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.

Cardigan Mountain State Park (New Hampshire)

Cardigan Mountain State Park

Cardigan Mountain State Park is a public state park in New Hampshire near Orange in Grafton County. Spanning 5,655 acres and established in 1939, this…

High Tor State Park (New York)

High Tor State Park

High Tor State Park is a public state park in New York near Haverstraw in Rockland County. Spanning 691 acres and established in 1943, this park offers…

Copper Culture State Park (Wisconsin)

Copper Culture State Park

Copper Culture State Park is a public state park in Wisconsin near Oconto in Oconto County. Spanning 42 acres, the park offers a peaceful retreat into…

Rio Grande Nature Center State Park (New Mexico)

Rio Grande Nature Center State Park

Rio Grande Nature Center State Park is a public state park in New Mexico near Albuquerque in Bernalillo County. Spanning 38 acres and established in…

Walker River State Recreation Area (Nevada)

Walker River State Recreation Area

Walker River State Recreation Area is a public state park in Nevada near Wellington in Lyon County. Spanning 12,300 acres and established in 2018, this…

Haley Farm State Park (Connecticut)

Haley Farm State Park

Haley Farm State Park is a public state park in Connecticut near Groton in New London County. Spanning 267 acres and established in 1970, this park…

Hill Annex Mine State Park (Minnesota)

Hill Annex Mine State Park

Hill Annex Mine State Park is a public state park in Minnesota near Calumet. Spanning 625 acres and established in 1988, this park offers a peaceful…

Rockefeller State Park Preserve carriage trail through autumn foliage

Max V. Shaul State Park

Max V. Shaul State Park is a public state park in New York near Fultonham in Schoharie County. Spanning 70 acres and established in 1959, this park…

Border Field State Park (California)

Border Field State Park

Border Field State Park is a public state park in California near San Diego in San Diego County. Spanning 1,316 acres and established in 1972, this…

Fort Tejon State Historic Park (California)

Fort Tejon State Historic Park

Fort Tejon State Historic Park is a public state park in California near Lebec in Kern County. Spanning 647 acres, the park offers a peaceful retreat…

Nails Creek Unit (Texas)

Nails Creek Unit

Nails Creek Unit is a public state park in Texas near Ledbetter in Burleson, Lee County. Spanning 3,155 acres and established in 1970, this park offers…

Lake Keomah State Park (Iowa)

Lake Keomah State Park

Lake Keomah State Park is a public state park in Iowa near Oskaloosa in Mahaska County County. Spanning 366 acres and established in 1934, this park…

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Lake Russell Recreation Area

Lake Russell Recreation Area is a public state park in Georgia near Cornelia. Spanning 100 acres and established in 1937, this park offers a peaceful…

Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook (California)

Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook

Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook is a public state park in California near Culver City. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for visitors of all…

Caesars Creek State Park (Ohio)

Caesars Creek State Park

Caesars Creek State Park is a public state park in Ohio near Waynesville. Established in 1978, the park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for…

Toledo Bend State Park (Louisiana)

Toledo Bend State Park

Toledo Bend State Park is a public state park in Louisiana near Zwolle. Spanning 900 acres and established in 1987, this park offers a peaceful retreat…

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Lewis and Clark Trail State Park

Lewis and Clark Trail State Park is a public state park in Washington near Dayton in Columbia County. Spanning 36 acres, the park offers a peaceful…

Lake Wyola State Park (Massachusetts)

Lake Wyola State Park

Lake Wyola State Park is a public state park in Massachusetts near Shutesbury in Franklin County. Spanning 42 acres and established in 1997, this park…

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Wayne Fitzgerrell State Recreation Area

Wayne Fitzgerrell State Recreation Area is a public state park in Illinois near Whittington in Franklin, Jefferson County. Spanning 3,300 acres and…

Sunset State Beach (California)

Sunset State Beach

Sunset State Beach is a public state park in California near Watsonville in Santa Cruz County. Spanning 302 acres and established in 1931, this park…

Patuxent River State Park (Maryland)

Patuxent River State Park

Patuxent River State Park is a public state park in Maryland near Highland in Howard, Montgomery County. Spanning 6,703 acres and established in 1963,…

Sunset on Long Island Sound from Hammonasset State Park with lens flare

Machimoodus State Park

Machimoodus State Park is a public state park in Connecticut near East Haddam in Middlesex County. Spanning 300 acres and established in 1998, this…

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John Tanner State Park

John Tanner State Park is a public state park in Georgia near Carrollton in 2013 County. Spanning 138 acres and established in 1954, this park offers a…

Cross Timbers State Park Kansas

Flint Hills Trail State Park

Flint Hills Trail State Park is a public state park in Kansas near Council Grove. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for visitors of all ages.

