America's State Parks Editorial Team

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Escalante Petrified Forest State Park (Utah)

Escalante Petrified Forest State Park

Escalante Petrified Forest State Park is a public state park in Utah near Escalante in Garfield County. Spanning 1,350 acres and established in 1976,…

Sleeping Giant State Park (Connecticut)

Sleeping Giant State Park

Sleeping Giant State Park is a public state park in Connecticut near Hamden in New Haven County. Spanning 1,500 acres and established in 1924, this…

Lake Chicot State Park (Arkansas)

Lake Chicot State Park

Lake Chicot State Park is a public state park in Arkansas near Lake Village in Chicot County. Spanning 211 acres and established in 1957, this park…

Panther Creek State Park (Tennessee)

Panther Creek State Park

Panther Creek State Park is a public state park in Tennessee near Morristown in Hamblen County. Spanning 1,444 acres and established in 1967, this park…

Devil's Hopyard State Park (Connecticut)

Devil’s Hopyard State Park

Devil’s Hopyard State Park is a public state park in Connecticut near East Haddam in Middlesex County. Spanning 860 acres and established in 1919, this…

Canaan Valley Resort State Park (West Virginia)

Canaan Valley Resort State Park

West Virginia’s Premier Four-Season Resort — 26 ski trails, 18+ miles of hiking, championship golf, 6,014 acres of Allegheny wilderness

The cabin at Cordell Hull Birthplace State Park, near Byrdstown, Tennessee

Grayson Lake State Park

Grayson Lake State Park is a public state park in Kentucky near Olive Hill in Carter County County. Spanning 1,512 acres and established in 1970, this…

Kopachuck State Park (Washington)

Kopachuck State Park

Kopachuck State Park is a public state park in Washington near Gig Harbor in Pierce County. Spanning 109 acres and established in 1955, this park…

Onondaga Cave State Park (Missouri)

Onondaga Cave State Park

Onondaga Cave State Park is a public state park in Missouri near Leasburg in Crawford County. Spanning 1,317.70 acres and established in 1981, this…

Mushroom Rock State Park (Kansas)

Mushroom Rock State Park

Mushroom Rock State Park is a public state park in Kansas near Marquette in Ellsworth County. Spanning 5 acres and established in 1965, this park…

Cliffs of the Neuse State Park North Carolina

Cliffs of the Neuse State Park

Cliffs of the Neuse State Park is a public state park in North Carolina near Seven Springs in Wayne County. Spanning 1,097 acres and established in…

ALTA LAKE STATE PARK

Alta Lake State Park

Alta Lake State Park is a public state park in Washington near Pateros in Okanogan County. Spanning 181 acres and established in 1951, this park offers…

Dos Rios State Park (California)

Dos Rios State Park

Dos Rios State Park is a public state park in California near Modesto in Stanislaus County. Spanning 1,600 acres and established in 2023, this park…

Fort Niagara State Park (New York)

Fort Niagara State Park

Fort Niagara State Park is a public state park in New York near Youngstown in Niagara County. Spanning 504 acres and established in 1948, this park…

Railtown 1897 State Historic Park (California)

Railtown 1897 State Historic Park

Railtown 1897 State Historic Park is a public state park in California near Jamestown in Tuolumne County. Spanning 26 acres and established in 1949,…

Perrot State Park (Wisconsin)

Perrot State Park

Perrot State Park is a public state park in Wisconsin near Trempealeau in Trempealeau County. Spanning 1,270 acres and established in 1918, this park…

Pilgrim Memorial State Park (Massachusetts)

Pilgrim Memorial State Park

Pilgrim Memorial State Park is a public state park in Massachusetts near Plymouth in Plymouth County. Spanning 17 acres and established in 1920, this…

St. Francois State Park

St. Francois State Park is a public state park in Missouri near Bonne Terre in St. Francois County. Spanning 2,735 acres and established in 1964, this…

Taum Sauk Mountain State Park (Missouri)

Taum Sauk Mountain State Park

Taum Sauk Mountain State Park is a public state park in Missouri near Ironton in Iron, Reynolds County. Spanning 8,395 acres and established in 1991,…

Great Salt Plains State Park (Oklahoma)

Great Salt Plains State Park

Great Salt Plains State Park is a public state park in Oklahoma near Jet in Alfalfa County. Spanning 840 acres and established in 1958, this park…

Maryhill State Park (Washington)

Maryhill State Park

Maryhill State Park is a public state park in Washington near Goldendale in Klickitat County. Spanning 81 acres and established in 1972, this park…

Lake Wateree State Park

Lake Wateree State Park is a public state park in South Carolina near Winnsboro. Spanning 238 acres and established in 1982, this park offers a…

Belmont Lake State Park (New York)

Belmont Lake State Park

Belmont Lake State Park is a public state park in New York near Babylon in Suffolk County. Spanning 463 acres and established in 1926, this park offers…

Chattahoochee Bend State Park Georgia

Chattahoochee Bend State Park

Chattahoochee Bend State Park is a public state park in Georgia near Newnan in Coweta County. Spanning 2,910 acres and established in 2011, this park…

Historic 19th-century buildings at Fayette Historic State Park

Fayette Historic State Park

Michigan’s Best-Preserved Ghost Town — 20+ original 1800s buildings, towering stone smelting furnaces, turquoise Snail Shell Harbor, and…

