Captain Cook State Recreation Area
🌋 Camp on a Bluff Above Cook Inlet — With Three Active Volcanoes Across the Water — Captain Cook State […]
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Campbellsport Drumlins State Park
🧊 Where Glaciers Left Hills That Look Like Overturned Spoons — Wisconsin’s Drumlin Field — Campbellsport Drumlins State Park in
Camp Plymouth State Park
⛏️ Pan for Real Gold Where a President Grew Up — Vermont’s Forgotten Gold Rush on Echo Lake — Camp
Buskin River State Recreation Site
🐻 Kodiak Island’s Road-Accessible Salmon River — Where Brown Bears Fish 4 Miles from Town — Buskin River State Recreation
Bulls Island
🌉 A Forested Island Between a Canal and the Delaware River — With a Footbridge to Pennsylvania — Bulls Island
Camel’s Hump State Park
⛰️ Vermont’s Most Iconic Mountain — The Highest Undeveloped Peak in the State With True Arctic-Alpine Tundra — Camel’s Hump
Bryant Creek State Park
🏞️ 2,900 Acres of Untouched Ozarks — Where a Crystal-Clear Creek Cuts Through Dolomite Bluffs — Bryant Creek State Park
Caines Head State Recreation Area
🏚️ A WWII Fortress Hidden in an Alaskan Coastal Rainforest — Only Accessible at Low Tide — Caines Head State
Button Bay State Park
🔘 The Lake Named for Buttons — Where 500-Million-Year-Old Fossils Wash Up on a Champlain Beach — Button Bay State
Brookhaven State Park
🚴 2,500 Acres of Pine Barrens on Long Island — New York City’s Biggest Backyard Trail System — Brookhaven State
Bridal Veil Falls State Scenic Viewpoint
🌊 A 120-Foot Waterfall Under a Historic Bridge in the Columbia River Gorge — Bridal Veil Falls State Scenic Viewpoint
Braddock Bay State Park
🦅 One of North America’s Premier Hawk Migration Funnels — Where 100,000+ Raptors Follow Lake Ontario Every Spring — Braddock
Breakheart Reservation
⛰️ Seven Rocky Hilltops, Two Freshwater Lakes, and Boston’s Wildest Reservation — 10 Miles from Downtown — Breakheart Reservation in
Branbury State Park
🏖️ Vermont’s Best Swimming Beach on a Mountain Lake — Where the Green Mountains Meet Lake Dunmore — Branbury State
Bettles Bay State Marine Park
⚓ A Glacial Fjord Anchorage in Prince William Sound — Where Tidewater Glaciers Meet the Sea — Bettles Bay State
Boiler Bay State Scenic Viewpoint
🌊 A Shipwreck Named the Viewpoint — Where a Burning Freighter’s Boiler Still Sits in the Surf — Boiler Bay
Boone’s Cave State Park
🏞️ Daniel Boone Slept Here — A Cave on the Yadkin River Where America’s Most Famous Pioneer Grew Up —
Blufflands State Trail: Root River Segment
🚴 60 Miles Through the Driftless — Where the Glaciers Never Came and the Bluffs Still Stand — Blufflands State
Blue Hills Reservation
⛰️ 7,000 Acres and the Highest Point on the Atlantic Coast South of Maine — Boston’s Wilderness Backyard — Blue
Blind Island Marine State Park
🏝️ A 3-Acre Island in the San Juan Archipelago — Washington’s Smallest State Park — Blind Island Marine State Park
Blazing Star State Trail
🌸 Named for the Wildflower That Sets the Prairie on Fire — A Paved Trail Through Southern Minnesota’s Last Native
Big Bear/Baby Bear State Marine Park
⚓ A Protected Anchorage in the Wildest Waters of Southeast Alaska — Near Sitka in the Tongass — Big Bear/Baby
Blauvelt State Park
🏔️ 590 Acres of Military Ruins and Mountain Bike Trails in the Hudson Valley — 30 Minutes from Manhattan —
Blackstone River Bikeway State Park
🚲 Pedal Through the Birthplace of the American Industrial Revolution — 48 Miles from Worcester to Providence — Blackstone River
Black Sands Beach State Marine Park
🏖️ Volcanic Black Sand and Temperate Rainforest — A Remote Alaska Beach Near Ketchikan — Black Sands Beach State Marine
