. Established in 1973, the park…

Lake Perris State Recreation Area (California)

Lake Perris State Recreation Area

Lake Perris State Recreation Area is a public state park in California near Perris in Riverside County County. Spanning 8,800 acres and established in…

Tillamook State Forest

Tillamook State Forest is a public state park in Oregon in Tillamook County County. Established in 1973, the park offers a peaceful retreat into nature…

Lake Tarleton State Park (New Hampshire)

Lake Tarleton State Park

Lake Tarleton State Park is a public state park in New Hampshire near Piermont in Grafton County County. Spanning 48 acres, the park offers a peaceful…

Arthur B. Ripley Desert Woodland State Park on a clear day

Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve

Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve is a public state park in California near Huntington Beach in Orange County County. Spanning 169 acres and established…

flagpole at Fort Loudoun State Historic Park

Port Royal State Historic Site

Port Royal State Historic Site is a public state park in Tennessee in Montgomery, Robertson County. Spanning 26 acres and established in 1978, this…

Chautauqua State Park (New York)

Chautauqua State Park

Chautauqua State Park is a public state park in New York in Chautauqua County County. Spanning 360 acres and established in 1956, this park offers a…

Potomac State Forest

Potomac State Forest is a public state park in Maryland in Garrett County County. Spanning 11,535 acres and established in 1906, this park offers a…

Breaks Interstate Park (Virginia)

Breaks Interstate Park

The Deepest Canyon East of the Mississippi — 5-mile gorge plunging
1,600 feet, with Class V whitewater, 25+ miles of trails, and the only…

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