Cimarron Canyon State Park New Mexico

Cimarron Canyon State Park

Cimarron Canyon State Park is a public state park in New Mexico near Eagle Nest in Colfax County. Spanning 378 acres and established in 1979, this park…

North Point State Park (Maryland)

North Point State Park

North Point State Park is a public state park in Maryland near Edgemere in Lake County. Spanning 1,328 acres and established in 1987, this park offers…

Twin Harbors State Park (Washington)

Twin Harbors State Park

Twin Harbors State Park is a public state park in Washington near Westport in Grays Harbor County. Spanning 225 acres and established in 1937, this…

Brunet Island State Park (Wisconsin)

Brunet Island State Park

Brunet Island State Park is a public state park in Wisconsin near Cornell in Chippewa County. Spanning 1,225 acres and established in 1936, this park…

Fort Zachary Taylor Historic State Park (Florida)

Fort Zachary Taylor Historic State Park

Key West’s Best Beach & Civil War Fort
Fort Zachary Taylor has Key West’s best public beach plus a well-preserved Civil War fort with massive…

Rock Creek State Park (Iowa)

Rock Creek State Park

Iowa’s Hidden Marina Lake
Rock Creek offers a full-service marina, beaches, and excellent fishing on 665-acre lake. Central Iowa’s recreation destination!

Sunset during Autumn at Union Grove State Park

Lake Manawa State Park

Located in Council Bluffs, Iowa, just minutes from the bustling Omaha, Nebraska metropolitan area, Lake Manawa State Park is an

Savage Gulf State Natural Area (Tennessee)

Savage Gulf State Natural Area

Tennessee’s Grand Canyon
Savage Gulf offers spectacular gorge views, challenging hiking, and waterfalls in the Cumberland Plateau—Stone Door overlook…

sunset over the water at arrowhead state park in oklahoma

Dale Hollow Lake State Resort Park

World Record Smallmouth Bass Lake
Dale Hollow produced the world record smallmouth bass (11 lbs 15 oz!)—crystal-clear water, full resort lodge, and…

Riverside State Park (Washington)

Riverside State Park

Spokane’s Urban Wilderness
Riverside is Washington’s second-largest state park at 14,000 acres—right at Spokane’s doorstep! Bowl and Pitcher rock…

Lake Barkley State Resort Park (Kentucky)

Lake Barkley State Resort Park

Kentucky’s Lakeside Resort
Lake Barkley is a full-service state resort—lodge, golf course, marina, and 3,700 acres on the Land Between the Lakes region!

Camp Hero State Park (New York)

Camp Hero State Park

Montauk’s Secret Military Base
Camp Hero is a former WWII military base at the very tip of Long Island—surf fishing, hiking, and the mysterious…

Elk Neck State Park (Maryland)

Elk Neck State Park

Chesapeake Bay Peninsula
Elk Neck sits on a peninsula between two rivers flowing into Chesapeake Bay—Turkey Point Lighthouse, sandy beaches, and…

Valley of the Rogue State Park (Oregon)

Valley of the Rogue State Park

I-5 Oasis on the Rogue
Valley of the Rogue offers convenient camping right off I-5 with Rogue River access—fish for steelhead, watch eagles, and rest…

Thousand Springs State Park (Idaho)

Thousand Springs State Park

Snake River’s Spring-Fed Cascades
Thousand Springs features spectacular springs bursting from canyon walls—water from the Lost River emerges 100+…

Whitefish Dunes State Park (Wisconsin)

Whitefish Dunes State Park

Door County’s Tallest Dunes
Whitefish Dunes protects the tallest sand dunes in Wisconsin on the Lake Michigan shore—pristine beach, Old Baldy dune,…

Point Mugu State Park (California)

Point Mugu State Park

SoCal’s Santa Monica Mountains Coast
Point Mugu offers 15,000 acres of Santa Monica Mountains wilderness reaching the Pacific—beaches, canyons, and…

Palmetto Island State Park (Louisiana)

Palmetto Island State Park

Cajun Country Swamp Camping
Palmetto Island offers camping in authentic Louisiana swampland—Spanish moss, alligators, and Cajun culture near Abbeville!

Shore Acres State Park (Oregon)

Shore Acres State Park

Oregon’s Garden by the Sea
Shore Acres features stunning formal gardens on dramatic coastal cliffs—plus legendary wave-watching during winter storms!

Portola Redwoods State Park (California)

Portola Redwoods State Park

Peninsula’s Hidden Redwood Grove
Portola Redwoods offers old-growth redwoods just an hour from San Francisco—peaceful camping and hiking without the…

Fremont Indian State Park (Utah)

Fremont Indian State Park and Museum

Ancient Fremont Culture Site
Fremont Indian preserves the largest Fremont Culture site ever discovered—rock art, pit houses, and museum exhibits from…

Florence Marina State Park (Georgia)

Florence Marina State Park

Lake Walter F. George’s Fishing Hotspot
Florence Marina offers excellent bass fishing on Lake Walter F. George (45,000 acres!)—full marina, camping,…

Montana de Oro State Park (California)

Montana de Oro State Park

California’s “Mountain of Gold”
Montana de Oro is 8,000 acres of rugged coastline near San Luis Obispo—one of California’s most scenic coastal parks…

Lieber State Recreation Area

Lieber State Recreation Area

Indiana’s Water Sports Lake
Lieber State Recreation Area centers on Cagles Mill Lake—1,400 acres of boating, water skiing, and family fun west of…

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