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.

Lake Claiborne State Park (Louisiana)

Lake Claiborne State Park

Lake Claiborne State Park is a public state park in Louisiana near Homer. Spanning 643 acres and established in 1974, this park offers a peaceful…

Kingston State Park (New Hampshire)

Kingston State Park

Kingston State Park is a public state park in New Hampshire near Kingston. Spanning 44 acres, the park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for…

Robert Moses State Park beach with Fire Island Lighthouse at sunset

Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park

Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park is a public state park in New York near New York City in New York County. Spanning 28 acres and established in 1993,…

Utah Lake State Park (Utah)

Utah Lake State Park

Utah Lake State Park is a public state park in Utah near Provo in Utah County. Spanning 308 acres and established in 1970, this park offers a peaceful…

Bodie State Historic Park (California)

Bodie State Historic Park

Bodie State Historic Park is a public state park in California near Bridgeport in Mono County. Spanning 1,016 acres and established in 1876, this park…

Rasar State Park (Washington)

Rasar State Park

Rasar State Park is a public state park in Washington near Concrete in Skagit County. Spanning 180 acres and established in 1986, this park offers a…

Twanoh State Park (Washington)

Twanoh State Park

Twanoh State Park is a public state park in Washington near Union in Mason County. Spanning 182 acres and established in 1923, this park offers a…

Green River Lake State Park (Kentucky)

Green River Lake State Park

Green River Lake State Park is a public state park in Kentucky near Campbellsville in Taylor County County. Spanning 1,331 acres and established in…

Fort Harrison State Park Indiana

Fort Harrison State Park

Fort Harrison State Park is a public state park in Indiana near Indianapolis in Marion County. Spanning 1,700 acres and established in 1996, this park…

Massasoit State Park (Massachusetts)

Massasoit State Park

Massasoit State Park is a public state park in Massachusetts near Taunton in Bristol County. Spanning 1,200 acres, the park offers a peaceful retreat…

Moose Brook State Park (New Hampshire)

Moose Brook State Park

Moose Brook State Park is a public state park in New Hampshire near Gorham in Coös County. Spanning 755 acres and established in 1936, this park…

Daisy State Park (Arkansas)

Daisy State Park

Daisy State Park is a public state park in Arkansas near Kirby in Pike County. Spanning 276 acres and established in 1955, this park offers a peaceful…

boat landing at a state recreation area near champaign illinois

Kickapoo State Recreation Area

Kickapoo State Recreation Area is a public state park in Illinois near Oakwood in Vermilion County. Spanning 2,842 acres and established in 1939, this…

Devil's Hole State Park (New York)

Devil’s Hole State Park

Devil’s Hole State Park is a public state park in New York near Niagara Falls in Niagara County. Spanning 42 acres and established in 1924, this park…

Palisade State Park (Utah)

Palisade State Park

Palisade State Park is a public state park in Utah near Sterling in Sanpete County. Spanning 64 acres and established in 1962, this park offers a…

Beaver Island State Park (New York)

Beaver Island State Park

Beaver Island State Park is a public state park in New York near Grand Island in Erie County. Spanning 952 acres and established in 1935, this park…

Lincoln Rock State Park (Washington)

Lincoln Rock State Park

Lincoln Rock State Park is a public state park in Washington near East Wenatchee in Douglas County. Spanning 86 acres and established in 1980, this…

Cedar Creek State Park (West Virginia)

Cedar Creek State Park

Cedar Creek State Park is a public state park in West Virginia near Glenville. Established in 1955, the park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for…

Louisville State Recreation Area (Nebraska)

Louisville State Recreation Area

Louisville State Recreation Area is a public state park in Nebraska near Louisville. Spanning 192 acres, the park offers a peaceful retreat into nature…

Lake Cumberland State Resort Park (Kentucky)

Lake Cumberland State Resort Park

Sprawling across 3,117 acres on the shores of one of the largest man-made lakes in the eastern United States, Lake Cumberland State Resort Park is…

Interstate State Park (Minnesota)

Interstate State Park

Interstate State Park is a public state park in Minnesota near Taylors Falls in Polk County. Spanning 1,330 acres and established in 1900, this park…

Henry W. Coe State Park (California)

Henry W. Coe State Park

Henry W. Coe State Park is a public state park in California near Morgan Hill in Santa Clara and Stanislaus County. Spanning 87,000 acres and…

Scenic Beach State Park (Washington)

Scenic Beach State Park

Scenic Beach State Park is a public state park in Washington near Seabeck in Kitsap County. Spanning 121 acres and established in 1975, this park…

Sugarite Canyon State Park (New Mexico)

Sugarite Canyon State Park

Sugarite Canyon State Park is a public state park in New Mexico near Raton in Colfax County. Spanning 3,600 acres and established in 1985, this park…

Traverse City State Park (Michigan)

Traverse City State Park

Traverse City State Park is a public state park in Michigan near Traverse City. Spanning 75 acres and established in 1920, this park offers a peaceful…

Russian Gulch State Park (California)

Russian Gulch State Park

Russian Gulch State Park is a public state park in California near Mendocino in Mendocino County. Spanning 1,162 acres and established in 1933, this…

