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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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Plum Bayou Mounds Archeological State Park

Toltec Mounds Archeological State Park is a public state park in Arkansas. Spanning 100 acres and established in 1980, this park offers a peaceful…

Sonoma Coast State Park (California)

Sonoma Coast State Park

Bodega Dunes Campground is a public state park in California near Bodega Bay in Sonoma County County. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature…

Poe Springs State Park (Florida)

Poe Springs State Park

Poe Springs State Park is a public state park in Florida in Alachua County County. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for visitors of all ages.

Black River Falls State Forest (Wisconsin)

Black River Falls State Forest

Black River Falls State Forest is a public state park in Wisconsin. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for visitors of all ages.

Jay Nixon State Park (Missouri)

Jay Nixon State Park

Jay Nixon State Park is a public state park in Missouri in Reynolds County. Spanning 1,231 acres and established in 2017, this park offers a peaceful…

North Hampton State Beach (New Hampshire)

North Hampton State Beach

North Hampton State Beach is a public state park in New Hampshire near North Hampton in Rockingham County County. Spanning 1.1 acres and established in…

Jones Island State Park (Washington)

Jones Island State Park

Jones Island State Park is a public state park in Washington in San Juan County County. Spanning 188 acres and established in 1982, this park offers a…

Grand Gulf Military Park (Mississippi)

Grand Gulf Military Park

Grand Gulf Military Park is a public state park in Mississippi near Grand Gulf in Claiborne County County. Established in 1962, the park offers a…

The edge of the lake on site #7 at Pawtuckaway State Park

Merrimack River State Forest

Merrimack River State Forest is a public state park in New Hampshire near Boscawen in Merrimack County County. The park offers a peaceful retreat into…

a trail through snow-covered trees at Bogue Chitto State Park

Saint Bernard State Park

Saint Bernard State Park is a public state park in Louisiana near Poydras in Saint Bernard Parish County. The park offers a peaceful retreat into…

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Port Austin State Harbor

Port Austin State Harbor is a public state park in Michigan near Port Austin in Huron County County. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for…

sunrise over drucker bay at meaher state park in alabama

Ebenezer Swamp Ecological Preserve

Ebenezer Swamp Ecological Preserve is a public state park in Alabama. Located in Alabama, the park is a cherished destination for outdoor enthusiasts,…

Lake Greeson State Park (Arkansas)

Lake Greeson State Park

Lake Greeson State Park is a public state park in Arkansas in Pike County County. Spanning 276 acres and established in 1955, this park offers a…

Bandon State Natural Area (Oregon)

Bandon State Natural Area

Bandon State Natural Area is a public state park in Oregon. Established in 1954, the park offers visitors the chance to spot rare and migratory birds,…

Fay Bainbridge Park (Washington)

Fay Bainbridge Park

Fay Bainbridge Park is a public state park in Washington near Bainbridge Island in Kitsap County County. Spanning 17 acres, the park offers a peaceful…

Barren River Lake State Resort Park

General Burnside Island State Park

General Burnside Island State Park is a public state park in Kentucky near Burnside in Pulaski County County. Spanning 430 acres and established in…

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Lake George Beach Day Use Area

Lake George Beach State Park is a public state park in New York near Town of Lake George in Warren County County. The park offers a peaceful retreat…

Sand Ridge State Forest (Illinois)

Sand Ridge State Forest

Sand Ridge State Forest is a public state park in Illinois near Forest City in Mason County County. Spanning 29 acres and established in 1939, this…

a watchtower under the stars at Newton Hills State Park

Spearfish Canyon Scenic Byway

Spearfish Canyon Scenic Byway is a public state park in South Dakota near Lead in Lawrence County County. The park offers a peaceful retreat into…

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Florewood River Plantation State Park

Florewood River Plantation State Park is a public state park in Mississippi near Greenwood in Leflore County County. Established in 1973, the park…

Lake Perris State Recreation Area (California)

Lake Perris State Recreation Area

Lake Perris State Recreation Area is a public state park in California near Perris in Riverside County County. Spanning 8,800 acres and established in…

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Tillamook State Forest

Tillamook State Forest is a public state park in Oregon in Tillamook County County. Established in 1973, the park offers a peaceful retreat into nature…

Lake Tarleton State Park (New Hampshire)

Lake Tarleton State Park

Lake Tarleton State Park is a public state park in New Hampshire near Piermont in Grafton County County. Spanning 48 acres, the park offers a peaceful…

Arthur B. Ripley Desert Woodland State Park on a clear day

Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve

Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve is a public state park in California near Huntington Beach in Orange County County. Spanning 169 acres and established…

flagpole at Fort Loudoun State Historic Park

Port Royal State Historic Site

Port Royal State Historic Site is a public state park in Tennessee in Montgomery, Robertson County. Spanning 26 acres and established in 1978, this…

