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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.

El Capitan State Beach (California)

El Capitan State Beach

El Capitan State Beach is a public state park in California in Santa Barbara County County. Spanning 2,634 acres and established in 1953, this park…

Redden State Forest (Delaware)

Redden State Forest

Redden State Forest is a public state park in Delaware near Owens in Sussex County County. Spanning 12,000 acres and established in 1928, this park…

Malibu Lagoon State Beach (California)

Malibu Lagoon State Beach

Malibu Lagoon State Beach is a public state park in California near Malibu in Los Angeles County County. Spanning 110 acres and established in 1951,…

Wilson Lake State Recreation Area (Nebraska)

Wilson Lake State Recreation Area

Wilson Lake State Recreation Area is a public state park in Kansas in Russell County County. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for…

View of Rocky Point State Park, with the Arch on the left and Olympic swimming pool on right

Meshanticut State Park

Meshanticut State Park is a public state park in Rhode Island near Cranston in Providence County County. Spanning 19.2 acres and established in 1910,…

Bayard Cutting Arboretum State Park (New York)

Bayard Cutting Arboretum State Park

Bayard Cutting Arboretum State Park is a public state park in New York near Town of Islip in Suffolk County County. Spanning 690 acres and established…

Mendocino Headlands State Park (California)

Mendocino Headlands State Park

Big River State Beach is a public state park in California in Henderson County. Spanning 12 acres and established in 1925, this park offers a peaceful…

Pistol River State Scenic Viewpoint (Oregon)

Pistol River State Scenic Viewpoint

Pistol River State Scenic Viewpoint is a public state park in Oregon in Curry County County. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for…

Argyle Lake State Park Illinois

Weinberg-King State Fish and Wildlife Area

Weinberg-King State Fish and Wildlife Area is a public state park in Illinois in Schuyler County. Spanning 3.12 acres and established in 1968, this…

Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park (Florida)

Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park

Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park is a public state park in Florida near Homosassa in Citrus County County. Spanning 210 acres and established in…

Cossatot River State Park-Natural Area Arkansas

Cossatot River State Park-Natural Area

Cossatot River State Park-Natural Area is a public state park in Arkansas in Howard County County. Established in 1988, the park offers a peaceful…

Tomo-Kahni State Historic Park (California)

Tomo-Kahni State Historic Park

Tomo-Kahni State Historic Park is a public state park in California in Kern County County. Spanning 571 acres and established in 1993, this park offers…

Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site (Illinois)

Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site

Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site is a public state park in Illinois near Collinsville in Saint Clair County County. Established in 1982, the park…

Muddy Creek Falls 53-foot waterfall in old-growth hemlock forest at Swallow Falls State Park Maryland

Wye Island Natural Resources Management Area

Wye Island NRMA is a public state park in Maryland in Queen Anne’s County County. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for visitors of all ages.

aerial photograph of Malibu Creek State Park

Garapata State Park

Garapata State Park is a public state park in California near Los Banos in Merced County County. Spanning 2,939 acres and established in 1979, this…

fall foliage at Table Rock State Park with mountains in background

Eleven Point State Park

Eleven Point State Park is a public state park in Missouri in Oregon County County. Spanning 4,167 acres and established in 2016, this park offers a…

Red wood fence on the edge of Lake Tawakoni

Matagorda Island State Park

Matagorda Island State Park is a public state park in Texas in Calhoun County County. Spanning 7,325 acres and established in 1983, this park offers a…

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Nualolo Kai State Park

Nualolo Kai State Park is a public state park in Hawaii. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for visitors of all ages.

View of Crystal Cove State Park from the cliffs above

Grizzly Creek Redwoods State Park

Grizzly Creek Redwoods State Park is a public state park in California in Humboldt County County. Spanning 430 acres and established in 1943, this park…

Butler Beach State Park (Florida)

Butler Beach State Park

Butler Beach State Park is a public state park in Florida near Saint Augustine Beach in Saint Johns County County. The park offers a peaceful retreat…

New Harmony State Historic Site (Indiana)

New Harmony State Historic Site

New Harmony State Historic Site is a public state park in Indiana. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for visitors of all ages.

