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.

Kankakee River canyon view

James Pate Philip State Park

James Pate Philip State Park is a public state park in Illinois near Bartlett in DuPage, Kane County. Spanning 3,432 acres and established in 1991,…

Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park (Washington)

Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park

Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park is a public state park in Washington near Vantage in Kittitas County. Spanning 7,124 acres and established in 1931,…

a person walking through a walkway under a tree at Calaveras Big Trees State Park

Wildwood Canyon State Park

Wildwood Canyon State Park is a public state park in California near Yucaipa in San Bernardino County. Spanning 856 acres, the park offers a peaceful…

Louisiana Purchase State Park (Arkansas)

Louisiana Purchase State Park

Louisiana Purchase State Park is a public state park in Arkansas near Holly Grove in Lee, Monroe, Phillips County. Spanning 37.5 acres and established…

Van Meter State Park (Missouri)

Van Meter State Park

Van Meter State Park is a public state park in Missouri near Miami in Saline County. Spanning 1,105 acres and established in 1932, this park offers a…

Amherst State Park (New York)

Amherst State Park

Amherst State Park is a public state park in New York near Williamsville in Erie County. Spanning 77 acres and established in 2000, this park offers a…

Mount Tom State Reservation (Massachusetts)

Mount Tom State Reservation

Mount Tom State Reservation is a public state park in Massachusetts near Holyoke in Hampden County. Spanning 1,967 acres and established in 1902, this…

Penwood State Park (Connecticut)

Penwood State Park

Penwood State Park is a public state park in Connecticut near Bloomfield in Hartford County. Spanning 787 acres and established in 1944, this park…

Lake Shaftsbury State Park (Vermont)

Lake Shaftsbury State Park

Lake Shaftsbury State Park is a public state park in Vermont near Shaftsbury. Spanning 84 acres and established in 1974, this park offers a peaceful…

Singletary Lake State Park (North Carolina)

Singletary Lake State Park

Singletary Lake State Park is a public state park in North Carolina near Kelly in Bladen County. Spanning 1,221 acres and established in 1939, this…

Fort Defiance State Park (Illinois)

Fort Defiance State Park

Fort Defiance State Park is a public state park in Illinois near Cairo in Emmet County County. Spanning 221 acres and established in 1930, this park…

Raymond B. Winter State Park (Pennsylvania)

Raymond B. Winter State Park

Raymond B. Winter State Park is a public state park in Pennsylvania near Mifflinburg. Established in 1933, the park offers a peaceful retreat into…

Leadbetter Point State Park (Washington)

Leadbetter Point State Park

Leadbetter Point State Park is a public state park in Washington near Long Beach in Pacific County. Spanning 1,732 acres and established in 1964, this…

Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park (California)

Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park

Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park is a public state park in California near Nevada City in Nevada County. Spanning 3,143 acres and established in…

Monmouth Battlefield State Park (New Jersey)

Monmouth Battlefield State Park

Monmouth Battlefield State Park is a public state park in New Jersey near Freehold in Monmouth County. Spanning 1,818 acres and established in 1978,…

Beall Woods State Park Illinois

Beall Woods State Park

Beall Woods State Park is a public state park in Illinois near Mount Carmel in Wabash County. Spanning 2.57 acres and established in 1966, this park…

Annadel State Park (California)

Annadel State Park

Annadel State Park is a public state park in California near Santa Rosa. Established in 1971, the park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for…

FDR State Park hiking trail along Pine Mountain rocky overlook at sunset

Bobby Brown State Park

Bobby Brown State Park is a public state park in Georgia near Elberton in 2015 County. Spanning 665 acres, the park offers a peaceful retreat into…

Seven Islands State Birding Park (Tennessee)

Seven Islands State Birding Park

Seven Islands State Birding Park is a public state park in Tennessee near Kodak in Knox County. Spanning 425 acres and established in 2014, this park…

Azalea Cascade

Cascade State Park

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

Shasta State Historic Park (California)

Shasta State Historic Park

Shasta State Historic Park is a public state park in California near Old Shasta in Shasta County. Spanning 25 acres and established in 1932, this park…

Sumner Lake State Park (New Mexico)

Sumner Lake State Park

Sumner Lake State Park is a public state park in New Mexico near Fort Sumner in De Baca County. Spanning 6,700 acres and established in 1966, this park…

Bridge at Lake Loramie State Park

Lake Loramie State Park

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

Ramsey Lake State Recreation Area (Illinois)

Ramsey Lake State Recreation Area

Ramsey Lake State Recreation Area is a public state park in Illinois near Ramsey in Fayette County. Spanning 1,980 acres and established in 1947, this…

