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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Peace Arch State Park (Washington)

Peace Arch State Park

Peace Arch State Park is a public state park in Washington near Blaine in Whatcom County. Spanning 20 acres and established in 1931, this park offers a…

Enders State Forest (Connecticut)

Enders State Forest

Enders State Forest is a public state park in Connecticut near Granby in Hartford County. Spanning 2,105 acres and established in 1970, this park…

Haystack Mountain State Park (Connecticut)

Haystack Mountain State Park

Haystack Mountain State Park is a public state park in Connecticut near Norfolk in Litchfield County. Spanning 292 acres and established in 1917, this…

Ocqueoc Falls Bicentennial Pathway

Ocqueoc Falls Bicentennial Pathway is a public state park in Michigan near Onaway. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for visitors of all ages.

Holmes County State Park (Mississippi)

Holmes County State Park

Holmes County State Park is a public state park in Mississippi near Durant. Spanning 538 acres and established in 1935, this park offers a peaceful…

Hardy Lake State Recreation Area (Indiana)

Hardy Lake State Recreation Area

Hardy Lake State Recreation Area is a public state park in Indiana near Austin. Spanning 2,448 acres and established in 1970, this park offers a…

Fort Humboldt State Historic Park (California)

Fort Humboldt State Historic Park

Fort Humboldt State Historic Park is a public state park in California near Eureka in Humboldt County. Spanning 6,885 acres and established in 1934,…

San Luis Reservoir overhead view

Humboldt Lagoons State Park

Humboldt Lagoons State Park is a public state park in California near Trinidad in Humboldt County. Spanning 2,256 acres and established in 1931, this…

Scantic River State Park (Connecticut)

Scantic River State Park

Scantic River State Park is a public state park in Connecticut near East Windsor in Hartford County. Spanning 784 acres and established in 1967, this…

Lincoln Homestead State Park (Kentucky)

Lincoln Homestead State Park

Lincoln Homestead State Park is a public state park in Kentucky near Springfield in Washington County County. Spanning 120 acres and established in…

Steptoe Butte State Park (Washington)

Steptoe Butte State Park

Steptoe Butte State Park is a public state park in Washington near Oakesdale in Whitman County. Spanning 150 acres and established in 1946, this park…

Mount Pilchuck State Park (Washington)

Mount Pilchuck State Park

Mount Pilchuck State Park is a public state park in Washington near Granite Falls in Snohomish County. Spanning 1,903 acres and established in 1951,…

Sweetwater Lake

Douglas State Forest

Douglas State Forest is a public state park in Massachusetts near Douglas in Worcester42°3′30″N 71°47′13″W / 42.05833°N 71.78694°W…

Mastodon State Historic Site (Missouri)

Mastodon State Historic Site

Mastodon State Historic Site is a public state park in Missouri near Imperial. Spanning 431 acres and established in 1976, this park offers a peaceful…

A sign for Ashley Lake State Park, Montana.

Ackley Lake State Park

Discover Ackley Lake State Park in Montana. Plan your visit with trail info, best times to go, camping tips, and everything you need for a great outdoor adventure.

Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park (California)

Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park

Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park is a public state park in California near Petaluma in Sonoma County. Spanning 41 acres and established in 1970, this…

Refugio State Beach (California)

Refugio State Beach

Refugio State Beach is a public state park in California near Goleta in Santa Barbara County. Spanning 20 acres and established in 1950, this park…

North Santiam State Recreation Site

North Santiam State Recreation Site is a public state park in Oregon near Marion Forks. Established in 1937, the park offers a peaceful retreat into…

Chemin-A-Haut State Park Louisiana

Chemin-A-Haut State Park

Chemin-A-Haut State Park is a public state park in Louisiana near Bastrop. Spanning 503 acres and established in 1935, this park offers a peaceful…

Bolton Notch State Park (Connecticut)

Bolton Notch State Park

Bolton Notch State Park is a public state park in Connecticut near Bolton in Tolland County. Spanning 95 acres and established in 1918, this park…

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Camp Floyd/Stagecoach Inn State Park

Camp Floyd State Park is a public state park in Utah near Fairfield in Utah County. Spanning 40 acres and established in 1958, this park offers a…

Starve Hollow State Recreation Area

Starve Hollow State Recreation Area is a public state park in Indiana near Vallonia. Spanning 280 acres and established in 1938, this park offers a…

Belleplain State Forest (New Jersey)

Belleplain State Forest

Belleplain State Forest is a public state park in New Jersey near Belleplain in Cape May, Cumberland County. Spanning 21,324 acres and established in…

Shine Tidelands State Park (Washington)

Shine Tidelands State Park

Shine Tidelands State Park is a public state park in Washington near Shine in Jefferson County. Spanning 249 acres and established in 1967, this park…

