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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.

Independence Mine State Historical Park (Alaska)

Independence Mine State Historical Park

Independence Mine State Historical Park is a public state park in Alaska near Palmer. Spanning 761 acres and established in 1980, this park offers a…

Double Trouble State Park (New Jersey)

Double Trouble State Park

Double Trouble State Park is a public state park in New Jersey near Bayville in Ocean County. Spanning 8,495 acres and established in 1964, this park…

Goblin Valley State Park Utah with thousands of mushroom-shaped hoodoos

Fred Hayes State Park at Starvation

Fred Hayes State Park at Starvation is a public state park in Utah near Duchesne in Duchesne County. Spanning 3,500 acres and established in 1972,…

Carl G. Washburne Memorial State Park (Oregon)

Carl G. Washburne Memorial State Park

Carl G. Washburne Memorial State Park is a public state park in Oregon near Florence. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for visitors of…

Sand Hills State Park (Kansas)

Sand Hills State Park

Sand Hills State Park is a public state park in Kansas near Hutchinson in Reno County. Spanning 1,123 acres and established in 1974, this park offers a…

Butano State Park (California)

Butano State Park

Butano State Park is a public state park in California near Pescadero in San Mateo County. Spanning 4,728 acres and established in 1956, this park…

Princeton Battlefield State Park (New Jersey)

Princeton Battlefield State Park

Princeton Battlefield State Park is a public state park in New Jersey near Princeton in Mercer County. Spanning 681 acres and established in 1946, this…

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Lacey-Keosauqua State Park

Lacey-Keosauqua State Park is a public state park in Iowa near Keosauqua in Van Buren County County. Spanning 1,653 acres and established in 1921, this…

Natural Bridges State Beach (California)

Natural Bridges State Beach

Natural Bridges State Beach is a public state park in California near Santa Cruz in Santa Cruz County. Spanning 65 acres and established in 1933, this…

View from Observation Point at Wildcat Mountain State Park overlooking Kickapoo River Valley in fall colors

Straight Lake State Park

Straight Lake State Park is a public state park in Wisconsin near Luck in Polk County. Spanning 2,780 acres and established in 2002, this park offers a…

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Pickett CCC Memorial State Park

Pickett CCC Memorial State Park is a public state park in Tennessee near Jamestown in Pickett County. Spanning 1,000 acres and established in 1933,…

Saddleback Butte State Park (California)

Saddleback Butte State Park

Saddleback Butte State Park is a public state park in California near Lancaster in Los Angeles County. Spanning 2,955 acres and established in 1960,…

Point Sur State Historic Park (California)

Point Sur State Historic Park

Point Sur State Historic Park is a public state park in California near Big Sur in Monterey County. Spanning 92 acres and established in 1986, this…

San Clemente State Beach (California)

San Clemente State Beach

San Clemente State Beach is a public state park in California near San Clemente in Orange County. Spanning 117 acres and established in 1937, this park…

View of Crystal Cove State Park from the cliffs above

Washoe Meadows State Park

Washoe Meadows State Park is a public state park in California near South Lake Tahoe in El Dorado County. Spanning 861 acres and established in 1984,…

Chicopee Memorial State Park (Massachusetts)

Chicopee Memorial State Park

Chicopee Memorial State Park is a public state park in Massachusetts near Chicopee in Hampden42°10′45″N 72°32′13″W / 42.17917°N…

Stephens State Park (New Jersey)

Stephens State Park

Stephens State Park is a public state park in New Jersey near Hackettstown in Morris, Warren County. Spanning 805 acres and established in 1937, this…

Falls of the Ohio State Park (Indiana)

Falls of the Ohio State Park

Falls of the Ohio State Park is a public state park in Indiana near Clarksville in Clark County. Spanning 165 acres and established in 1990, this park…

William M. Tugman State Park (Oregon)

William M. Tugman State Park

William M. Tugman State Park is a public state park in Oregon near Lakeside. Spanning 560 acres and established in 1957, this park offers a peaceful…

Cheney State Park Kansas

Pomona State Park

Pomona State Park is a public state park in Kansas near Vassar in Osage County. Spanning 490 acres and established in 1963, this park offers a peaceful…

Beacon Rock State Park Washington

Fields Spring State Park

Fields Spring State Park is a public state park in Washington near Anatone in Asotin County. Spanning 792 acres and established in 1930, this park…

Cascadia State Park (Oregon)

Cascadia State Park

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

Fort Massac State Park

Fort Massac State Park

Fort Massac State Park is a public state park in Illinois near Metropolis in Massac County. Spanning 5.9 acres and established in 1908, this park…

Dry Falls State Park (Washington)

Dry Falls State Park

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Stand on the precipice of a 400-foot cliff that once roared with a waterfall four
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Percha Dam State Park (New Mexico)

Percha Dam State Park

Percha Dam State Park is a public state park in New Mexico near Arrey in Sierra County. Spanning 80 acres and established in 1970, this park offers a…

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Lake Wapello State Park

Lake Wapello State Park is a public state park in Iowa near Drakesville in Davis County County. Spanning 1,150 acres and established in 1932, this park…

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E.P. “Tom” Sawyer State Park

E.T. Tom Sawyer State Park is a public state park in Kentucky near Louisville. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for visitors of all ages.

