America's State Parks Editorial Team

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Great River Road State Park (Mississippi)

Great River Road State Park

Great River Road State Park is a public state park in Mississippi in Bolivar County. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for visitors of all…

Tioga State Forest (Pennsylvania)

Tioga State Forest

Tioga State Forest is a public state park in Pennsylvania in Tioga County County. Established in 1900, the park offers a peaceful retreat into nature…

Stone Door Trail

Stone Door 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.

Berkeley Marina (California)

Berkeley Marina

Berkeley Marina is a public state park in California near Berkeley in Alameda County County. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for…

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Wood-Tikchik State Park

Wood-Tikchik State Park is a public state park in Alaska. Spanning 1,600,000 acres and established in 1978, this park offers a peaceful retreat into…

Mt. Mansfield State Forest (Vermont)

Mt. Mansfield State Forest

Mt. Mansfield State Forest is a public state park in Vermont near Stowe in Lamoille County County. Spanning 44,444 acres and established in 1914, this…

Flume Gorge (New Hampshire)

Flume Gorge

Flume Gorge is a public state park in New Hampshire near Lincoln in Grafton County County. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for visitors…

McCarthy Beach State Park (Minnesota)

McCarthy Beach State Park

McCarthy Beach State Park is a public state park in Minnesota near French Township in Saint Louis County County. Spanning 2,471 acres and established…

Otter Brook State Park (New Hampshire)

Otter Brook State Park

Otter Brook State Park is a public state park in New Hampshire near Keene in Cheshire County County. Spanning 2.5 acres and established in 1958, this…

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Big Cypress Tree State Park

Big Cypress Tree State Park is a public state park in Tennessee in Weakley County County. Spanning 330 acres, the park offers a peaceful retreat into…

A big boulder at Robbers Cave State Park

Snowdale State Park

Snowdale State Park is a public state park in Oklahoma in Mayes County. Spanning 15 acres and established in 1959, this park offers a peaceful retreat…

Jasper State Park (Oregon)

Jasper State Park

Jasper State Park is a public state park in Indiana in Jasper County County. Established in 1998, the park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for…

Gambrill State Park (Maryland)

Gambrill State Park

Gambrill State Park is a public state park in Maryland in Frederick County County. Spanning 1,209 acres and established in 1934, this park offers a…

Havenwoods State Forest (Wisconsin)

Havenwoods State Forest

Havenwoods State Forest is a public state park in Wisconsin near Milwaukee in Milwaukee County County. Spanning 237 acres and established in 1979, this…

Hugo Lake State Park (Oklahoma)

Hugo Lake State Park

Hugo Lake State Park is a public state park in Oklahoma in Choctaw County County. Spanning 289 acres and established in 2002, this park offers a…

Mianus River Park (Connecticut)

Mianus River Park

Mianus River Park is a public state park in Connecticut near Greenwich in Western Connecticut Planning Region County. The park offers a peaceful…

Dorn Bay, Clear Lake, CA as viewed from Clear Lake State Park

Bair Island Ecological Reserve

Bair Island Ecological Reserve is a California Department of Fish and Wildlife reserve near Redwood City in San Mateo County, not a state park. It protects restored tidal wetlands on San Francisco Bay.

Western Gateway Heritage State Park (Massachusetts)

Western Gateway Heritage State Park

Western Gateway Heritage State Park is a public state park in Massachusetts near North Adams in Berkshire County County. Spanning 8 acres and…

Bald Peak State Scenic Viewpoint

Bald Peak State Scenic Viewpoint

Bald Peak State Scenic Viewpoint is a public state park in Oregon in Yamhill County County. The park offers visitors the chance to camp under the…

Cape Kiwanda State Natural Area (Oregon)

Cape Kiwanda State Natural Area

Cape Kiwanda State Natural Area is a public state park in Oregon near Tierra Del Mar in Tillamook County County. The park offers a peaceful retreat…

Neptune State Scenic Viewpoint (Oregon)

Neptune State Scenic Viewpoint

Neptune State Scenic Viewpoint is a public state park in Oregon in Lane County County. Established in 1938, the park offers a peaceful retreat into…

Round Valley State Park (New Jersey)

Round Valley State Park

Round Valley State Park is a public state park in New Jersey near Clinton Township in Hunterdon County County. Spanning 5,300 acres and established in…

D&R Canal State Park Trail (New Jersey)

D&R Canal State Park Trail

D&R Canal State Park Trail is a public state park in New Jersey near Franklin Township in Somerset County County. The park offers a peaceful retreat…

Bridle Trails State Park (Washington)

Bridle Trails State Park

Bridle Trails State Park is a public state park in Washington near Kirkland in King County County. Spanning 482 acres and established in 1932, this…

Dixon Springs State Park (Illinois)

