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.

Rustic Mill Adjacent to Rushing Stream in Peak Autumn Season in McConnells Mill State Park

Burton Creek State Park

Burton Creek State Park is a public state park in California near Tahoe City in Placer County. Spanning 1,890 acres and established in 1976, this park…

Chumash Painted Cave State Historic Park (California)

Chumash Painted Cave State Historic Park

Chumash Painted Cave State Historic Park is a public state park in California near Santa Barbara in Santa Barbara County. Spanning 7.5 acres and…

Minnesota Valley State Recreation Area (Minnesota)

Minnesota Valley State Recreation Area

Minnesota Valley State Recreation Area is a public state park in Minnesota near Jordan in Hennepin, Dakota, Scott, Carver, Sibley, and Le Sueur County….

trees growing through the water at Chicot State Park

Jimmy Davis State Park

Jimmy Davis State Park is a public state park in Louisiana near Chatham. Located in Louisiana, the park is a cherished destination for outdoor…

Fort Griswold Battlefield State Park (Connecticut)

Fort Griswold Battlefield State Park

Fort Griswold Battlefield State Park is a public state park in Connecticut near Groton in New London County. Spanning 16 acres and established in 1953,…

alfred a. loeb state park oregon

Brian Booth State Park

Brian Booth State Park is a public state park in Oregon near Waldport. Established in 2010, the park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for visitors…

Greycliff Prairie Dog Town State Park (Montana)

Greycliff Prairie Dog Town State Park

Greycliff Prairie Dog Town State Park is a public state park in Montana near Greycliff in Sweet Grass County. Spanning 98 acres and established in…

Worthington State Forest (New Jersey)

Worthington State Forest

Worthington State Forest is a public state park in New Jersey near Columbia in Warren County. Spanning 6,421 acres and established in 1954, this park…

Polipoli Spring State Recreation Area (Hawaii)

Polipoli Spring State Recreation Area

Polipoli Spring State Recreation Area is a public state park in Hawaii near Kula. Spanning 10 acres and established in 1930s, this park offers a…

New Salem State Historic Site (Illinois)

New Salem State Historic Site

New Salem State Historic Site is a public state park in Illinois near Petersburg. Spanning 700 acres and established in 1921, this park offers a…

Confluence Point State Park (Missouri)

Confluence Point State Park

Confluence Point State Park is a public state park in Missouri near West Alton. Established in 2001, the park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for…

Sonoma State Historic Park (California)

Sonoma State Historic Park

Sonoma State Historic Park is a public state park in California near Sonoma in Sonoma County. Spanning 36 acres and established in 1909, this park…

Buckhorn Lake State Resort Park Kentucky

Buckhorn Lake State Resort Park

Buckhorn Lake State Resort Park is a public state park in Kentucky near Buckhorn. Established in 1961, the park offers a peaceful retreat into nature…

Putnam Memorial State Park (Connecticut)

Putnam Memorial State Park

Putnam Memorial State Park is a public state park in Connecticut near Bethel in Fairfield County. Spanning 183 acres and established in 1887, this park…

Manuka State Wayside (Hawaii)

Manuka State Wayside

Manuka State Wayside is a public state park in Hawaii near Ocean View. Spanning 13.4 acres, the park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for visitors…

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Hart State Outdoor Recreation Area

Hart State Outdoor Recreation Area is a public state park in Georgia near Hartwell. Spanning 147 acres and established in 2020, this park offers a…

Ainsworth State Park Oregon

Bonnie Lure State Recreation Site

Bonnie Lure State Recreation Site is a public state park in Oregon near Roseburg. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for visitors of all ages.

Bottle Beach State Park (Washington)

Bottle Beach State Park

Bottle Beach State Park is a public state park in Washington near Westport in Grays Harbor County. Spanning 75 acres and established in 1993, this park…

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

Sojourner Truth State Park

Sojourner Truth State Park is a public state park in New York near New Windsor in Ulster County. Spanning 508 acres and established in 2022, this park…

Native American tipi outside of a cave at Pictograph Cave State Park

Tongue River Reservoir State Park

Tongue River Reservoir State Park is a public state park in Montana near Decker in Big Horn County. Spanning 642 acres and established in 1983, this…

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Miller Peninsula State Park

Miller Peninsula State Park is a public state park in Washington near Sequim. Spanning 2,884 acres and established in 1994, this park offers a peaceful…

Montauk Downs State Park (New York)

Montauk Downs State Park

Montauk Downs State Park is a public state park in New York near Montauk in Suffolk County. Spanning 171 acres and established in 1968, this park…

Quechee Gorge State Park (Vermont)

Quechee Gorge State Park

Quechee Gorge State Park is a public state park in Vermont near Quechee. Spanning 688 acres and established in 1965, this park offers a peaceful…

Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park (Tennessee)

Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park

Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park is a public state park in Tennessee near Millington in Shelby County. Spanning 12,539 acres and established in 1944,…

water flowing between the rocks at Rock Island State Park

Gilgo State Park

Gilgo State Park is a public state park in New York near Babylon in Suffolk County. Spanning 1,223 acres and established in 1928, this park offers a…

