Author name: America's State Parks Editorial Team

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.

Sweetwater Lake

Taconic Mountains Ramble State Park

Taconic Mountains Ramble State Park is a public state park in Vermont near Hubbardton in Rutland County County. Spanning 204 acres and established in…

Carmel River State Beach (California)

Carmel River State Beach

Carmel River State Beach is a public state park in California near Carmel Meadows in Monterey County County. Spanning 297 acres and established in…

St. Marys River State Park (Maryland)

St. Marys River State Park

St. Marys River State Park is a public state park in Maryland in Saint Mary’s County County. Spanning 2,643 acres and established in 1968, this park…

Kankakee River canyon view

Delabar State Park

Delabar State Park is a public state park in Illinois in Henderson County County. Spanning 0.36 acres and established in 1960, this park offers a…

dp hero 1

Dugualla State Park

Dugualla State Park is a public state park in Washington in Island County County. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for visitors of all ages.

Glacial Drumlin State Trail (Wisconsin)

Glacial Drumlin State Trail

Glacial Drumlin State Trail is a public state park in Wisconsin near Waukesha in Waukesha County County. Spanning 52 miles and established in 1986,…

Olmstead Place Historical State Park (Washington)

Olmstead Place Historical State Park

Olmstead Place Historical State Park is a public state park in Washington near Ellensburg in Kittitas County County. Spanning 217 acres, the park…

Big Island State Park (Minnesota)

Big Island State Park

Big Island State Park is a public state park in Minnesota near Albert Lea Township in Freeborn County County. Established in 1947, the park offers a…

waves crash against the shore at Cape Disappointment State Park

Camp Wooten Retreat Center

Camp Wooten Environmental Learning Center is a public state park in Washington. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for visitors of all ages.

aerial photo of the bridge at Bear Mountain State Park

Irondequoit Bay Marine Park

Irondequoit Bay Marine Park is a public state park in New York near Town of Irondequoit in Monroe County County. Spanning 44 acres and established in…

Oceano Dunes SVRA (California)

Oceano Dunes SVRA

Oceano Dunes SVRA is a public state park in California in San Luis Obispo County County. Spanning 4,800 acres, the park offers a peaceful retreat into…

Agate Beach State Recreation Site Oregon

Cline Falls State Scenic Viewpoint

Cline Falls State Scenic Viewpoint is a public state park in Oregon near Redmond in Deschutes County County. The park offers a peaceful retreat into…

soldiers fire a cannon at Johnsonville State Historic Park

Hiwassee Scenic River State Park

Hiwassee State Scenic River is a public state park in Tennessee near Probst in Polk County County. Spanning — and established in 1972, this park…

Big Stone Lake State Park Minnesota

China Cove Beach

China Cove Beach is a public state park in California near Newport Beach in Orange County County. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for…

Gopher Tortoise emerging from its burrow at South Fork State Park

Atlantic Ridge Preserve State Park

Atlantic Ridge Preserve State Park is a public state park in Florida in Martin County County. The park offers visitors the chance to bicycling, ride…

long exposure photo of a waterfall at Hickory Run State Park

Upper Buttermilk Falls State Park

Upper Buttermilk Falls State Park is a public state park in New York near Town of Schaghticoke in Rensselaer County County. Established in 1924, the…

Pachaug State Forest (Connecticut)

Pachaug State Forest

Pachaug State Forest is a public state park in Connecticut near Voluntown in Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region County. Spanning 27,000 acres and…

Adeline Jay Geo-Karis Illinois Beach State Park

Palestine Lake State Recreation Area

Palestine Lake State Recreation Area is a public state park in Illinois. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for visitors of all ages.

Middle Falls at Letchworth State Park surrounded by autumn foliage in New York

Lake Welch Beach – Harriman

Lake Welch Beach – Harriman is a public state park in New York near Town of Stony Point in Rockland County County. Spanning 216 acres and established…

Seven Tubs Recreation Area (Pennsylvania)

Seven Tubs Recreation Area

Seven Tubs Recreation Area is a public state park in Pennsylvania. Spanning 537 acres, the park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for visitors of…

Rendezvous Mountain State Forest (North Carolina)

Rendezvous Mountain State Forest

Rendezvous Mountain State Forest is a public state park in North Carolina in Wilkes County. Spanning 1,800 acres and established in 1926, this park…

Platform on the Trail Vaughan Woods State Park

Androscoggin Riverlands State Park

Androscoggin Riverlands State Park is a public state park in Maine near Turner in Androscoggin County County. Spanning 2,674 acres, the park offers…

Lake Superior waves in a cove at Tettegouche State Park

Big Fork State Forest

Big Fork State Forest is a public state park in Minnesota near Liberty in Itasca County County. Established in 1963, the park offers a peaceful retreat…

flowers near welcome sign at paul grist state park in selma alabama

Lake Lowndes State Park

Lowndes County State Park is a public state park in Alabama in Lowndes County County. Spanning 150 acres, the park offers a peaceful retreat into…