San Onofre State Beach (California)

San Onofre State Beach

San Onofre State Beach is a public state park in California near San Clemente in San Diego County. Spanning 3,000 acres and established in 1971, this…

Lowell Heritage State Park (Massachusetts)

Lowell Heritage State Park

Lowell Heritage State Park is a public state park in Massachusetts near Lowell in Middlesex County. Spanning 60 acres and established in 1974, this…

Historic Blakeley State Park

Historic Blakeley State Park

Historic Blakeley State Park is a public state park in Alabama near Spanish Fort in Baldwin County. Spanning 2,100 acres and established in 1981, this…

Cama Beach State Park (Washington)

Cama Beach State Park

Cama Beach State Park is a public state park in Washington near Camano Island in Island County. Spanning 433 acres and established in 1934, this park…

Donald J. Trump State Park (New York)

Donald J. Trump State Park

Donald J. Trump State Park is a public state park in New York near Yorktown Heights in Westchester, Putnam County. Spanning 435 acres and established…

Rockwood State Park (Illinois)

Rockwood State Park

Rockwood State Park is a public state park in Illinois near Rockwood. Spanning 1,164 acres, the park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for visitors…

Brannan Island State Recreation Area (California)

Brannan Island State Recreation Area

Brannan Island State Recreation Area is a public state park in California near Rio Vista in Sacramento County. Spanning 329 acres and established in…

Makapuu Point Lighthouse Trail (Hawaii)

Makapuu Point Lighthouse Trail

Makapuu Point Lighthouse Trail is a public state park in Hawaii near Waimanalo. Spanning 38 acres and established in 1909, this park offers a peaceful…

Sam Rayburn Reservoir (Texas)

Sam Rayburn Reservoir

Sam Rayburn Reservoir is a public state park in Texas near Brookeland. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for visitors of all ages.

Yaquina Bay State Recreation Site (Oregon)

Yaquina Bay State Recreation Site

Yaquina Bay State Recreation Site is a public state park in Oregon near Newport. Spanning 32 acres and established in 1871, this park offers a peaceful…

Dorn Bay, Clear Lake, CA as viewed from Clear Lake State Park

Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity NRA

Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity NRA is a public state park in California near Whiskeytown. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for visitors of…

Matapeake State Park (Maryland)

Matapeake State Park

Matapeake State Park is a public state park in Maryland near Stevensville in Queen Anne’s County. Spanning 21 acres and established in 2009, this park…

Henry Lake State Park (Idaho)

Henry Lake State Park

Henry Lake State Park is a public state park in Idaho near Island Park. Spanning 585 acres and established in 1973, this park offers a peaceful retreat…

Davy Crockett Birthplace State Park (Tennessee)

Davy Crockett Birthplace State Park

Davy Crockett Birthplace State Park is a public state park in Tennessee near Limestone. Established in 1973, the park offers a peaceful retreat into…

Greenwell State Park (Maryland)

Greenwell State Park

Greenwell State Park is a public state park in Maryland near Hollywood in St. Mary’s County. Spanning 596 acres and established in 1971, this park…

Camels Hump State Park (Vermont)

Camels Hump State Park

Rising to 4,083 feet with its unmistakable twin-humped summit, Camel’s Hump is Vermont’s most iconic mountain — and the state’s highest undeveloped…

Historical Cold War blockhouse radar ruins hidden in the autumn forest at Above All State Park, CT

Day Pond State Park

Day Pond State Park is a public state park in Connecticut near Colchester in New London County. Spanning 180 acres and established in 1949, this park…

Gardner Lake State Park (Connecticut)

Gardner Lake State Park

Gardner Lake State Park is a public state park in Connecticut near Salem in New London County. Spanning 10 acres and established in 2001, this park…

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

Milan Hill State Park

Milan Hill State Park is a public state park in New Hampshire near Milan in Coös County. Spanning 102 acres and established in 1939, this park offers…

Heritage Hill State Historical Park (Wisconsin)

Heritage Hill State Historical Park

Heritage Hill State Historical Park is a public state park in Wisconsin near Green Bay in Brown County. Spanning 56 acres and established in 1977, this…

Joseph H. Stewart State Recreation Area (Oregon)

Joseph H. Stewart State Recreation Area

Joseph H. Stewart State Recreation Area is a public state park in Oregon near Trail. Spanning 160 acres and established in 1978, this park offers a…

Squak Mountain State Park Natural Area (Washington)

Squak Mountain State Park Natural Area

Squak Mountain State Park Natural Area is a public state park in Washington near Issaquah in King County. Spanning 1,570 acres and established in 1972,…

View of the springs at Lafayette Blue Springs State Park from above

Mound Key Archaeological State Park

Mound Key Archaeological State Park is a public state park in Florida near Estero in Lee County. Spanning 113 acres and established in 1970, this park…

Arrow Rock State Historic Site (Missouri)

Arrow Rock State Historic Site

Arrow Rock State Historic Site is a public state park in Missouri near Arrow Rock in Saline County. Spanning 167.39 acres and established in 1923, this…

Cimarron Canyon State Park New Mexico

Living Desert Zoo and Gardens State Park

Living Desert Zoo and Gardens State Park is a public state park in New Mexico near Carlsbad in Eddy County. Spanning 1,500 acres and established in…

Multnomah Falls with iconic Benson Bridge in the Columbia River Gorge Oregon

Seal Rock State Recreation Site

Seal Rock State Recreation Site is a public state park in Oregon near Seal Rock. Established in 1929, the park offers a peaceful retreat into nature…

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