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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.

Wooster Mountain State Park (Connecticut)

Wooster Mountain State Park

Wooster Mountain State Park is a public state park in Connecticut near Danbury in Western Connecticut Planning Region County. Spanning 444 acres and…

Conkles Hollow State Nature Preserve (Ohio)

Conkles Hollow State Nature Preserve

Conkles Hollow State Nature Preserve in Hocking County County. Established in 1925, the park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for visitors of all…

Sweetwater Lake

Archusa Creek Water Park

Archusa Creek Water Park is a public state park in Mississippi near Quitman in Clarke County County. The park offers visitors the chance to cast a line…

Cedar Bluff State Park Kansas

Prairie Dog Town State Park

Prairie Dog Town State Park is a public state park in Kansas in Norton County. Spanning 1,150 acres and established in 1967, this park offers a…

Pittsfield State Forest (Massachusetts)

Pittsfield State Forest

Pittsfield State Forest is a public state park in Massachusetts near Hancock in Berkshire County County. Spanning 11,000 acres and established in 1100,…

tall grass blowing in the wind at Tarkiln Bayou Preserve State Park

Bruton Cramer Branch Preserve

Bruton Cramer Branch Preserve is a public state park in Florida. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for visitors of all ages.

Drummond Island State Forest (Michigan)

Drummond Island State Forest

Drummond Island State Forest is a public state park in Michigan. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for visitors of all ages.

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Judith Landing State Park

Judith Landing State Park is a public state park in Montana in Fergus County County. Spanning 109.43 acres and established in 2025, this park offers a…

Parade grounds at Fort DuPont State Park

Assawoman Wildlife Area

Assawoman Wildlife Area is a public state park in Delaware near Bayville in Sussex County County. The park offers visitors the chance to spot rare and…

Occoneechee Mountain State Natural Area (North Carolina)

Occoneechee Mountain State Natural Area

Occoneechee Mountain State Natural Area is a public state park in North Carolina in Orange County County. Spanning 221 acres and established in 1997,…

Sunrise over Lake Mitchell Alabama with cypress trees and a fishing boat at the dock

Lake Mitchell

Lake Mitchell, a 5,850-acre reservoir on the Coosa River in central Alabama, offers a diverse range of outdoor
activities. While it is not a…

view of the beach from above at T.H. Stone Memorial St. Joseph Peninsula State Park

Millpond Lake State Park

Millpond Lake State Park is a public state park in Florida near Boca Raton in Palm Beach County County. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature…

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Seyon Lodge State Park

Seyon Lodge State Park is a public state park in Vermont in Caledonia County. Spanning 39 acres, the park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for…

Fall River Heritage State Park (Massachusetts)

Fall River Heritage State Park

Fall River Heritage State Park is a public state park in Massachusetts near Fall River in Bristol County County. Spanning 14 acres and established in…

waves crash against the shore at Cape Disappointment State Park

Doe Island Marine State Park

Doe Island Marine State Park is a public state park in Washington in San Juan County. Spanning 7 acres and established in 1964, this park offers a…

River flowing through Smith Rock State Park

Samuel Boardman State Scenic Corridor

Samuel Boardman State Scenic Corridor is a public state park in Oregon. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for visitors of all ages.

Burnside Island State Park (Kentucky)

Burnside Island State Park

Burnside Island State Park is a public state park in Georgia in Chatham County County. Established in 1958, the park offers a peaceful retreat into…

Iao Valley State Park (Hawaii)

Iao Valley State Park

ʻĪao Valley State Monument is one of Maui’s most revered natural and cultural landmarks — a lush, mist-shrouded valley carved into the West Maui…

Mount Jefferson State Natural Area (North Carolina)

Mount Jefferson State Natural Area

Mount Jefferson State Natural Area is a public state park in North Carolina. Spanning 1,188 acres and established in 1956, this park offers a peaceful…

Hinckley Fire State Monument (Minnesota)

Hinckley Fire State Monument

Hinckley Fire State Monument is a public state park in Minnesota. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for visitors of all ages.

Ratcliff Lake Recreation Area (Texas)

Ratcliff Lake Recreation Area

Ratcliff Lake Recreation Area is a public state park in Texas in Houston County County. Spanning 45 acres and established in 1936, this park offers a…

Volo Bog State Natural Area (Illinois)

Volo Bog State Natural Area

Volo Bog State Natural Area is a public state park in Illinois in Lake County. Spanning 1,150 acres and established in 1970, this park offers a…

Fogarty Creek State Recreation Area (Oregon)

Fogarty Creek State Recreation Area

Fogarty Creek State Recreation Area is a public state park in Oregon in Lincoln County County. Established in 1950, the park offers a peaceful retreat…

Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State Park Massachusetts

Purgatory Chasm State Reservation

Purgatory Chasm State Reservation is a public state park in Massachusetts near Sutton in Worcester County County. Spanning 100 acres and established in…