Bogachiel State Park (Washington)

Bogachiel State Park

Bogachiel State Park is a public state park in Washington near Forks in Clallam County. Spanning 123 acres and established in 1931, this park offers a…

Escalante Petrified Forest State Park (Utah)

Escalante Petrified Forest State Park

Escalante Petrified Forest State Park is a public state park in Utah near Escalante in Garfield County. Spanning 1,350 acres and established in 1976,…

Sleeping Giant State Park (Connecticut)

Sleeping Giant State Park

Sleeping Giant State Park is a public state park in Connecticut near Hamden in New Haven County. Spanning 1,500 acres and established in 1924, this…

Lake Chicot State Park (Arkansas)

Lake Chicot State Park

Lake Chicot State Park is a public state park in Arkansas near Lake Village in Chicot County. Spanning 211 acres and established in 1957, this park…

Panther Creek State Park (Tennessee)

Panther Creek State Park

Panther Creek State Park is a public state park in Tennessee near Morristown in Hamblen County. Spanning 1,444 acres and established in 1967, this park…

Devil's Hopyard State Park (Connecticut)

Devil’s Hopyard State Park

Devil’s Hopyard State Park is a public state park in Connecticut near East Haddam in Middlesex County. Spanning 860 acres and established in 1919, this…

Canaan Valley Resort State Park (West Virginia)

Canaan Valley Resort State Park

West Virginia’s Premier Four-Season Resort — 26 ski trails, 18+ miles of hiking, championship golf, 6,014 acres of Allegheny wilderness

The cabin at Cordell Hull Birthplace State Park, near Byrdstown, Tennessee

Grayson Lake State Park

Grayson Lake State Park is a public state park in Kentucky near Olive Hill in Carter County County. Spanning 1,512 acres and established in 1970, this…

Kopachuck State Park (Washington)

Kopachuck State Park

Kopachuck State Park is a public state park in Washington near Gig Harbor in Pierce County. Spanning 109 acres and established in 1955, this park…

Onondaga Cave State Park (Missouri)

Onondaga Cave State Park

Onondaga Cave State Park is a public state park in Missouri near Leasburg in Crawford County. Spanning 1,317.70 acres and established in 1981, this…

Mushroom Rock State Park (Kansas)

Mushroom Rock State Park

Mushroom Rock State Park is a public state park in Kansas near Marquette in Ellsworth County. Spanning 5 acres and established in 1965, this park…

Cliffs of the Neuse State Park North Carolina

Cliffs of the Neuse State Park

Cliffs of the Neuse State Park is a public state park in North Carolina near Seven Springs in Wayne County. Spanning 1,097 acres and established in…

ALTA LAKE STATE PARK

Alta Lake State Park

Alta Lake State Park is a public state park in Washington near Pateros in Okanogan County. Spanning 181 acres and established in 1951, this park offers…

Dos Rios State Park (California)

Dos Rios State Park

Dos Rios State Park is a public state park in California near Modesto in Stanislaus County. Spanning 1,600 acres and established in 2023, this park…

Fort Niagara State Park (New York)

Fort Niagara State Park

Fort Niagara State Park is a public state park in New York near Youngstown in Niagara County. Spanning 504 acres and established in 1948, this park…

Railtown 1897 State Historic Park (California)

Railtown 1897 State Historic Park

Railtown 1897 State Historic Park is a public state park in California near Jamestown in Tuolumne County. Spanning 26 acres and established in 1949,…

Perrot State Park (Wisconsin)

Perrot State Park

Perrot State Park is a public state park in Wisconsin near Trempealeau in Trempealeau County. Spanning 1,270 acres and established in 1918, this park…

Pilgrim Memorial State Park (Massachusetts)

Pilgrim Memorial State Park

Pilgrim Memorial State Park is a public state park in Massachusetts near Plymouth in Plymouth County. Spanning 17 acres and established in 1920, this…

Fly fishermen casting in the crystal clear spring-fed trout stream at Bennett Spring State Park Missouri

St. Francois State Park

St. Francois State Park is a public state park in Missouri near Bonne Terre in St. Francois County. Spanning 2,735 acres and established in 1964, this…

Taum Sauk Mountain State Park (Missouri)

Taum Sauk Mountain State Park

Taum Sauk Mountain State Park is a public state park in Missouri near Ironton in Iron, Reynolds County. Spanning 8,395 acres and established in 1991,…

Great Salt Plains State Park (Oklahoma)

Great Salt Plains State Park

Great Salt Plains State Park is a public state park in Oklahoma near Jet in Alfalfa County. Spanning 840 acres and established in 1958, this park…

Belmont Lake State Park (New York)

Belmont Lake State Park

Belmont Lake State Park is a public state park in New York near Babylon in Suffolk County. Spanning 463 acres and established in 1926, this park offers…

Chattahoochee Bend State Park Georgia

Chattahoochee Bend State Park

Chattahoochee Bend State Park is a public state park in Georgia near Newnan in 2011 County. Spanning 2,910 acres and established in 2011, this park…

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