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.

Elk Knob State Park (North Carolina)

Elk Knob State Park

Elk Knob State Park is a public state park in North Carolina near Todd in Watauga, Ashe County. Spanning 4,423 acres and established in 2002, this park…

Samuel H. Boardman State Scenic Corridor (Oregon)

Samuel H. Boardman State Scenic Corridor

Samuel H. Boardman State Scenic Corridor is a public state park in Oregon near Brookings. Spanning 1,471 acres and established in 1949, this park…

Crowley's Ridge State Park (Arkansas)

Crowley’s Ridge State Park

Crowley’s Ridge State Park is a public state park in Arkansas near Paragould in Greene County. Spanning 291 acres and established in 1937, this park…

Giant Springs State Park (Montana)

Giant Springs State Park

Giant Springs State Park is a public state park in Montana near Great Falls. Spanning 4,500 acres and established in 1970, this park offers a peaceful…

Yellow Creek State Park (Pennsylvania)

Yellow Creek State Park

Yellow Creek State Park is a public state park in Pennsylvania near Penn Run in Indiana County County. Spanning 2,981 acres and established in 1963,…

Borderland State Park (Massachusetts)

Borderland State Park

Borderland State Park is a public state park in Massachusetts near Easton in Bristol, Norfolk42°4′3″N 71°9′13″W / 42.06750°N…

Prairie Rose State Park (Iowa)

Prairie Rose State Park

Prairie Rose State Park is a public state park in Iowa near Harlan in Shelby County County. Spanning 422 acres and established in 1962, this park…

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Bayview State Park

Bayview State Park is a public state park in Washington near Burlington. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for visitors of all ages.

Northwood Meadows State Park (New Hampshire)

Northwood Meadows State Park

Northwood Meadows State Park is a public state park in New Hampshire near Northwood in Rockingham County. Spanning 674.5 acres and established in 1990,…

Pattison State Park (Wisconsin)

Pattison State Park

Pattison State Park is a public state park in Wisconsin near Superior in Douglas County. Spanning 1,436 acres and established in 1920, this park offers…

Lake Wissota State Park (Wisconsin)

Lake Wissota State Park

Lake Wissota State Park is a public state park in Wisconsin near Chippewa Falls in Chippewa County. Spanning 1,062 acres and established in 1961, this…

George Wyth State Park (Iowa)

George Wyth State Park

George Wyth State Park is a public state park in Iowa near Waterloo in Black Hawk County County. Spanning 1,200 acres and established in 1940, this…

Tims Ford State Park (Tennessee)

Tims Ford State Park

Tims Ford State Park is a public state park in Tennessee near Winchester in Franklin County. Spanning 3,546 acres and established in 1978, this park…

Buffalo Harbor State Park (New York)

Buffalo Harbor State Park

Buffalo Harbor State Park is a public state park in New York near Buffalo in Erie County. Spanning 190 acres and established in 2015, this park offers…

Big Bog State Recreation Area

Big Bog State Recreation Area

Big Bog State Recreation Area is a public state park in Minnesota near Waskish in Beltrami County. Spanning 9,170 acres and established in 2006, this…

Clarence Fahnestock Memorial State Park (New York)

Clarence Fahnestock Memorial State Park

Clarence Fahnestock Memorial State Park is a public state park in New York near Cold Spring. Established in 1929, the park offers a peaceful retreat…

Crawford Notch State Park (New Hampshire)

Crawford Notch State Park

Crawford Notch State Park is a public state park in New Hampshire near Hart’s Location in Carroll County. Spanning 5,775 acres and established in 1913,…

Cape Blanco State Park (Oregon)

Cape Blanco State Park

Cape Blanco State Park is a public state park in Oregon near Port Orford. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for visitors of all ages.

Flaming Geyser State Park (Washington)

Flaming Geyser State Park

Flaming Geyser State Park is a public state park in Washington near Auburn in King County. Spanning 480 acres, the park offers a peaceful retreat into…

A State Park lake enveloped by trees on a cloudy day.

Hartman Creek State Park

Hartman Creek State Park is a public state park in Wisconsin near Waupaca in Waupaca and Portage County. Spanning 1,417 acres and established in 1966,…

Trace State Park (Mississippi)

Trace State Park

Trace State Park is a public state park in Mississippi near Belden in Pontotoc County. Spanning 565 acres, the park offers a peaceful retreat into…

Kanaskat-Palmer State Park (Washington)

Kanaskat-Palmer State Park

Kanaskat-Palmer State Park is a public state park in Washington near Ravensdale in King County. Spanning 320 acres and established in 1983, this park…

Dixville Notch State Park (New Hampshire)

Dixville Notch State Park

Dixville Notch State Park is a public state park in New Hampshire near Dixville in Coös County. Spanning 127 acres, the park offers a peaceful retreat…

Levi Jackson Wilderness Road State Park (Kentucky)

Levi Jackson Wilderness Road State Park

Levi Jackson Wilderness Road State Park is a public state park in Kentucky near London. Spanning 896 acres and established in 1931, this park offers a…

Colorful Providence Canyon Georgia with layered red purple white clay canyon walls