Kealakekua Bay State Historical Park (Hawaii)

Kealakekua Bay State Historical Park

Kealakekua Bay State Historical Park is a public state park in Hawaii near Captain Cook. Spanning 180 acres and established in 1967, this park offers a…

Lydgate Beach Park (Hawaii)

Lydgate Beach Park

Lydgate Beach Park is a public state park in Hawaii near Kapaa. Spanning 52 acres and established in 1923, this park offers a peaceful retreat into…

Lucifer Falls waterfall cascading through the gorge at Robert H. Treman State Park

Burnham Point State Park

Burnham Point State Park is a public state park in New York near Cape Vincent in Jefferson County. Spanning 12 acres and established in 1898, this park…

Sweetwater Lake

Brighton State Park

Brighton State Park is a public state park in Vermont near Island Pond in Livingston County. Spanning 4,947 acres and established in 1944, this park…

Forest Lake State Park (New Hampshire)

Forest Lake State Park

Forest Lake State Park is a public state park in New Hampshire near Dalton in Coös County. Spanning 397 acres and established in 1935, this park…

Volcanic basalt formations along Snake River at sunset Massacre Rocks State Park Idaho

McCroskey State Park

McCroskey State Park is a public state park in Idaho near Moscow in Benewah, Latah County. Spanning 5,300 acres and established in 1955, this park…

Fort Flagler State Park (Washington)

Fort Flagler State Park

Fort Flagler State Park is a public state park in Washington near Nordland. Established in 1955, the park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for…

Goldendale Observatory State Park (Washington)

Goldendale Observatory State Park

Goldendale Observatory State Park is a public state park in Washington near Goldendale in Klickitat County. Spanning 5 acres and established in 1973,…

alfred a. loeb state park oregon

Alfred A. Loeb State Park

Alfred A. Loeb State Park is a public state park in Oregon near Brookings. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for visitors of all ages.

Fishermen's Memorial State Park (Rhode Island)

Fishermen’s Memorial State Park

Fishermen’s Memorial State Park is a public state park in Rhode Island near Narragansett in Washington County. Spanning 91 acres and established in…

Collier Memorial State Park (Oregon)

Collier Memorial State Park

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

Joseph Davis State Park (New York)

Joseph Davis State Park

Nestled along the scenic banks of the lower Niagara River in Lewiston, New York,
Joseph Davis State Park is a 388-acre recreational haven…

Dismal Swamp State Park North Carolina

Dismal Swamp State Park

Dismal Swamp State Park is a public state park in North Carolina near South Mills in Camden County. Spanning 14,432 acres and established in 1974, this…

Mount Holyoke Range State Park (Massachusetts)

Mount Holyoke Range State Park

Mount Holyoke Range State Park is a public state park in Massachusetts near Amherst in Hampshire County. Spanning 3,729 acres and established in 1940,…

Bass River State Forest State Park New Jersey

Bass River State Forest

Bass River State Forest is a public state park in New Jersey near Tuckerton in Ottawa County. Spanning 1,665 acres and established in 1906, this park…

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Kaumahina State Wayside

Kaumahina State Wayside is a public state park in Hawaii near Hana. Spanning 7.8 acres and established in 2005, this park offers a peaceful retreat…

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Calvin Coolidge State Park

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

big oak tree state park missouri

Big Oak Tree State Park

Big Oak Tree State Park is a public state park in Missouri near East Prairie in Mississippi County. Spanning 1,028.68 acres and established in 1938,…

Samuel S. Lewis State Park (Pennsylvania)

Samuel S. Lewis State Park

Samuel S. Lewis State Park is a public state park in Pennsylvania near Wrightsville in York County County. Spanning 85 acres and established in 1954,…

Sweetwater Lake

Shad Landing State Park

Shad Landing State Park is a public state park in Maryland near Snow Hill. Spanning 916 acres and established in 1939, this park offers a peaceful…

fog over the water at at Cove Lake State Park

Old Stone Fort State Archaeological Park

Old Stone Fort State Archaeological Park is a public state park in Tennessee near Manchester in Coffee County. Spanning 876 acres and established in…

TouVelle State Park (Oregon)

TouVelle State Park

TouVelle State Park is a public state park in Oregon near Central Point. Spanning 51 acres and established in 1946, this park offers a peaceful retreat…

Georgia Veterans State Park (Georgia)

Georgia Veterans State Park

Georgia Veterans State Park is a public state park in Georgia near Cordele in 1946 County. Spanning 1,308 acres and established in 1946, this park…

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