Sweetwater Lake

Battle Island State Park

Battle Island State Park is a public state park in New York near Fulton in Oswego County. Spanning 235 acres and established in 1938, this park offers…

Kinnickinnic State Park (Wisconsin)

Kinnickinnic State Park

Kinnickinnic State Park is a public state park in Wisconsin near River Falls in Pierce County. Spanning 1,239 acres and established in 1972, this park…

Fairview-Riverside State Park (Louisiana)

Fairview-Riverside State Park

Fairview-Riverside State Park is a public state park in Louisiana near Madisonville. Spanning 98 acres and established in 1962, this park offers a…

Lake Warren State Park (South Carolina)

Lake Warren State Park

Lake Warren State Park is a public state park in South Carolina near Monticello. Spanning 440 acres, the park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for…

Olompali State Historic Park (California)

Olompali State Historic Park

Olompali State Historic Park is a public state park in California near Novato in Marin County. Spanning 700 acres and established in 1977, this park…

Haw River State Park (North Carolina)

Haw River State Park

Haw River State Park is a public state park in North Carolina near Browns Summit in Rockingham, Guilford County. Spanning 1,485 acres and established…

Triton Cove State Park (Washington)

Triton Cove State Park

Triton Cove State Park is a public state park in Washington near Dabob Bay in Jefferson County. Spanning 30 acres and established in 1990, this park…

long exposure photo of a waterfall at Hickory Run State Park

DeVeaux Woods State Park

DeVeaux Woods State Park is a public state park in New York near Lewiston. Established in 2001, the park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for…

Hallock State Park Preserve (New York)

Hallock State Park Preserve

Hallock State Park Preserve is a public state park in New York near Riverhead in Suffolk County. Spanning 225 acres and established in 2005, this park…

Beeds Lake State Park Iowa

Lake of Three Fires State Park

Lake of Three Fires State Park is a public state park in Iowa near Bedford in Taylor County County. Spanning 1,155 acres and established in 1935, this…

Isle Du Bois State Park

Isle Du Bois State Park is a public state park in Texas near Pilot Point in Denton, Cooke, Grayson County. Spanning 3,777 acres and established in…

Hāʻena State Park

Hāʻena State Park

Located at the literal “end of the road” on the legendary North Shore of Kauai, Haena State Park is a 230-acre natural masterpiece that offers some of…

Kiholo State Park Reserve (Hawaii)

Kiholo State Park Reserve

Kiholo State Park Reserve is a public state park in Hawaii near Waimea. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for visitors of all ages.

Sanilac Petroglyphs Historic State Park (Michigan)

Sanilac Petroglyphs Historic State Park

Sanilac Petroglyphs Historic State Park is a public state park in Michigan near Cass City in Sanilac County. Spanning 240 acres and established in…

aerial photograph of Ward Charcoal Ovens State Park

Floyd Lamb Park at Tule Springs

Floyd Lamb Park at Tule Springs is a public state park in Nevada near Las Vegas. Established in 1964, the park offers a peaceful retreat into nature…

Gallitzin State Forest (Pennsylvania)

Gallitzin State Forest

Gallitzin State Forest is a public state park in Pennsylvania near Patton. Spanning 24,370 acres and established in 1916, this park offers a peaceful…

Michaux State Forest (Pennsylvania)

Michaux State Forest

Michaux State Forest covers more than 85,500 acres of South Mountain and is the site of Pennsylvania’s first forestry school, Mont Alto. It is managed by the DCNR Bureau of Forestry, not by Pennsylvania’s state park system.

Fort Columbia State Park (Washington)

Fort Columbia State Park

Fort Columbia State Park is a public state park in Washington near Chinook in Pacific County. Spanning 593 acres and established in 1950, this park…

Trione-Annadel State Park (California)

Trione-Annadel State Park

Trione-Annadel State Park is a public state park in California near Santa Rosa in Sonoma County. Spanning 5,092 acres and established in 1971, this…

Dennis Hill State Park (Connecticut)

Dennis Hill State Park

Dennis Hill State Park is a public state park in Connecticut near Norfolk in Litchfield County. Spanning 240 acres and established in 1935, this park…

Stephen C. Foster State Park (Georgia)

Stephen C. Foster State Park

Stephen C. Foster State Park is a public state park in Georgia near Fargo in Charlton County. Spanning 120 acres, the park offers a peaceful retreat into…

Selden Neck State Park

Selden Neck State Park is a public state park in Connecticut near Lyme in New London County. Spanning 607 acres and established in 1917, this park…

Jughandle State Natural Reserve (California)

Jug Handle State Natural Reserve

Jughandle State Natural Reserve is a public state park in California near Fort Bragg. Spanning 776 acres and established in 1976, this park offers a…

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