Westhaven State Park (Washington)

Westhaven State Park

Westhaven State Park is a public state park in Washington near Westport in Grays Harbor County. Spanning 79 acres, the park offers a peaceful retreat…

Charles A. Lindbergh State Park (Minnesota)

Charles A. Lindbergh State Park

Charles A. Lindbergh State Park is a public state park in Minnesota near Little Falls in Morrison County. Spanning 417 acres, the park offers a…

Linville Falls Recreation Area (North Carolina)

Linville Falls Recreation Area

Thundering 90 feet into the ancient Linville Gorge — often called the “Grand Canyon of the Southern Appalachians” — Linville Falls is one of North…

Clyde Holliday State Recreation Site (Oregon)

Clyde Holliday State Recreation Site

Clyde Holliday State Recreation Site is a public state park in Oregon near John Day. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for visitors of all…

Boating at Cranberry Lake

Cranberry Lake State Park

Cranberry Lake State Park is a public state park in New York near Cranberry Lake. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for visitors of all ages.

Holyoke Heritage State Park (Massachusetts)

Holyoke Heritage State Park

Holyoke Heritage State Park is a public state park in Massachusetts near Holyoke in Hampden42°12′18″N 72°36′26″W / 42.20500°N…

Kegonsa State Park (Wisconsin)

Kegonsa State Park

Kegonsa State Park is a public state park in Wisconsin near Stoughton. Spanning 343 acres and established in 1962, this park offers a peaceful retreat…

Joseph Whidbey State Park (Washington)

Joseph Whidbey State Park

Joseph Whidbey State Park is a public state park in Washington near Oak Harbor in Island County. Spanning 112 acres and established in 1974, this park…

Carpinteria State Beach (California)

Carpinteria State Beach

Carpinteria State Beach is a public state park in California near Carpinteria in Santa Barbara and Ventura County. Spanning 62 acres and established in…

Fort Worden State Park (Washington)

Fort Worden State Park

Occupying 434 acres on the northeastern tip of the Olympic Peninsula, Fort Worden State Park is a rare fusion of military history, coastal beauty, and…

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Kokee State Park

Kokee State Park is a public state park in Hawaii near Waimea. Spanning 4,345 acres and established in 1957, this park offers a peaceful retreat into…

Arrowhead at Lake Eufaula Oklahoma

Eufaula State Park

Known to many locals by its former name, Fountainhead State Park, the 2,853-acre Lake Eufaula State
Park sits like an emerald jewel on the…

waterfall at white river falls state park in oregon

White River Falls State Park

White River Falls State Park is a public state park in Oregon near Tygh Valley. Spanning 295 acres and established in 1969, this park offers a peaceful…

Wilhelmina State Park (Arkansas)

Wilhelmina State Park

Wilhelmina State Park is a public state park in Arkansas near Mena. Spanning 460 acres and established in 1957, this park offers a peaceful retreat…

Saddle Mountain State Natural Area (Oregon)

Saddle Mountain State Natural Area

Saddle Mountain State Natural Area is a public state park in Oregon near Necanicum. Spanning 3,226 acres, the park offers a peaceful retreat into…

waterfalls at Osage Hills State Park in autumn

Lake Tenkiller State Park

Lake Tenkiller State Park is a public state park in Oklahoma near Vian. Spanning 1,190 acres and established in 1953, this park offers a peaceful…

sun reflected in the lake at joe wheeler state park in alabama

Brierfield Ironworks Historical State Park

Brierfield Ironworks Historical State Park is a public state park in Alabama near Montevallo in Bibb County. Spanning 486 acres and established in…

Brazos Island State Park (Texas)

Brazos Island State Park

Brazos Island State Park is a public state park in Texas near South Padre Island. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for visitors of all ages.

Twenty-Five Mile Creek State Park (Washington)

Twenty-Five Mile Creek State Park

Twenty-Five Mile Creek State Park is a public state park in Washington near Chelan in Chelan County. Spanning 235 acres and established in 1972, this…

Diamond Head State Monument Hawaii

Puu Ualakaa State Wayside

Puu Ualakaa State Wayside is a public state park in Hawaii near Honolulu. Established in 1959, the park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for…

Peshastin Pinnacles State Park (Washington)

Peshastin Pinnacles State Park

Peshastin Pinnacles State Park is a public state park in Washington near Cashmere in Chelan County. Spanning 34 acres and established in 1991, this…

Governor Knowles State Forest (Wisconsin)

Governor Knowles State Forest

Governor Knowles State Forest is a public state park in Wisconsin near Grantsburg. Spanning 32,500 acres and established in 1970, this park offers a…

Ascutney State Park (Vermont)

Ascutney State Park

Ascutney State Park is a public state park in Vermont near Windsor. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for visitors of all ages.

Florida Citrus State Historic Park (Florida)

Florida Citrus State Historic Park

Florida Citrus State Historic Park is a public state park in Florida near Winter Garden. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for visitors of…

Crosby Manitou State Park (Minnesota)

Crosby Manitou State Park

Crosby Manitou State Park is a public state park in Minnesota near Schroeder. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for visitors of all ages.

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