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America's State Parks is an independent online guide to the state parks of the United States. Our editorial team compiles and reviews each park profile from official state park agency sources and other primary references, and follows a published editorial and review methodology (see /editorial-review-methodology/). We update profiles and correct errors on an ongoing basis.

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Talbot Islands State Parks

Talbot Islands State Parks

Talbot Islands State Parks is a public state park in Florida in Duval County. Established in 1949, the park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for…

Gainesville-Hawthorne State Trail (Florida)

Gainesville-Hawthorne State Trail

Gainesville-Hawthorne State Trail is a public state park in Florida in Alachua County. Spanning 16 miles and established in 1989, this park offers a…

DeSoto Site Historic State Park

DeSoto Site Historic State Park

DeSoto Site Historic State Park is a public state park in Florida in Leon County. Spanning 5 acres and established in 2003, this park offers a…

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Burning Star State Fish and Wildlife Area

Located in DeSoto, Illinois, within Jackson County, Burning Star State Fish and Wildlife Area encompasses approximately 4,508 acres of rugged,…

General Butler State Park

General Butler State Park. Established in 1931, Located in Kentucky, the park is a cherished destination for outdoor enthusiasts, families, and nature…

Geode State Park (Iowa)

Geode State Park

Geode State Park is a public state park in Iowa in Henry County County. Spanning 1,641 acres and established in 1937, this park offers a peaceful…

Lake Sylvia State Park

Lake Sylvia State Park is a public state park in Washington in Grays Harbor County. Spanning 252 acres and established in 1936, this park offers a…

Watson Pond State Park (Massachusetts)

Watson Pond State Park

Watson Pond State Park is a public state park in Massachusetts in Bristol County. Spanning 163 acres, the park offers a peaceful retreat into nature…

Argyle Lake State Park Illinois

Pyramid State Park

Welcome to Pyramid State Recreation Area
Discover the largest State Recreation Area in Illinois, offering 19,701 acres of
rugged…

Robert Louis Stevenson State Park (California)

Robert Louis Stevenson State Park

Robert Louis Stevenson State Park is a public state park in California in Napa, Sonoma, and Lake County. Spanning 5,990 acres and established in 2012,…

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

Susquehanna Riverlands State Park

Susquehanna Riverlands State Park is a public state park in Pennsylvania in York County County. Spanning 1,100 acres and established in 2022, this…

Turquoise spring water in basalt Box Canyon at Thousand Springs State Park Idaho

Box Canyon Springs Nature Preserve

Idaho’s Turquoise Secret — One of America’s 11th largest springs, crystal-clear turquoise water erupting from basalt canyon walls, a hidden…

Coolidge State Park (Vermont)

Coolidge State Park

Vermont’s Premier Fall Foliage Campground & CCC Legacy

Cross Plains State Park (Wisconsin)

Cross Plains State Park

Cross Plains State Park is a public state park in Wisconsin in Dane County. Spanning 1,500 acres and established in 1971, this park offers a peaceful…

Echo Valley State Park

Echo Valley State Park is a public state park in Iowa in Fayette County County. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for visitors of all ages.

Harstine Island State Park

Harstine Island State Park is a public state park in Washington in Mason County. Spanning 471 acres and established in 1953, this park offers a…

Lawrence Heritage State Park (Massachusetts)

Lawrence Heritage State Park

Lawrence Heritage State Park is a public state park in Massachusetts in Essex County. Spanning 50 acres and established in 1980, this park offers a…

Pine Island State Park

Welcome to South Carolina’s 49th and newest state park! Pine Island State Park is a 27-acre
island oasis nestled on the shores of the massive…

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Piute State Park

Resting high on the cliffs of the Sevier Plateau at an elevation of 5,900 feet, Piute State Park
offers a rugged, proudly primitive outdoor…

Powderhorn State Park

Powderhorn State Park

Situated on a stunning peninsula off Matagorda Bay in Calhoun County, Powderhorn State Park
represents the future of coastal conservation and…

Underground cave pool reflecting stalactites and stalagmites at Forestville Mystery Cave State Park Minnesota

Ramsey State Park

Tucked away in the city of Redwood Falls in southwestern Minnesota, Alexander Ramsey Park holds
a unique distinction: spanning 256 acres, it is…

25 Mile Creek State Park (Washington)

25 Mile Creek State Park

Nestled deep in the forested mountains of central Washington, Twenty-Five Mile Creek State Park
serves as a remote, heavily wooded gateway to…

Campbell Falls State Park Reserve

Tucked away in the quiet, heavily forested northwestern corner of Connecticut, Campbell Falls State
Park is an undeveloped, hidden gem that…

Davidsonville State Park (Arkansas)

Davidsonville Historic State Park

Located near Pocahontas in northeastern Arkansas, Davidsonville Historic State Park offers a
fascinating blend of tranquil outdoor recreation…

