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.

America's State Parks Editorial Team
Stone observation tower on Mount Constitution with panoramic views of San Juan Islands and Mount Baker

Moran State Park

Moran State Park: The Crown Jewel of the San Juan Islands

Lincoln State Park (Indiana)

Lincoln State Park

Lincoln State Park preserves the Indiana boyhood home of Abraham Lincoln. From ages
7-21, young Abe lived here—now explore history with 269…

Los Angeles State Historic Park (California)

Los Angeles State Historic Park

Los Angeles State Historic Park—called “The Cornfields” by locals—is a 32-acre urban
oasis in the heart of downtown LA! Enjoy green space,…

Fort Boonesborough State Park (Kentucky)

Fort Boonesborough State Park

Fort Boonesborough State Park commemorates Kentucky’s second settlement, founded by Daniel
Boone in 1775. Explore the reconstructed working…

Central Canal Walk with pedal boats and Indianapolis skyline at sunset in White River State Park

White River State Park

America’s Only Urban Cultural State Park — Where world-class museums, minor league baseball, and canal-side kayaking converge in the heart of…

Clough State Park (New Hampshire)

Clough State Park

Clough State Park features New Hampshire’s best-kept secret—a stunning 900-foot sandy
beach on Everett Lake! Perfect for swimming,…

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Woolly Hollow State Park

Woolly Hollow State Park is a peaceful retreat in the Ozark foothills featuring 40-acre Lake
Bennett. With 40 campsites, a sandy swimming…

sunset peeking through the trees at a state park in new hampshire

Ellacoya State Park

Ellacoya State Park offers the only state-owned 600-foot sandy beach on Lake
Winnipesaukee—New Hampshire’s largest lake! Perfect for swimming,…

Shakamak State Park (Indiana)

Shakamak State Park

Shakamak State Park showcases Depression-era CCC craftsmanship on the National
Register of Historic Places. Three man-made lakes offer 400 acres of…

East Canyon State Park (Utah)

East Canyon State Park

East Canyon State Park offers a mountain escape just 45 minutes from Salt Lake City. With a
680-acre reservoir, unique camping options (yurts,…

Summersville Lake State Park (West Virginia)

Summersville Lake State Park

Summersville Lake State Park is known as “The Little Bahamas of the East”—with 20-45 feet of
crystal-clear visibility and dramatic sandstone…

Eagle Island State Park

Eagle Island State Park

Eagle Island State Park is Boise’s ultimate summer destination—a man-made lake with sandy beach,
water slide, and paddleboard rentals surrounded…

Steamboat Rock State Park (Washington)

Steamboat Rock State Park

Steamboat Rock State Park features an 800-foot basalt butte rising dramatically
from Banks Lake—a geological wonder sculpted by Ice Age floods….

Echo Lake State Park (New Hampshire)

Echo Lake State Park

Echo Lake State Park offers a pristine swimming beach and access to Cathedral
Ledge—a dramatic 700-foot granite cliff with panoramic White…

Misty morning in old-growth Appalachian forest with cascading stream at Holly River State Park

Holly River State Park

Appalachian Wilderness Haven — West Virginia’s 2nd largest state park covers 8,294 acres of dense virgin forest with 42+ miles of trails, 88…

Topanga State Park (California)

Topanga State Park

Topanga State Park is the world’s largest wildland within a major city—36 miles of
trails through the Santa Monica Mountains, just minutes…

Goose Creek State Park (North Carolina)

Goose Creek State Park

Goose Creek State Park offers a peaceful coastal retreat on the Pamlico River, where Spanish moss
drapes the pines and kayakers paddle through…

Tumalo State Park

Tumalo State Park

Tumalo State Park sits just 4 miles from downtown Bend along the scenic Deschutes River. With
year-round camping, 7 yurts, and easy access to the…

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

Wellington State Park

Wellington State Park boasts the largest freshwater swimming beach in the New
Hampshire State Park system—a quarter-mile of sandy shoreline on…

Reed Bingham State Park (Georgia)