Lamentation Mountain State Park (Connecticut)

Lamentation Mountain State Park

Lamentation Mountain State Park is a public state park in Connecticut near Berlin in Capitol Planning Region County. Spanning 47 acres and established…

ocean view at odiorne point state park in new hampshire

Odiorne Point State Park

Odiorne Point State Park is a public state park in New Hampshire near Rye in Rockingham County County. Spanning 135 acres and established in 1961, this…

Delta Meadows River Park (California)

Delta Meadows River Park

Delta Meadows River Park is a public state park in California in Sacramento County. Spanning 472 acres and established in 1985, this park offers a…

Tolovana Beach State Recreation Site (Oregon)

Tolovana Beach State Recreation Site

Tolovana Beach State Recreation Site is a public state park in Oregon near Cannon Beach in Clatsop County County. The park offers a peaceful retreat…

Morgan-Monroe State Forest (Indiana)

Morgan-Monroe State Forest

Morgan-Monroe State Forest is a public state park in Indiana in Monroe County County. Spanning 24,000 acres and established in 1929, this park offers a…

Bucktail State Park Natural Area (Pennsylvania)

Bucktail State Park Natural Area

Bucktail State Park Natural Area is a public state park in Pennsylvania near Chapman Township in Clinton County County. Spanning 21,039 acres and…

Santos Trailhead (Florida)

Santos Trailhead

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A fishing pier at Martin Creek Lake State Park in Rusk County, Texas, United States.

Alex Campbell Jr Tyler State Park

Alex Campbell Jr Tyler State Park is a public state park in Texas. The park offers visitors the chance to ride along dedicated bike paths, take to the…

Car driving through towering coastal redwood trees on the Avenue of the Giants

Humboldt Redwoods State Park

Avenue of the Giants is a public state park in California near Miranda in Humboldt County County. The park offers visitors the chance to explore scenic…

Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park (New Jersey)

Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park

Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park is a public state park in New Jersey in Hunterdon County County. Spanning 6,595 acres and established in 1974,…

Crown Point State Historic Site (New York)

Crown Point State Historic Site

Crown Point State Historic Site is a public state park in New York near Town of Clifton Park in Saratoga County County. The park offers a peaceful…

Sweetwater Lake

Black Sandy State Park

Black Sandy State Park is a public state park in Montana in Lewis and Clark County County. Spanning 43 acres and established in 1980, this park offers…

Fort Harrison State Park Indiana

Mississinewa Lake

Mississinewa Lake is a public state park in Indiana in Wabash County County. Spanning 3,180 acres and established in 1967, this park offers a peaceful…

Horseneck Beach State Reservation (Massachusetts)

Horseneck Beach State Reservation

Horseneck Beach State Reservation is a public state park in Massachusetts near Westport in Bristol County County. Spanning 815 acres and established in…

Walden Pond State Reservation (Massachusetts)

Walden Pond State Reservation

Walden Pond State Reservation is a public state park in Massachusetts near Concord in Middlesex County County. Spanning 335 acres and established in…

Pinson Mounds State Archaeological Park (Tennessee)

Pinson Mounds State Archaeological Park

Pinson Mounds State Archaeological Park is a public state park in Tennessee in Madison County County. Spanning 1,200 acres and established in 1981,…

McNee Ranch State Park (California)

McNee Ranch State Park

McNee Ranch State Park is a public state park in California. Spanning 690 acres and established in 1984, this park offers a peaceful retreat into…

Thousand Islands State Park (New York)

Thousand Islands State Park

Thousand Islands State Park is a public state park in Hawaii near Village of Alexandria Bay in Jefferson County County. Spanning 23 acres and…

Leiber State Recreation Area (Indiana)

Leiber State Recreation Area

Leiber State Recreation Area is a public state park in Indiana. Located in Indiana, the park is a cherished destination for outdoor enthusiasts,…

Key Largo Hammock Botanical State Park (Florida)

Key Largo Hammock Botanical State Park

Key Largo Hammock Botanical State Park is a public state park in Florida near Key Largo in Monroe County County. Spanning 2,421 acres and established…

West Quoddy Head State Park (Maine)

West Quoddy Head State Park

West Quoddy Head State Park is a public state park in Maine near Lubec in Washington County County. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for…

Basin Trail State Park (California)

Basin Trail State Park

Basin Trail State Park is a public state park in California in Santa Cruz County County. The park offers visitors the chance to explore scenic trails.

Hop River State Park Trail (Connecticut)

Hop River State Park Trail

Hop River State Park Trail is a public state park in Connecticut near Manchester in Capitol Planning Region County. Spanning 20.8 miles and established…

Castro Adobe State Historic Park (California)

Castro Adobe State Historic Park

Castro Adobe State Historic Park is a public state park in California near Watsonville in Santa Cruz County County. Spanning 1 acres, the park offers a…

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