Bill Burton Fishing Pier State Park
🎣 They Closed the Bridge — And Turned It Into the Best Free Fishing Pier on the Chesapeake Bay —
Big Sioux Recreation Area
🌾 Where the Great Plains Meet the River — South Dakota’s Outdoor Escape Minutes from Sioux Falls — Big Sioux
Big Arm State Park
⛰️ The Largest Natural Freshwater Lake West of the Mississippi — And an Island Full of Wild Horses — Big
Bernice State Park
🎣 The Crappie Capital of the World — 88 Acres on Grand Lake Where Oklahoma Meets the Ozarks — Bernice
Bethany Reservoir State Recreation Area
🏄 Where California’s Aqueduct Meets the Altamont Wind — 608 Acres of Striped Bass and Steady Breeze — Bethany Reservoir
Benbow State Recreation Area
🌲 Gateway to the Redwoods — Where the South Fork Eel River Runs Free Through Ancient Forests — Benbow State
Beech Creek Bog State Natural Area
🌿 A Pocket of the Ice Age Trapped in the Appalachian Mountains — Where Sundews and Cranberries Survive 1,000 Miles
Beecher Pass State Marine Park
⛵ A Cove in the Inside Passage Where the Forest Meets the Sea — Boat-Access Alaska Wilderness — Beecher Pass
Bays Mountain State Natural Area
🐺 Wolves, Raptors, a Planetarium, and a Barge Ride — 3,550 Acres of Appalachian Nature Center — Bays Mountain State
Beach Pond
🎣 A Lake That Belongs to Two States — Where Rhode Island and Connecticut Share 400 Acres of Water —
Beaman Park State Natural Area
🌸 Nashville’s Secret Wildflower Cathedral — 1,600 Acres of Ridge-and-Hollow Forest 15 Minutes from Music Row — Beaman Park State
Bean Hollow State Beach
🌊 Where the Pacific Sculpted a Natural Rock Museum — Tidepools, Pebble Mosaics, and Coastal Erosion Art — Bean Hollow
Androscoggin Wayside Park
🏔️ Where the Androscoggin Cuts Through the White Mountains — A Roadside Window into New Hampshire’s Wildest River — Androscoggin
Baldwin Lake State Fish & Wildlife Area
🐟 Another Illinois Coal Mine Reborn — 2,018 Acres of Bass Water and Waterfowl Marsh in Southern Illinois — Baldwin
Alewife Brook Reservation
🦅 136 Acres of Urban Wilderness Where Herring Still Spawn and Herons Still Hunt — Minutes from Downtown Boston —
Arrowhead State Trail
❄️ 135 Miles Through Minnesota’s Iron Range — The North’s Premier Winter Trail — Arrowhead State Trail in St. Louis
Arizona Beach State Recreation Site
🏖️ Southern Oregon’s Wind-Protected Secret — A Two-Thirds-Mile Cove Between Headlands — Arizona Beach State Recreation Site in Curry County,
Appalachian Trail
🥾 2,190 Miles from Georgia to Maine — America’s Most Famous Footpath — The Appalachian Trail spanning 14 states from
Atsion
🏚️ The Pine Barrens Iron Ghost That Became a Lake — A Forgotten Industrial Village in New Jersey’s Million-Acre Wilderness
Ashuwillticook Rail Trail
🚴 The Berkshires’ Most Beautiful Rail-Trail — 12.7 Miles Between Mountains, Lakes, and Small Towns — Ashuwillticook Rail Trail in
Banner Marsh State Fish and Wildlife Area
🦆 Where Coal Mines Became Wetlands — 4,300 Acres of Reclaimed Illinois Marshland — Banner Marsh State Fish and Wildlife
Baldhead Island State Natural Area
🏝️ North Carolina’s Car-Free Barrier Island — Where Old Baldy Has Watched the Cape Fear for 200 Years — Bald
Barn Island Wildlife Management Area
🦅 Connecticut’s Largest Coastal Preserve — 1,000 Acres of Salt Marsh Where the Birds Come First — Barn Island Wildlife
Battle of Alamance
⚔️ Five Years Before Lexington — The Battle That Lit the Fuse of the American Revolution — Alamance Battleground State
Banks�Vernonia State Trail
🚴 Oregon’s First Linear State Park — 21 Miles on a Logging Railroad Through the Coast Range — Banks-Vernonia State