Forks Of The Sky State Park

Unlike a traditional state park with a consolidated entrance and a single main loop of attractions, Forks
of the Sky State Park is uniquely…

Multicolored sandstone cliffs at Pictured Rocks with a kayaker on turquoise Lake Superior waters

Lake Superior State Park

Tucked away in the beautiful Catskill Mountains of Sullivan County, New York, Lake Superior State
Park offers a shockingly peaceful…

Nisqually State Park

Important Closure Notice: As of late 2025, Nisqually State Park is completely closed to
all public access until further notice. This…

Thompson Harbor State Park (Michigan)

Thompson’s Harbor State Park

If you prefer your shoreline completely wild and undeveloped, Thompson Harbor State Park is your
ultimate Lake Huron sanctuary. Stretching…

Tryon Creek State Park (Oregon)

Tryon Creek State Park

Finding a 658-acre old-growth forest in the middle of a major metropolitan area is rare, but that’s exactly what
you’ll discover at Tryon Creek…

New River Gorge National Park and Preserve

New River State Park

New River State Park is a public state park in North Carolina in Alleghany, Ashe County. Spanning 3,323 acres and established in 1975, this park offers…

Hampton Ponds State Park (Massachusetts)

Hampton Ponds State Park

Hampton Ponds State Park is a public state park in Massachusetts in Hampden42°10′45″N 72°41′22″W / 42.17917°N 72.68944°W /…

Nissequogue River State Park

Nissequogue River State Park

Nissequogue River State Park is a public state park in New York in Suffolk County. Spanning 521 acres and established in 2000, this park offers a…

Beavertail Hill State Park Montana

Beavertail Hill State Park

Beavertail Hill State Park. Established in 1968, the park offers visitors the chance to camp under the stars, cast a line in pristine waters, explore…

Big Stone Lake State Park Minnesota

Big Stone Lake State Park

Big Stone Lake State Park is a public state park in California in Sacramento County. Spanning 1,090 acres and established in 1961, this park offers a…

Rhododendron State Park

Rhododendron State Park is a public state park in California in Sonoma County. Spanning 317 acres and established in 1947, this park offers a peaceful…

Ryerson Station State Park (Pennsylvania)

Ryerson Station State Park

Ryerson Station State Park is a public state park in Pennsylvania in Greene County County. Spanning 1,164 acres and established in 1967, this park…

Beechwood State Park (New York)

Beechwood State Park

Beechwood State Park is a public state park in New York in Wayne County. Spanning 288 acres and established in 1999, this park offers visitors the…

Kitsap Memorial State Park (Washington)

Kitsap Memorial State Park

Kitsap Memorial State Park is a public state park in Washington in Kitsap County. Spanning 58 acres and established in 1949, this park offers a…

Little Ocmulgee State Park (Georgia)

Little Ocmulgee State Park

Little Ocmulgee State Park is a public state park in Georgia in 1935 County. Spanning 1,360 acres, the park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for…

Meade State Park

Meade State Park is a public state park in Kansas in Meade County. Spanning 803 acres and established in 1927, this park offers a peaceful retreat into…

River Highlands State Park

River Highlands State Park is a public state park in Connecticut in Oakland County. Spanning 5,900 acres and established in 1995, this park offers a…

Robinson State Park (Massachusetts)

Robinson State Park

Robinson State Park is a public state park in Massachusetts in Hampden County. Spanning 1,025 acres and established in 1934, this park offers a…

Sizerville State Park (Pennsylvania)

Sizerville State Park

Sizerville State Park is a public state park in Pennsylvania in Cameron and Potter Counties County. Spanning 386 acres and established in 1924, this…

Frank Holten State Park

Frank Holten State Park is a public state park in Illinois in St. Clair County. Spanning 4.4 acres and established in 1964, this park offers a peaceful…

Crystal clear turquoise spring basin with diver at Troy Spring State Park Florida

Troy Spring State Park

Florida’s Deepest Accessible Spring — Crystal-clear first-magnitude spring plunging 70 feet deep, a sunken Civil War steamship, certified-diver…

Forestville / Mystery Cave State Park (Minnesota)

Forestville / Mystery Cave State Park

Minnesota’s Underground Wonder — 13 miles of mapped passages, stalactites formed over 400,000 years, a constant 48°F underground world,…

Lovers Leap State Park (Connecticut)

Lovers Leap State Park

Lovers Leap State Park is a public state park in Connecticut in Litchfield County. Spanning 127 acres and established in 1971, this park offers a…

Wolf Den Run State Park

Wolf Den Run State Park is a public state park in Maryland in Garrett County. Spanning 2,042 acres, the park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for…

Chapel Point State Park (Maryland)

Chapel Point State Park

Chapel Point State Park is a public state park in Maryland in Charles County. Spanning 821 acres and established in 1972, this park offers a peaceful…

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