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.

Gordons Pond Trail (Delaware)

Gordons Pond Trail

Gordons Pond Trail is a public state park in Delaware near Rehoboth Beach in Sussex County County. Spanning trail and established in 2014, this park…

view of the river running through the grand canyon of Pennsylvania at Leonard Harrison State Park

Lagoons Trail at Presque Isle

Lagoons Trail at Presque Isle is a public state park in Pennsylvania near Erie. Established in 1921, the park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for…

Deam Lake State Recreation Area (Indiana)

Deam Lake State Recreation Area

Deam Lake State Recreation Area is a public state park in Indiana near Borden in Clark County County. Established in 1965, the park offers a peaceful…

ANNIE AND ABEL VAN METER STATE PARK MISSOURI

Annie and Abel Van Meter State Park

Discover Annie and Abel Van Meter State Park in Missouri. Plan your visit with trail info, best times to go, camping tips, and everything you need for a great outdoor adventure.

Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve (California)

Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve

Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve is a public state park in California near Guerneville in Sonoma County County. Spanning 752 acres and…

Olana State Historic Site (New York)

Olana State Historic Site

Unlike traditional state parks focused purely on wilderness recreation, Olana State Historic
Site is a testament to the intersection of…

Devils Punchbowl State Natural Area (Oregon)

Devils Punchbowl State Natural Area

Perched high on a sandstone headland between Depoe Bay and Newport, Devils Punchbowl State Natural
Area is one of the most uniquely…

Malaekahana State Recreation Area (Hawaii)

Malaekahana State Recreation Area

Located on the incredibly scenic, windward northeastern coast of Oahu, just north of the town of Laie,
Malaekahana State Recreation Area is a…

The entrance to Grand Isle State Park.

Knight Island State Park

Knight Island State Park is a public state park in Vermont near North Hero in Grand Isle County County. Spanning 115 acres and established in 1990,…

Arcadia Beach State Recreation Site

Pilot Butte State Scenic Viewpoint

Pilot Butte State Scenic Viewpoint is a public state park in Oregon near Bend in Deschutes County County. Spanning 114 acres and established in 1928,…

Banner Lakes at Summerset State park Iowa

Emerson Bay State Park

Emerson Bay State Park is a public state park in Iowa near Estherville in Dickinson County County. Spanning 12 acres, the park offers a peaceful…

Lobster Fisherman picking up traps, Roque Bluffs, Maine

Wolfes Neck Farm Trails

Wolfes Neck Farm Trails is a public state park in Maine near Freeport. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for visitors of all ages.

Rosebud Battlefield State Park Graves

Rosebud Battlefield State Park

Rosebud Battlefield State Park is a public state park in Montana near Rosebud in Big Horn County County. Spanning 3,052 acres and established in 1972,…

Battleground State Park (Arkansas)

Battleground State Park

Battleground State Park is a public state park in Washington near Battle Ground in Harris County County. Spanning 6.2 acres, the park offers a…

Old Davidsonville State Park (Arkansas)

Old Davidsonville State Park

Old Davidsonville State Park is a public state park in Arkansas near Powhatan in Randolph County County. Spanning 163 acres and established in 1957,…

Beacon Rock State Park Washington

Olmstead Place Heritage Area

Olmstead Place Heritage Area is a public state park in Washington near Ellensburg. Spanning 217 acres and established in 1968, this park offers a…

Agate Beach State Recreation Site Oregon

Seven Devils State Recreation Site

Seven Devils State Recreation Site is a public state park in Oregon near Bandon. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for visitors of all ages.

William W. Powers State Recreation Area (Illinois)

William W. Powers State Recreation Area

William W. Powers State Recreation Area is a public state park in Illinois near Chicago. Spanning 580 acres and established in 1947, this park offers a…

Artpark State Park New York

Artpark State Park

Artpark State Park is a public state park in New York near Lewiston in Niagara County. Spanning 197 acres and established in 1974, this park offers a…

aerial view of Bear Lake State Park

Chief Timothy State Park

Chief Timothy State Park is a public state park in Idaho near Clarkston in Asotin County. Spanning 198 acres, the park offers a peaceful retreat into…

Banner Lakes at Summerset State park Iowa

Banner Lakes at Summerset State Park

Banner Lakes at Summerset State Park is a public state park in Iowa near Indianola in Warren County County. Spanning 222 acres and established in 2004,…

La Purisima Mission State Historic Park (California)

La Purisima Mission State Historic Park

La Purisima Mission State Historic Park is a public state park in California near Lompoc in Santa Barbara County. Spanning 1,934 acres and established…

Crockett Falls in David Crockett State Park, located a half mile west of Lawrenceburg, Tennessee.

Lamar Alexander Rocky Fork State Park

Lamar Alexander Rocky Fork State Park is a public state park in Tennessee near Flag Pond. Spanning 2,076 acres and established in 2012, this park…

Zaleski State Forest (Ohio)

Zaleski State Forest

Zaleski State Forest is a public state park in Ohio near Zaleski. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for visitors of all ages.