South Carlsbad State Beach (California)

South Carlsbad State Beach

South Carlsbad State Beach is a public state park in California near Carlsbad in San Diego County County. Spanning 44 acres and established in 1933,…

Lake Minnewaska sky lake with white cliffs and autumn foliage at Minnewaska State Park Preserve New York

Helen McNitt State Park

Helen McNitt State Park is a public state park in New York. Spanning 134 acres and established in 1999, this park offers a peaceful retreat into nature…

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Hudson River Islands State Park

Hudson River Islands State Park is a public state park in New York near Town of Stockport in Columbia County County. Spanning 235 acres, the park…

Sparring Bull Elk in Elk State Park

Mitchell Caverns Natural Preserve

Mitchell Caverns Natural Preserve is a public state park in California in San Bernardino County County. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature…

Simon B. Elliott State Park (Pennsylvania)

Simon B. Elliott State Park

Simon B. Elliott State Park is a public state park in West Virginia. Spanning 318 acres and established in 1933, this park offers a peaceful retreat…

Laughing Whitefish Falls waterfall cascading into forested gorge in Michigan during autumn

Laughing Whitefish Falls Scenic Site

100-Foot Cascade in a Limestone Gorge — Fan-shaped slide falls, wooden staircase to the canyon floor, North Country Trail access, and pure Upper…

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Abigail Adams State Park

Abigail Adams State Park is a public state park in Massachusetts near Weymouth in Norfolk County County. The park offers visitors the chance to explore…

Rye Patch State Recreation Area (Nevada)

Rye Patch State Recreation Area

Rye Patch State Recreation Area is a public state park in Nevada in Pershing County County. Spanning 2,400 acres and established in 1971, this park…

Crystal clear spring-fed pool at Balmorhea State Park Texas with desert mountains

Balmorhea State Park

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Carnegie State Vehicular Recreation Area (California)

Carnegie State Vehicular Recreation Area

Carnegie State Vehicular Recreation Area is a public state park in California in San Joaquin County County. Spanning 5,075 acres and established in…

Prickett Fort State Park (West Virginia)

Prickett Fort State Park

Prickett Fort State Park is a public state park in West Virginia near Fairmont in Marion County County. Spanning 188 acres and established in 1975,…

Brendan T. Byrne State Forest (New Jersey)

Brendan T. Byrne State Forest

Brendan T. Byrne State Forest is a public state park in New Jersey near Woodland Township in Burlington County County. Spanning 37,242 acres and…

Multnomah Falls with iconic Benson Bridge in the Columbia River Gorge Oregon

Face Rock State Scenic Viewpoint

Face Rock State Scenic Viewpoint is a public state park in Oregon near Bandon in Coos County County. Established in 1934, the park offers a peaceful…

Taughannock Falls 215-foot waterfall plunging into rocky gorge Finger Lakes New York

Golden Beach State Park

Golden Beach State Park is a public state park in New York near Town of Arietta in Hamilton County County. Spanning 205 sites and established in 1931,…

sunset over the water at lake lurleen state park in alabama

Weogufka State Forest

Weogufka State Park is a public state park in Alabama in Coosa County County. Located in Alabama, the park is a cherished destination for outdoor…

Lake Delta State Park (New York)

Lake Delta State Park

Lake Delta State Park is a public state park in New York in Oneida County County. Spanning 720 acres and established in 1962, this park offers a…

Beaverhead Rock Montana

Beaverhead Rock State Park

Beaverhead Rock State Park is a public state park in Montana in Madison County County. Spanning 71 acres, the park offers visitors the chance to…

Millerton Lake State Recreation Area (California)

Millerton Lake State Recreation Area

Millerton Lake State Recreation Area is a public state park in California in Madera County County. Spanning 4,900 acres and established in 1944, this…

Manresa State Beach (California)

Manresa State Beach

Manresa State Beach is a public state park in California near Rio del Mar in Santa Cruz County County. Spanning 138 acres and established in 1948, this…

Volcanic basalt formations along Snake River at sunset Massacre Rocks State Park Idaho

Arrowrock Reservoir – Boise NF

Arrowrock Reservoir – Boise NF is a public state park in Idaho. The park offers visitors the chance to take to the water by boat, cast a line in…

Vermilion Falls Trail (Minnesota)

Vermilion Falls Trail

Vermilion Falls Trail is a public state park in Minnesota near Crane Lake Township in Saint Louis County County. The park offers a peaceful retreat…

Public beach area viewed from across Cutler Lake at Blue Rock State Park

Tappan Lake State Park

Tappan Lake State Park in Harrison County County. Spanning 2,350 acres and established in 1938, this park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for…

Arcadia Beach State Recreation Site

Samuel H. Boardman Scenic Corridor

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

Pine Log State Forest (Florida)

Pine Log State Forest

Pine Log State Forest is a public state park in Florida in Bay County County. Spanning 8,037 acres and established in 1936, this park offers a peaceful…

Bonny Lake State Park (Colorado)

Bonny Lake State Park

Bonny Lake State Park is a public state park in Colorado. Established in 1966, Located in Colorado, the park is a cherished destination for outdoor…

James Audubon State Park (Kentucky)

James Audubon State Park

James Audubon State Park is a public state park in Kentucky near Henderson in Henderson County County. Spanning 700 acres and established in 1934, this…

Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park (Florida)

Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park

Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park is a public state park in Florida. Established in 1954, the park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for…

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