Chautauqua State Park (New York)

Chautauqua State Park

Chautauqua State Park is a public state park in New York in Chautauqua County County. Spanning 360 acres and established in 1956, this park offers a…

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Potomac State Forest

Potomac State Forest is a public state park in Maryland in Garrett County County. Spanning 11,535 acres and established in 1906, this park offers a…

Breaks Interstate Park (Virginia)

Breaks Interstate Park

The Deepest Canyon East of the Mississippi — 5-mile gorge plunging
1,600 feet, with Class V whitewater, 25+ miles of trails, and the only…

Great River Road State Park (Mississippi)

Great River Road State Park

Great River Road State Park is a public state park in Mississippi in Bolivar County. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for visitors of all…

Tioga State Forest (Pennsylvania)

Tioga State Forest

Tioga State Forest is a public state park in Pennsylvania in Tioga County County. Established in 1900, the park offers a peaceful retreat into nature…

Fall Creek Falls Tennessee 256-foot waterfall plunging into gorge surrounded by autumn forest

Stone Door Trail

Stone Door Trail is a public state park in Tennessee in Grundy County County. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for visitors of all ages.

Berkeley Marina (California)

Berkeley Marina

Berkeley Marina is a public state park in California near Berkeley in Alameda County County. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for…

wood tikchik state park

Wood-Tikchik State Park

Wood-Tikchik State Park is a public state park in Alaska. Spanning 1,600,000 acres and established in 1978, this park offers a peaceful retreat into…

Mt. Mansfield State Forest (Vermont)

Mt. Mansfield State Forest

Mt. Mansfield State Forest is a public state park in Vermont near Stowe in Lamoille County County. Spanning 44,444 acres and established in 1914, this…

Flume Gorge (New Hampshire)

Flume Gorge

Flume Gorge is a public state park in New Hampshire near Lincoln in Grafton County County. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for visitors…

East River State Park (Connecticut)

East River State Park

East River State Park is a public state park in Connecticut near New York in Kings County County. Established in 2007, the park offers a peaceful…

McCarthy Beach State Park (Minnesota)

McCarthy Beach State Park

McCarthy Beach State Park is a public state park in Minnesota near French Township in Saint Louis County County. Spanning 2,471 acres and established…

Otter Brook State Park (New Hampshire)

Otter Brook State Park

Otter Brook State Park is a public state park in New Hampshire near Keene in Cheshire County County. Spanning 2.5 acres and established in 1958, this…

reflection in reservoir at guernsey state park in wyoming

Olino State Park

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

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Cadillac Heritage Village

Cadillac Heritage Village is a public state park in Michigan. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for visitors of all ages.

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Big Cypress Tree State Park

Big Cypress Tree State Park is a public state park in Tennessee in Weakley County County. Spanning 330 acres, the park offers a peaceful retreat into…

Bear Head Lake State Park Minnesota

Cascade Lake State Park

Cascade Lake State Park is a public state park in Minnesota near Rochester in Olmsted County County. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for…

A big boulder at Robbers Cave State Park

Snowdale State Park

Snowdale State Park is a public state park in Oklahoma in Mayes County. Spanning 15 acres and established in 1959, this park offers a peaceful retreat…

Jefferson State Park (Georgia)

Jefferson State Park

Jefferson State Park is a public state park in Georgia near Jefferson in Lincoln County County. Spanning 1,188 acres and established in 1956, this park…

Wooden boardwalk beneath Alum Cave rock overhang with Middle Fork River at Audra State Park West Virginia

Pineville Lake State Park

Pineville Lake State Park is a public state park in West Virginia. Located in West Virginia, the park is a cherished destination for outdoor…

Jasper State Park (Oregon)

Jasper State Park

Jasper State Park is a public state park in Indiana in Jasper County County. Established in 1998, the park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for…

Gambrill State Park (Maryland)

Gambrill State Park

Gambrill State Park is a public state park in Maryland in Frederick County County. Spanning 1,209 acres and established in 1934, this park offers a…

picnic and recreation area at chickasaw state park in alabama

Paul M. Grist State Park

Paul M. Grist State Park is a public state park in Alabama in Dallas County County. Spanning 1,080 acres and established in 1930, this park offers a…

Havenwoods State Forest (Wisconsin)

Havenwoods State Forest

Havenwoods State Forest is a public state park in Wisconsin near Milwaukee in Milwaukee County County. Spanning 237 acres and established in 1979, this…

The lake through the trees at Lake Metigoshe State Park

Graham Island State Recreation Area

Graham Island State Recreation Area is a public state park in North Dakota. Spanning 959 acres and established in 1988, this park offers a peaceful…

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