Reed Bingham State Park

Reed Bingham State Park features a beautiful 375-acre lake surrounded by Spanish moss-draped
cypresses, and is famous for its winter vulture…

Champoeg State Park (Oregon)

Champoeg State Park

Champoeg State Park marks the birthplace of Oregon’s government—where settlers voted to establish
the first American provisional government in…

Palouse Falls 200-foot waterfall in basalt canyon at sunset Washington state

Palouse Falls State Park

Washington’s Official State Waterfall — 200-foot plunge into an Ice Age canyon, basalt columns, desert steppe landscape, and one of the most…

Industrial gantry cranes framing Manhattan skyline with Pepsi-Cola neon sign at blue hour in Gantry Plaza State Park

Gantry Plaza State Park

New York’s Premier Skyline Park — Where restored industrial gantry cranes frame the most jaw-dropping view of the Manhattan skyline from any…

Unicoi State Park (Georgia)

Unicoi State Park

Unicoi State Park & Lodge sits in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Helen, Georgia, offering a
full-service lodge, 90 RV campsites, and glamping…

Morro Bay State Park at sunset

Morro Bay State Park

California’s Premier Coastal State Park — Where the iconic 576-foot Morro Rock meets world-class kayaking, a rare heron rookery, and the only…

Versailles State Park (Indiana)

Versailles State Park

Versailles State Park is Indiana’s second-largest state park, featuring a 230-acre
lake, 226 campsites, and stunning CCC-era stone structures….

Turquoise spring water in basalt Box Canyon at Thousand Springs State Park Idaho

Ponderosa State Park

Ponderosa State Park sits on a stunning 1,000-acre peninsula jutting into
crystal-clear Payette Lake near McCall, Idaho. With towering ponderosa…

Kankakee River canyon view

Kankakee River State Park

Official Guide: Kankakee River State Park — A historic Illinois treasure spanning 4,000 acres, featuring scenic river views, limestone canyons,…

Tobyhanna State Park (Pennsylvania)

Tobyhanna State Park

Tobyhanna State Park spans over 5,400 acres in the Pocono Mountains, centered around a
170-acre lake perfect for swimming, fishing, and boating….

grass growing on a sand dune on the beach at edisto state park in south carolina

Edisto Beach State Park

Edisto Beach State Park is one of only four oceanfront state parks in South Carolina, featuring
1.5 miles of pristine beachfront on the Atlantic…

Valley Falls State Park (West Virginia)

Valley Falls State Park

Valley Falls State Park features four stunning waterfalls on the Tygart Valley
River, 18 miles of trails, and a historic covered bridge—a perfect…

Hard Labor Creek State Park (Georgia)

Hard Labor Creek State Park

Hard Labor Creek State Park offers an 18-hole championship golf course, 20 cozy
cottages, and two stocked fishing lakes—all within an hour of…

Lake Easton State Park (Washington)

Lake Easton State Park

Trusted Guide to Washington’s Cascade Foothills Lake – Updated 2025

Lost River State Park (West Virginia)

Lost River State Park

Trusted Guide to West Virginia’s Lee Family Retreat – Updated 2025

Wildwood State Park (New York)

Wildwood State Park

Wildwood State Park offers 600 acres of hardwood forest with dramatic
bluffs overlooking Long Island Sound! Camp among the trees, hike 12 miles of…

Amnicon Falls State Park Wisconsin

Amnicon Falls State Park

Amnicon Falls State Park features four stunning waterfalls along the Amnicon River,
a historic 55-foot covered bridge, and rustic camping—a…

Millersylvania State Park (Washington)

Millersylvania State Park

Millersylvania State Park features 138 campsites on beautiful Deep
Lake, old-growth forests, and 16 miles of trails through towering cedar and…

Elijah Clark State Park

Elijah Clark State Park

Trusted Guide to Georgia’s Revolutionary War Heritage – Updated 2025

Gunlock State Park (Utah)

Gunlock State Park

Trusted Guide to Utah’s Red Rock Swimming Hole – Updated 2025

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