America's State Parks Editorial Team

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Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park (California)

Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park

Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park is a 14,000-acre redwood sanctuary featuring the
iconic Fern Canyon (from Jurassic Park!), Roosevelt elk, and…

Sunken Meadow State Park (New York)

Sunken Meadow State Park

Sunken Meadow State Park (officially Governor Alfred E. Smith State Park) is a 1,287-acre coastal gem on Long Island’s north shore, where three miles…

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Fort Yargo State Park

Fort Yargo State Park is a 1,816-acre outdoor destination just one mile south of Winder, Georgia — perfectly positioned between Atlanta and Athens…

Shades State Park (Indiana)

Shades State Park

Shades State Park is Indiana’s rugged canyon country — a 3,082-acre wilderness where sandstone cliffs tower above Sugar Creek, deep ravines shelter…

Lucifer Falls waterfall cascading through the gorge at Robert H. Treman State Park

Robert H. Treman State Park

Robert H. Treman State Park — Home to 12 waterfalls including the 115-foot Lucifer Falls.

Eno River State Park (North Carolina)

Eno River State Park

Eno River State Park is a 4,319-acre urban wilderness just 10 miles from downtown Durham, North Carolina — a green corridor where nearly 30 miles of…

Indian Springs State Park (Georgia)

Indian Springs State Park

Indian Springs State Park is Georgia’s oldest state park and one of the oldest public recreation areas in the entire United States. Located near the…

Watoga State Park (West Virginia)

Watoga State Park

Watoga State Park is a 10,100-acre mountain wilderness in the heart of Pocahontas County, West Virginia — making it the largest state park in the…

Grandfather Mountain State Park

Grandfather Mountain State Park

Grandfather Mountain State Park protects rugged high country surrounding one of NC’s highest peaks
(5,964 ft), with 12 miles of backcountry trails….

Hartwick Pines State Park

Hartwick Pines State Park

Hartwick Pines State Park protects the largest remaining stand of old-growth white
pines in the Lower Peninsula—a 49-acre virgin forest with…

The Kinzua Bridge, a former railway bridge of the Erie Railroad in McKean County, Pennsylvania, USA, which collapsed in 2003 due to a tornado

Kinzua Bridge State Park

Kinzua Bridge State Park transforms engineering tragedy into triumph! The original 1882
Kinzua Viaduct—once the world’s highest and longest…

Crooked River State Park (Georgia)

Crooked River State Park

Crooked River State Park is your gateway to Cumberland Island and Georgia’s coastal
wilderness! Located on the Crooked River near the Florida…

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Bear Brook State Park

Bear Brook State Park is New Hampshire’s largest developed state park at over
10,000 acres! With 40+ miles of trails for hiking and mountain…

Harris Beach State Park (Oregon)

Harris Beach State Park

Harris Beach State Park showcases the most dramatic sea stack scenery on the Oregon
Coast, featuring the offshore Bird Island—a National…

Gorges State Park

Gorges State Park

A Temperate Rainforest in the Southern Appalachians — Where 90 Inches of Rain Create North Carolina’s Waterfall Capital

Hawks Nest State Park (West Virginia)

Hawks Nest State Park

Hawks Nest State Park perches atop the rim of the spectacular New River Gorge in
West Virginia, offering breathtaking panoramic views from 585 feet…

Salt Point State Park (California)

Salt Point State Park

Salt Point State Park protects 6,000 acres of rugged Sonoma Coast wilderness along
6+ miles of dramatic California coastline. This diving and…

Carolina Beach State Park North Carolina

Carolina Beach State Park

Carolina Beach State Park is a coastal treasure where rare Venus flytraps grow wild
in their native habitat—one of only a few places on Earth!…

lake in a state park near bryson city north carolina

Lake James State Park

Lake James State Park: North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountain Lake

South Beach State Park (Oregon)

South Beach State Park

South Beach State Park: Oregon’s Premier Coastal Camping Destination

Oconee State Park mountain lake South Carolina

Oconee State Park

Oconee State Park — A classic, rustic Appalachian retreat known for its quiet mountain lakes, historic civilian conservation…

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Gillette Castle State Park

Gillette Castle State Park is home to one of the most eccentric estates in America—a
medieval-style stone castle built by William Gillette, the…

Tugaloo State Park

Tugaloo State Park occupies a scenic peninsula on Lake Hartwell, a 55,590-acre
reservoir on the Georgia-South Carolina border. This lakeside…

Mistletoe State Park

Mistletoe State Park sits on Clarks Hill Lake (J. Strom Thurmond
Reservoir)—Georgia’s largest lake and one of the premier bass fishing…