Logoly State Park (Arkansas)

Logoly State Park

Logoly State Park is a public state park in Arkansas near McNeil in Columbia County. Spanning 368 acres and established in 1978, this park offers a…

Paintsville Lake State Park (Kentucky)

Paintsville Lake State Park

Paintsville Lake State Park is a public state park in Kentucky near Staffordsville in Johnson County County. Spanning 242 acres and established in…

David Crockett Birthplace State Park (Tennessee)

David Crockett Birthplace State Park

David Crockett Birthplace State Park is a public state park in Tennessee near Limestone in Greene County. Spanning 105 acres and established in 1973,…

Niagara Springs State Park (Idaho)

Niagara Springs State Park

Niagara Springs State Park is a public state park in Idaho near Wendell. Spanning 177 acres and established in 1993, this park offers a peaceful…

Ed Z'berg Sugar Pine Point State Park (California)

Ed Z’berg Sugar Pine Point State Park

Ed Z’berg Sugar Pine Point State Park is a public state park in California near Tahoma in El Dorado County. Spanning 2,324 acres and established in…

Stone observation tower on Mount Constitution with panoramic views of San Juan Islands and Mount Baker

Bridgeport State Park

Bridgeport State Park is a public state park in Washington near Bridgeport in Okanogan County. Spanning 748 acres and established in 1955, this park…

Cross Timbers State Park Kansas

Cross Timbers State Park

Cross Timbers State Park is a public state park in Kansas near Toronto in Woodson County. Spanning 1,075 acres and established in 2022, this park…

Cedar Rock State Park (Iowa)

Cedar Rock State Park

Cedar Rock State Park is a public state park in Iowa near Independence in Buchanan County County. Spanning 423 acres and established in 1981, this park…

Cerrillos Hills State Park New Mexico

Coyote Creek State Park

Coyote Creek State Park is a public state park in New Mexico near Coyote in Mora County. Spanning 462 acres and established in 1969, this park offers a…

Big Sugar Creek State Park Missouri

Big Sugar Creek State Park

Big Sugar Creek State Park is a public state park in Missouri near Pineville in McDonald County. Spanning 2,082.54 acres and established in 1992, this…

Split Rock Creek State Park (Minnesota)

Split Rock Creek State Park

Split Rock Creek State Park is a public state park in Minnesota near Garretson in Pipestone County. Spanning 1,303 acres and established in 1937, this…

soldiers fire a cannon at Johnsonville State Historic Park

Long Hunter State Park

Long Hunter State Park is a public state park in Tennessee near Hermitage in Davidson County. Spanning 2,600 acres and established in 1978, this park…

colonel allensworth state historic park

Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park

Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park is a public state park in California near Earlimart in Tulare County. Spanning 3,715 acres and established in…

Bash Bish Falls State Park Massachusetts

Bash Bish Falls State Park

Bash Bish Falls State Park is a public state park in Massachusetts near Mount Washington in Berkshire42°06′53″N 73°29′34″W /…

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Pershing State Park

Pershing State Park is a public state park in Missouri near Laclede in Linn County. Spanning 5,362 acres and established in 1937, this park offers a…

Wharton Brook State Park (Connecticut)

Wharton Brook State Park

Wharton Brook State Park is a public state park in Connecticut near Wallingford in New Haven County. Spanning 96 acres and established in 1918, this…

Bob Straub State Park (Oregon)

Bob Straub State Park

Bob Straub State Park is a public state park in Oregon near Pacific City. Spanning 1,242 acres and established in 1972, this park offers a peaceful…

Catherine Creek State Park (Oregon)

Catherine Creek State Park

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

Moraine View State Recreation Area (Illinois)

Moraine View State Recreation Area

Moraine View State Recreation Area is a public state park in Illinois near LeRoy in McLean County. Spanning 1,687 acres and established in 1959, this…

Front of the museum at John Gorrie Museum State Park

Guana River Wildlife Management Area

Guana River State Park is a public state park in Florida near Ponte Vedra Beach. Spanning 73,256 acres and established in 1984, this park offers a…

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Cabwaylingo State Forest

Cabwaylingo State Forest is a public state park in West Virginia near Dunlow. Established in 2010, the park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for…

Chatfield Hollow State Park (Connecticut)

Chatfield Hollow State Park

Chatfield Hollow State Park is a public state park in Connecticut near Killingworth in Middlesex County. Spanning 412 acres and established in 1949,…

Jubilee College State Park (Illinois)

Jubilee College State Park

Jubilee College State Park is a public state park in Illinois near Brimfield in Peoria County. Spanning 3,200 acres and established in 1933, this park…

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