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.

Sun shining through the trees at San Felasco Hammock Preserve State Park

Payne Prairie Preserve State Park

Payne Prairie Preserve State Park is a public state park in Florida. Spanning 21,000 acres and established in 1971, this park offers a peaceful retreat…

Agate Beach State Recreation Site Oregon

Agate Beach State Recreation Site

Agate Beach State Recreation Site is a public state park in Oregon near Newport in Lincoln County County. Established in 1969, the park offers visitors…

Arcadia Beach State Recreation Site

Arcadia Beach State Recreation Site

Arcadia Beach State Recreation Site is a public state park in Oregon in Clatsop County County. The park offers visitors the chance to cast a line in…

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Mystery Bay State Park

Mystery Bay State Park is a public state park in Washington near Marrowstone in Jefferson County County. Spanning 18 acres and established in 1972,…

Dead tree in water against sunset at Lake Arrowhead State Park

Glacier Lakes Trail

Glacier Lakes Trail is a public state park in Minnesota near Turner Township in Aitkin County County. Spanning 22 miles, the park offers a peaceful…

Tombigbee State Park (Mississippi)

Tombigbee State Park

Tombigbee State Park is a public state park in Mississippi in Lee County County. Spanning 480 acres and established in 1934, this park offers a…

Bohemia River State Park Maryland

Sang Run State Park

Sang Run State Park is a public state park in Maryland near McHenry in Garrett County County. Spanning 264 acres and established in 2017, this park…

Waveland State Historic Site (Kentucky)

Waveland State Historic Site

Waveland State Historic Site is a public state park in Kentucky near Lexington in Fayette County County. Spanning 10 acres and established in 1957,…

Otter River State Forest (Massachusetts)

Otter River State Forest

Otter River State Forest is a public state park in Massachusetts near Templeton in Worcester County County. Spanning 1,022 acres and established in…

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Ukiah-Dale Forest State Scenic Corridor

Ukiah-Dale Forest State Scenic Corridor is a public state park in Oregon. Established in 1944, the park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for…

Artpark State Park New York

Rockwood Hall State Park Preserve

Rockwood Hall State Park Preserve is a public state park in New York near Town of Mount Pleasant in Westchester County County. Spanning 88 acres and…

Fort Knox State Historic Site (Maine)

Fort Knox State Historic Site

Fort Knox State Historic Site is a public state park in Maine near Prospect in Waldo County County. Spanning 124 acres and established in 2007, this…

Folsom Powerhouse State Historic Park (California)

Folsom Powerhouse State Historic Park

Folsom Powerhouse State Historic Park is a public state park in California near Folsom in Sacramento County County. Spanning 35 acres, the park offers…

Casselman River Bridge State Park (Maryland)

Casselman River Bridge State Park

Casselman River Bridge State Park is a public state park in Maryland in Garrett County. Spanning 4 acres and established in 1957, this park offers a…

Baranof Castle State Historic Site Alaska

Castle State Park

Castle State Park is a public state park in Alaska in Loudoun County County. Spanning 5,242 acres and established in 1921, this park offers a peaceful…

Topsmead State Forest (Connecticut)

Topsmead State Forest

Topsmead State Forest is a public state park in Connecticut near Litchfield in Northwest Hills Planning Region County. Spanning 615 acres and…

Split Rock Creek through the trees at Palisades State Park

Fort Sisseton State Historic Park

Fort Sisseton State Historic Park is a public state park in South Dakota in Marshall County County. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for…

Buckhorn State Park Wisconsin - Cart-in camping on Castle Rock Flowage

Brule River State Forest

Brule River State Forest is a public state park in Wisconsin near Town of Cloverland in Douglas County County. Established in 1907, the park offers a…

Cedar Key Scrub State Reserve (Florida)

Cedar Key Scrub State Reserve

Cedar Key Scrub State Reserve is a public state park in Florida near Cedar Key in Levy County County. Spanning 5,028 acres and established in 1978,…

McLaughlin Eastshore State Park (California)

McLaughlin Eastshore State Park

McLaughlin Eastshore State Park is a public state park in California near Oakland in Alameda County County. Spanning 1,854 acres and established in…

Fiery Gizzard Trail (Tennessee)

Fiery Gizzard Trail

Fiery Gizzard Trail is a public state park in Tennessee near Tracy City in Grundy County County. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for…

Mohawk Trail State Forest (Massachusetts)

Mohawk Trail State Forest

Mohawk Trail State Forest is a public state park in Massachusetts near Charlemont in Franklin County County. Spanning 7,700 acres and established in…

Watkins Woolen Mill State Park (Missouri)

Watkins Woolen Mill State Park

Watkins Woolen Mill State Park is a public state park in Missouri in Clay County County. Spanning 1,500.22 acres and established in 1964, this park…

Plum Island State Reservation (Massachusetts)

Plum Island State Reservation

Plum Island State Reservation is a public state park in Massachusetts near Newbury in Essex County County. Spanning 77 acres, the park offers a…

C.R. Magney State Park (Minnesota)