Black Rock Mountain Georgia

Black Rock Mountain State Park

Black Rock Mountain State Park is Georgia’s highest state park, perched at
3,640 feet along the Eastern Continental Divide in the Blue Ridge…

White Lake State Park (New Hampshire)

White Lake State Park

White Lake State Park is a New Hampshire gem nestled in the scenic Tamworth area—a 125-acre
glacial lake with crystal-clear waters perfect…

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Pilot Mountain State Park

Pilot Mountain State Park is North Carolina’s most recognizable landmark—a dramatic
1,400-foot quartzite knob rising from the Piedmont plateau…

Giant City State Park

Giant City State Park

Giant City State Park is Southern Illinois’ geological marvel—a 4,000-acre wilderness showcasing
massive sandstone bluffs that form the legendary…

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Cunningham Falls State Park

Cunningham Falls State Park is Maryland’s waterfall wonderland—home to the state’s highest
cascading waterfall at 78 feet, nestled in the…

Tygart Lake State Park (West Virginia)

Tygart Lake State Park

Tygart Lake State Park is West Virginia’s Mountaineer Country escape—a 2,134-acre wooded retreat
surrounding the deep blue waters of Tygart Lake,…

Monson Lake State Park pelicans Minnesota

Monson Lake State Park

Monson Lake State Park — A small, remarkably quiet park focused entirely on the preservation of tranquil lake ecology and…

Fort Ridgely State Park landscape Minnesota

Fort Ridgely State Park

Fort Ridgely State Park — Preserving crucial Minnesota history from the Dakota War of 1862, alongside hundreds of acres of…

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Sibley State Park

Sibley State Park is one of western Minnesota’s most popular outdoor destinations—a 2,936-acre
landscape of rolling hills, hardwood forests, and…

Camden State Park river Minnesota

Camden State Park

Camden State Park — An oasis of deep woods and a spring-fed river in southwestern Minnesota, famous for its excellent brown…

Lac Qui Parle State Park (Minnesota)

Lac Qui Parle State Park

Lac Qui Parle State Park is one of Minnesota’s premier birding destinations—a sprawling complex of
river floodplains, prairie wetlands, and…

Upper Sioux Agency State Park (Minnesota)

Upper Sioux Agency State Park

PARK PERMANENTLY CLOSED – February 16, 2024
Upper Sioux Agency State Park was permanently closed on February 16, 2024. The 1,280 acres of
…

Skidaway Island State Park (Georgia)

Skidaway Island State Park

Skidaway Island State Park is Savannah’s secret escape—a 588-acre barrier island sanctuary where
Spanish moss-draped live oaks meet shimmering…

Paris Mountain State Park (South Carolina)

Paris Mountain State Park

Paris Mountain State Park is Greenville’s backyard wilderness—a 1,540-acre retreat just minutes from
downtown that showcases some of the finest…

Kodachrome Basin State Park

Kodachrome Basin State Park

Kodachrome Basin State Park is one of Utah’s most colorful hidden gems—a surreal landscape of
67 monolithic sandstone spires rising from a…

Jordanelle State Park (Utah)

Jordanelle State Park

Jordanelle State Park is Utah’s premier watersports playground—a 3,300-acre reservoir just minutes
from Park City. With an 8-lane boat launch,…

Sweetwater Creek State Park (Georgia)

Sweetwater Creek State Park

Sweetwater Creek State Park is a 2,549-acre wilderness escape just 15 miles from downtown
Atlanta—where Civil War history meets Hollywood…

Ecola State Park Oregon dramatic coastal headland with sea stacks at sunset

Ecola State Park

Where Ancient Rainforest Meets the Pacific on Oregon’s Most Cinematic Coastline

Antelope Island

Antelope Island State Park

Antelope Island State Park is Utah’s largest island in the Great Salt Lake—and one
of America’s most surreal landscapes. Here you can float…

Haunted Village returns to Spring Mill State Park

Spring Mill State Park

Spring Mill State Park offers a rare journey through time—and space. At its heart lies a
meticulously restored 1814 pioneer village with a…

Fort Mountain State Park (Georgia)

Fort Mountain State Park

Fort Mountain State Park is shrouded in mystery. At its summit stands one of Georgia’s most
enigmatic archaeological features—a 855-foot-long…

Raven Rock State Park (North Carolina)

Raven Rock State Park

Cape Fear’s Ancient Stone Giant — Home of a dramatic 150-foot crystalline rock outcrop
stretching over a mile along the Cape Fear…

Red Top Mountain State Park (Georgia)

Red Top Mountain State Park

Atlanta’s Lake Peninsula Paradise — On 12,000-acre Lake Allatoona with sandy swim beach,
15+ miles of trails, 140+ campsites,…

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