Lake Elmore State Park (Vermont)

Lake Elmore State Park

Lake Elmore State Park is a public state park in Vermont near Lake Elmore. Spanning 755 acres and established in 1936, this park offers a peaceful…

Laie Point State Wayside (Hawaii)

Laie Point State Wayside

Laie Point State Wayside is a public state park in Hawaii near Laie. Spanning 11 acres and established in 1961, this park offers a peaceful retreat…

Indian Grinding Rock State Historic Park (California)

Indian Grinding Rock State Historic Park

Indian Grinding Rock State Historic Park is a public state park in California near Pine Grove in Amador County. Spanning 135 acres and established in…

Lake Cushman State Park (Washington)

Lake Cushman State Park

Lake Cushman State Park is a public state park in Washington near Hoodsport. Spanning 500 acres and established in 1926, this park offers a peaceful…

Mission Esperitu Santo through the trees at Goliad State Park

Rockin River Ranch State Park

Rockin River Ranch State Park is a public state park in Texas near Concan. Spanning 209 acres and established in 2024, this park offers a peaceful…

Sunset over the lake at Quartz Mountain State Park

Boggy Depot State Park

Boggy Depot State Park is a public state park in Oklahoma near Atoka in Atoka County. Spanning 630 acres, the park offers a peaceful retreat into…

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

Alcona Dam Pond State Forest Campground

Alcona Dam Pond State Forest Campground is a public state park in Michigan near Glennie. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for visitors of…

Long Pond Ironworks State Park (New Jersey)

Long Pond Ironworks State Park

Long Pond Ironworks State Park is a public state park in New Jersey near Hewitt in Passaic County. Spanning 145 acres and established in 1987, this…

Haverstraw Beach State Park (New York)

Haverstraw Beach State Park

Haverstraw Beach State Park is a public state park in New York near Haverstraw in Rockland County. Spanning 73 acres and established in 1911, this park…

Big Run State Park - savage river forest

Savage River State Forest

Savage River State Forest is a public state park in Maryland near Grantsville. Established in 1929, the park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for…

Rock Island Trail State Park (Missouri)

Rock Island Trail State Park

Rock Island Trail State Park is a public state park in Missouri near Windsor in Cass, Henry, Johnson County. Spanning 26 miles and established in 1989,…

Santa Fe River, looking south from the bridge in O'Leno State Park.

Indian River Lagoon Preserve State Park

Indian River Lagoon Preserve State Park is a public state park in Florida near Melbourne. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for visitors…

Lake Lenore Caves State Park (Washington)

Lake Lenore Caves State Park

Lake Lenore Caves State Park is a public state park in Washington near Soap Lake. Spanning 155 acres and established in 1972, this park offers a…

Delta Heritage Trail State Park (Arkansas)

Delta Heritage Trail State Park

Delta Heritage Trail State Park is a public state park in Arkansas near Lexa in Arkansas, Desha, Phillips County. Spanning 960 acres and established…

Bothe-Napa Valley State Park (California)

Bothe-Napa Valley State Park

Bothe-Napa Valley State Park is a public state park in California near Calistoga in Napa and Sonoma County. Spanning 1,991 acres and established in…

Richard Bong State Recreation Area (Wisconsin)

Richard Bong State Recreation Area

Richard Bong State Recreation Area is a public state park in Wisconsin near Kansasville in Kenosha County. Spanning 4,515 acres and established in…

Carlyle Lake boat marina

Weinberg King State Park

Weinberg King State Park is a public state park in Illinois near Augusta. Spanning 772 acres and established in 1968, this park offers a peaceful…

San Bruno Mountain State Park (California)

San Bruno Mountain State Park

San Bruno Mountain State Park is a public state park in California near Brisbane in San Mateo County. Spanning 2,416 acres, the park offers a peaceful…

Standish-Hickey State Recreation Area (California)

Standish-Hickey State Recreation Area

Standish-Hickey State Recreation Area is a public state park in California near Leggett in Mendocino County. Spanning 1,000 acres, the park offers a…

Verde River Greenway State Natural Area (Arizona)

Verde River Greenway State Natural Area

Verde River Greenway State Natural Area is a public state park in Arizona near Cottonwood in Yavapai County. Spanning 480 acres and established in…

Fort Harrod State Park (Kentucky)

Fort Harrod State Park

Fort Harrod State Park is a public state park in Kentucky near Harrodsburg. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for visitors of all ages.

Cedarville State Forest (Maryland)

Cedarville State Forest

Cedarville State Forest is a public state park in Maryland near Brandywine. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for visitors of all ages.

Columbia Hills State Park (Washington)

Columbia Hills State Park

Columbia Hills State Park is a public state park in Washington near Dallesport in Klickitat County. Spanning 3,338 acres and established in 2003, this…

hiker approaching a rock formation in a colorado state park

Colorado State Forest State Park

Colorado State Forest State Park is a public state park in Colorado near Walden. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for visitors of all ages.

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