C.R. Magney State Park

C.R. Magney State Park is a public state park in Minnesota near East Cook in Cook County County. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for…

Moses H. Cone Memorial Park (North Carolina)

Moses H. Cone Memorial Park

Moses H. Cone Memorial Park is a public state park in North Carolina near Blowing Rock in Watauga County County. Spanning 3,496 acres and established…

Bidwell–Sacramento River State Park entrance sign

Laguna Beach Park

Laguna Beach Park is a public state park in California near Laguna Beach in Orange County County. Spanning 7,000 acres and established in 1993, this…

aerial photograph of Lake Sammamish State Park

Rosario Beach Marine Laboratory

Rosario Beach Marine Laboratory is a public state park in Washington near Rosario Beach in Skagit County County. The park offers a peaceful retreat…

Bedell Bridge State Historic Park New Hampshire feature

Bedell Bridge State Park

Bedell Bridge State Park is a public state park in New Hampshire near Haverhill in Grafton County County. Spanning 38 acres and established in 1970,…

Hamilton Pool Preserve (Texas)

Hamilton Pool Preserve

Hamilton Pool Preserve is a public state park in Texas near Dripping Springs in Travis County County. Spanning 232 acres and established in 1985, this…

Pavilion by the water at Lake Sakakawea State Park

Pembina Gorge State Recreation Area

Pembina Gorge State Recreation Area is a public state park in North Dakota in Cavalier County. Spanning 1,236 acres and established in 2012, this park…

Kona Coast State Park (Hawaii)

Kona Coast State Park

Stretching across 1,600 acres of raw lava coastline on the Big Island’s Kohala Coast, Kekaha Kai State Park (formerly Kona Coast State Park) shelters…

Sunset at Percy Quin State Park

Claiborne Lake State Park

Claiborne Lake State Park is a public state park in Louisiana in Claiborne Parish County. Located in Louisiana, the park is a cherished destination for…

Bidwell Mansion in 2021

Oso Flaco Lake State Park

Oso Flaco Lake State Park is a public state park in California in San Luis Obispo County County. Spanning 800 acres and established in 1974, this park…

Cataract Falls State Recreation Area (Indiana)

Cataract Falls State Recreation Area

Cataract Falls State Recreation Area is a public state park in Indiana near Cataract in Owen County County. The park offers a peaceful retreat into…

Leominster State Forest (Massachusetts)

Leominster State Forest

Leominster State Forest is a public state park in Massachusetts near Westminster in Worcester County County. Spanning 4,246 acres and established in…

Beaver Brook State Park Windham Chaplin Connecticut

Beaver Brook State Park

Beaver Brook State Park is a public state park in Connecticut near Colebrook in Coös County County. Spanning 303 acres and established in 1955, this…

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Pleasant Harbor State Park

Pleasant Harbor State Park is a public state park in Washington in Jefferson County County. Spanning 1 acre and established in 1955, this park offers a…

Asilomar State Beach (California)

Asilomar State Beach

Asilomar State Beach is a public state park in California near Pacific Grove in Monterey County County. Spanning 107 acres and established in 1951,…

Niagara Gorge Trail (New York)

Niagara Gorge Trail

Niagara Gorge Trail is a public state park in New York near City of Niagara Falls in Niagara County County. The park offers a peaceful retreat into…

St. Edward State Park (Washington)

St. Edward State Park

St. Edward State Park is a public state park in Washington near Kenmore in King County County. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for…

Fort Griffin State Historic Site (Texas)

Fort Griffin State Historic Site

Fort Griffin State Historic Site is a public state park in Texas near Fort Griffin in Shackelford County County. Established in 1867, the park offers a…

Bedell Bridge State Historic Park New Hampshire feature

Elm Brook State Park

Elm Brook State Park is a public state park in New Hampshire near Conway in Carroll County County. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for…

Wildlife Prairie Park (Illinois)

Wildlife Prairie Park

Wildlife Prairie Park is a public state park in Illinois near Hanna City in Peoria County County. Spanning 6.9 acres and established in 2000, this park…

Walking trail by Lake Melvin at Eisenhower State Park

Prairie Spirit Trail State Park

Prairie Spirit Trail State Park is a public state park in Kansas near Princeton in Franklin County County. Established in 1996, the park offers a…

Rockbridge State Nature Preserve (Ohio)

Rockbridge State Nature Preserve

Rockbridge State Nature Preserve in Hocking County County. Spanning 182 acres and established in 1978, this park offers a peaceful retreat into nature…

Thermopolis Hot Springs State Park (Wyoming)

Thermopolis Hot Springs State Park

Thermopolis Hot Springs State Park is a public state park in Wyoming near Thermopolis in Hot Springs County County. Spanning 1,109 acres and…

Griffiths-Priday Ocean State Park (Washington)

Griffiths-Priday Ocean State Park

Griffiths-Priday Ocean State Park is a public state park in Washington in Grays Harbor County. Spanning 364 acres, the park offers a peaceful retreat…

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Wahiawa Freshwater State Recreation Area

Wahiawa Freshwater State Recreation Area is a public state park in Hawaii. Spanning 66 acres, the park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for…

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