Crystal-clear turquoise sky lake surrounded by autumn foliage and white quartz cliffs at Minnewaska State Park

Elwell State Park

Elwell State Park is a public state park in New York near Montauk in Suffolk County County. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for visitors…

Mount Riga State Park (Connecticut)

Mount Riga State Park

Mount Riga State Park is a public state park in Connecticut near Salisbury in Northwest Hills Planning Region County. Spanning 276 acres and…

Mormon Island State Recreation Area (Nebraska)

Mormon Island State Recreation Area

Mormon Island State Recreation Area is a public state park in Nebraska in Hall County County. Located in Nebraska, the park is a cherished destination…

alfred a. loeb state park oregon

John Yeon State Scenic Corridor

John Yeon State Scenic Corridor is a public state park in Oregon. Spanning 217 acres and established in 1935, this park offers a peaceful retreat into…

Collis P. Huntington State Park (Connecticut)

Collis P. Huntington State Park

Collis P. Huntington State Park is a public state park in Connecticut in Fairfield County. Spanning 878 acres and established in 1973, this park offers…

view of the water through the trees at Lake Catherine State Park

White River-Bull Shoals State Park

White River-Bull Shoals State Park is a public state park in Arkansas near Bull Shoals in Marion County County. Spanning 732 acres and established in…

Towers of Time monument at Ponca State Park

Big Elk Creek State Park

Big Elk Creek State Park is a public state park in Nebraska near Bellevue in Sarpy County County. Spanning 1,712 acres and established in 2022, this…

Mountain Bridge Wilderness Area (South Carolina)

Mountain Bridge Wilderness Area

Mountain Bridge Wilderness Area is a public state park in South Carolina in Greenville County County. Established in 1972, the park offers a peaceful…

Neskowin Beach State Recreation Site (Oregon)

Neskowin Beach State Recreation Site

Neskowin Beach State Recreation Site is a public state park in Oregon near Neskowin in Tillamook County County. Established in 1968, the park offers a…

man fishing at Roaring River State Park

Pickle Springs Natural Area

Pickle Springs Natural Area is a public state park in Missouri near Pickel in Ste. Genevieve County County. Spanning 256 acres and established in 1986,…

Crystal clear turquoise Flathead Lake with Mission Mountains at sunset Montana

Flathead Lake State Park

Montana’s Inland Sea — The largest natural freshwater lake west of the Mississippi, crystal-clear glacier-fed water, 6 distinct park units,…

Darlingtonia State Natural Site (Oregon)

Darlingtonia State Natural Site

Darlingtonia State Natural Site is a public state park in Oregon in Lane County County. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for visitors of…

Jackson F. Kimball State Recreation Site (Oregon)

Jackson F. Kimball State Recreation Site

Jackson F. Kimball State Recreation Site is a public state park in Oregon. Spanning 19 acres and established in 1955, this park offers a peaceful…

Coles Creek State Park marina on Lake St. Lawrence at sunset with boats and campground

Lake Taconic State Park

Lake Taconic State Park is a public state park in New York near Town of Ancram in Columbia County County. Spanning 5,000 acres, the park offers a…

Blue River SRA Nebraska

Blue River State Recreation Area

Blue River State Recreation Area is a public state park in Indiana near Blue River in Washington County County. The park offers a peaceful retreat into…

Sucia Island Marine State Park (Washington)

Sucia Island Marine State Park

Sucia Island Marine State Park is a public state park in Washington in San Juan County County. Spanning 814 acres and established in 1952, this park…

Hero image for Osbornedale State Park

Ross Pond State Park

Ross Pond State Park is a public state park in Connecticut near Killingly in Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region County. Spanning 314 acres and…

Damon Point State Park (Washington)

Damon Point State Park

Damon Point State Park is a public state park in Washington near Ocean Shores in Grays Harbor County County. Spanning 61 acres, the park offers a…

George H. Crosby Manitou State Park (Minnesota)

George H. Crosby Manitou State Park

George H. Crosby Manitou State Park is a public state park in Minnesota in Lake County. Spanning 6,200 acres and established in 1955, this park offers…

Sunset across Ocoee, TN overlooking the Hiwassee River

Natural Chimneys Natural Area Preserve

Natural Chimneys Natural Area Preserve is a public state park in Tennessee in Marion County. Spanning 33 acres, the park offers a peaceful retreat into…

Wormsloe Historic Site (Georgia)

Wormsloe Historic Site

Wormsloe Historic Site is a public state park in Georgia near Isle of Hope in Chatham County County. Spanning 822 acres and established in 1979, this…

Clarkco State Park Mississippi (1)

LeFleur’s Bluff State Park

LeFleur State Park is a public state park in Mississippi near Jackson in Hinds County County. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for…

Redwood National and State Parks

Redwood National and State Parks

Redwood National and State Parks is a public state park in California in Humboldt County County. Spanning 138,999 acres and established in 1968, this…

Cape Meares State Park (Oregon)

Cape Meares State Park

Cape Meares State Park is a public state park in Oregon near Cape Meares in Tillamook County County. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for…

Scroll to Top