James H. (Sloppy) Floyd State Park

Sloppy Floyd State Park is a public state park in Georgia near Summerville. Spanning 561 acres, the park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for…

Standing Stone State Park (Tennessee)

Standing Stone State Park

Standing Stone State Park is a public state park in Tennessee near Hilham in Overton County. Spanning 855 acres and established in 1939, this park…

Jericho Mountain State Park (New Hampshire)

Jericho Mountain State Park

Jericho Mountain State Park is a public state park in New Hampshire near Berlin in Coös County. Spanning 7,430 acres and established in 2005, this…

Point Beach State Forest (Wisconsin)

Point Beach State Forest

Point Beach State Forest is a public state park in Wisconsin near Two Rivers. Spanning 2,903 acres and established in 1938, this park offers a peaceful…

Hacklebarney State Park (New Jersey)

Hacklebarney State Park

Hacklebarney State Park is a public state park in New Jersey near Long Valley in Morris County. Spanning 1,186 acres and established in 1924, this park…

Otter Creek State Park (Utah)

Otter Creek State Park

Otter Creek State Park is a public state park in Utah near Koosharem in Piute County. Spanning 80 acres and established in 1965, this park offers a…

Lake Shetek State Park (Minnesota)

Lake Shetek State Park

Lake Shetek State Park is a public state park in Minnesota near Currie in Murray County County. Spanning 1,109 acres and established in 1937, this park…

MacKerricher State Park (California)

MacKerricher State Park

MacKerricher State Park is a public state park in California near Fort Bragg in Mendocino County. Spanning 2,299 acres and established in 1952, this…

Smallwood State Park (Maryland)

Smallwood State Park

Smallwood State Park is a public state park in Maryland near Marbury in Charles County. Spanning 984 acres and established in 1958, this park offers a…

Newaygo State Park (Michigan)

Newaygo State Park

Newaygo State Park is a public state park in Michigan near Newaygo in Newaygo County. Spanning 400 acres and established in 1966, this park offers a…

Aerial view of Lake of the Clouds surrounded by brilliant fall foliage at Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park

Duck Lake State Park

Where Lake Michigan Meets Duck Lake — Towering sand dunes, half-mile Lake Michigan beach, warm inland lake swimming, 7 miles of trails…

Weston Bend State Park (Missouri)

Weston Bend State Park

Weston Bend State Park is a public state park in Missouri near Weston in Platte County. Spanning 1,133 acres and established in 1980, this park offers…

Sonoma Coast State Park (California)

Sonoma Coast State Park

Sonoma Coast State Park is a public state park in California near Bodega Bay in Sonoma County. Spanning 10,000 acres and established in 1934, this park…

Southwick Beach State Park (New York)

Southwick Beach State Park

Southwick Beach State Park is a public state park in New York near Henderson in Jefferson County. Spanning 464 acres and established in 1966, this park…

Will Rogers State Historic Park (California)

Will Rogers State Historic Park

Will Rogers State Historic Park is a public state park in California near Pacific Palisades in Los Angeles County. Spanning 186 acres and established…

Round Lake State Park (Idaho)

Round Lake State Park

Round Lake State Park is a public state park in Idaho near Sagle in Bonner County. Spanning 142 acres and established in 1965, this park offers a…

Hāpuna Beach State Recreation Area

Hapuna Beach State Recreation Area

Hapuna Beach State Recreation Area is a public state park in Hawaii near Waimea. Spanning 61.8 acres and established in 1993, this park offers a…

the lake at Tishomingo State Park on a clear day

LeFleur’s Bluff State Park

LeFleur’s Bluff State Park is a public state park in Mississippi near Jackson. Spanning 305 acres, the park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for…

Tannehill Ironworks Historical State Park (Alabama)

Tannehill Ironworks Historical State Park

Tannehill Ironworks Historical State Park is a public state park in Alabama near McCalla in Tuscaloosa County. Spanning 1,500 acres and established in…

Kanopolis State Park (Kansas)

Kanopolis State Park

Kanopolis State Park is a public state park in Kansas near Marquette in Ellsworth County. Spanning 1,585 acres and established in 1948, this park…

Hobbs State Park-Conservation Area (Arkansas)

Hobbs State Park-Conservation Area

Hobbs State Park-Conservation Area is a public state park in Arkansas near Rogers. Spanning 12,056 acres and established in 1979, this park offers a…

Palo Pinto Mountains State Park

Palo Pinto Mountains State Park

Palo Pinto Mountains State Park is a public state park in Texas near Strawn. Spanning 4,871 acres and established in 2011, this park offers a peaceful…

Golden Hill State Park (New York)

Golden Hill State Park

Golden Hill State Park is a public state park in New York near Barker in Niagara County. Spanning 510 acres and established in 1962, this park offers a…

Walnut Woods State Park (Iowa)

Walnut Woods State Park

Walnut Woods State Park is a public state park in Iowa near West Des Moines in Polk County County. Spanning 250 acres, the park offers a peaceful…

Potlatch State Park (Washington)

Potlatch State Park

Potlatch State Park is a public state park in Washington near Hoodsport in Mason County. Spanning 57 acres and established in 1960, this park offers a…

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