Dixon Springs State Park

Dixon Springs State Park is a public state park in Illinois near Golconda in Pope County County. Spanning 3.24 acres and established in 1946, this park…

Yellowwood State Forest (Indiana)

Yellowwood State Forest

Yellowwood State Forest is a public state park in Indiana near Nashville in Brown County County. Established in 1940, the park offers a peaceful…

Morro Strand State Beach (California)

Morro Strand State Beach

Morro Strand State Beach is a public state park in California near Morro Bay in San Luis Obispo County County. Spanning 159.15 acres and established in…

Loyalsock State Forest (Pennsylvania)

Loyalsock State Forest

Loyalsock State Forest covers 114,552 acres around Loyalsock Creek in Pennsylvania’s Endless Mountains. It is managed by the DCNR Bureau of Forestry, not by Pennsylvania’s state park system.

Allan H. Treman State Marine Park New York

Allan H. Treman State Marine Park

Best Time to Visit
New York’s parks transform dramatically with the seasons. Summer (June–August) is peak season for swimming, waterfalls, and…

Hampson Archeological Museum State Park (Arkansas)

Hampson Archeological Museum State Park

Hampson Archeological Museum State Park is a public state park in Arkansas near Wilson in Mississippi County County. Spanning 5 acres and established…

Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park (Tennessee)

Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park

Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park is a public state park in Tennessee near Elizabethton in Carter County County. Spanning 70 acres and established in…

John A. Latsch State Park (Minnesota)

John A. Latsch State Park

John A. Latsch State Park is a public state park in Minnesota near Winona in Winona County County. Spanning 1,654 acres and established in 1925, this…

Lapham Peak State Park (Wisconsin)

Lapham Peak State Park

Lapham Peak State Park is a public state park in Wisconsin near Delafield in Waukesha County County. Spanning 1,000 acres and established in 1851, this…

New Brighton State Beach (California)

New Brighton State Beach

New Brighton State Beach is a public state park in California near Capitola in Santa Cruz County County. Spanning 95 acres and established in 1933,…

Auburn SRA (California)

Auburn SRA

Auburn SRA is a public state park in California near Auburn in El Dorado and Placer County. Spanning 42,377 acres, the park offers a peaceful retreat…

Kolomoki Mounds State Park (Georgia)

Kolomoki Mounds State Park

Kolomoki Mounds State Park is a public state park in Georgia near Blakely in Early County County. Spanning 300 acres and established in 1964, this park…

Doheny State Beach (California)

Doheny State Beach

Doheny State Beach is a public state park in California near Dana Point in Orange County County. Spanning 254 acres and established in 1931, this park…

Spruce Run State Park (New Jersey)

Spruce Run State Park

Spruce Run State Park is a public state park in New Jersey near Clinton in Hunterdon County County. Spanning 1,290 acres and established in 1964, this…

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Belmont Mound State Park

Location & Getting There
Belmont Mound State Park is located in Wisconsin. The park’s coordinates are 42.7702458, -90.3498966. Check the park’s…

San Juan Bautista State Historic Park (California)

San Juan Bautista State Historic Park

San Juan Bautista State Historic Park is a public state park in California near San Juan Bautista in San Benito County County. Spanning 6 acres and…

Santa Susana Pass State Historic Park (California)

Santa Susana Pass State Historic Park

Santa Susana Pass State Historic Park is a public state park in California near Chatsworth in Ventura County County. Spanning 680 acres and established…

Mike Levine Lakelands Trail State Park

Mike Levine Lakelands Trail State Park is a public state park in Michigan near Jackson in Jackson County County. Spanning 13 acres and established in…

Fort McClary State Historic Site (Maine)

Fort McClary State Historic Site

Fort McClary State Historic Site is a public state park in Maine near Kittery Point in York County County. Spanning 27 acres, the park offers a…

MacKenzie State Recreation Area (Hawaii)

MacKenzie State Recreation Area

MacKenzie State Recreation Area is a public state park in Hawaii near Haiku in Hawaiʻi County County. Spanning 13.1 acres and established in 1934,…

Pearrygin Lake State Park (Washington)

Pearrygin Lake State Park

Pearrygin Lake State Park is a public state park in Washington near Winthrop in Okanogan County County. Spanning 1,186 acres and established in 1959,…

Higganum Reservoir State Park (Connecticut)

Higganum Reservoir State Park

Higganum Reservoir State Park is a public state park in Connecticut near Higganum in Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region County. Spanning…

Entrance to the cave at Dunbar Cave State Park

Foster Falls Small Wild Area

Foster Falls Small Wild Area is a public state park in Tennessee near South Pittsburg in Iron County County. The park offers a peaceful retreat into…

Salmon River State Forest (Connecticut)

Salmon River State Forest

Salmon River State Forest is a public state park in Connecticut near Colchester in Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region County. Spanning…

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