Bothwell Lodge State Historic Site
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Missouri History — Eccentric 12,000-square-foot lodge built into a limestone bluff by John Homer Bothwell (1897–1928) — features 31 […]
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Bollinger Mill State Historic Site
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Missouri History — 1800s water-powered grist mill with adjacent Burfordville Covered Bridge — the oldest covered bridge in Missouri
Battle of Lexington State Historic Site
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Missouri History — Site of the three-day “Battle of the Hemp Bales” (September 1861) — Confederates soaked hemp bales
Battle of Island Mound State Historic Site
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Missouri History — Site where the 1st Kansas Colored Infantry became among the first African American soldiers to engage
Battle of Carthage State Historic Site
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Missouri History — Site of the first full-scale land battle of the Civil War — July 5, 1861, eleven
Battle of Athens State Historic Site
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Missouri History — Northernmost Civil War battle west of the Mississippi — August 5, 1861, 500 Union Home Guard
Yachats Ocean Road State Natural Site
🏆🏆🏆🏆 Rugged basalt shoreline along Yachats Ocean Road — Yachats (pronounced “ya-HOTS”) is called the “Gem of the Oregon Coast”
Wolf Creek Inn State Heritage Site
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Oregon’s oldest continuously operating hotel — built in 1883! Jack London stayed here in 1911 and wrote portions of
Willamette Stone State Heritage Site
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 The exact point from which ALL land in Oregon and Washington is surveyed — the Willamette Stone marks the
Wallowa Lake Highway Forest State Scenic Corridor
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Stunning mountain highway corridor leading to Wallowa Lake — the “Switzerland of Oregon” with 9,000-foot peaks and glacial lakes
Unity Forest State Scenic Corridor
🏆🏆🏆🏆 Mountain forest corridor in the Blue Mountains of eastern Oregon — ponderosa pine forests at 4,000+ feet elevation. Visitor
Umpqua State Scenic Corridor
🏆🏆🏆🏆 Scenic corridor along the North Umpqua River — legendary steelhead and salmon fishing on one of Oregon’s most pristine
Tseriadun State Recreation Site
🏆🏆🏆🏆 Recreation site in the Mount Hood foothills — “Tseriadun” is a Native American name reflecting the deep indigenous heritage
Sunset Beach State Recreation Site
🏆🏆🏆🏆 Wide sandy beach near Warrenton — views of the Columbia River Bar, “Graveyard of the Pacific,” where over 2,000
Stonefield Beach State Recreation Site
🏆🏆🏆🏆 Secluded beach with exposed rock formations and tide pools — one of the quieter, lesser-known beaches on the central
Sheridan State Scenic Corridor
🏆🏆🏆🏆 Scenic corridor along the South Yamhill River — Oregon wine country with sweeping views of the Coast Range foothills.
Paradise Point State Recreation Site
🏆🏆🏆🏆 Scenic coastal point near Port Orford — dramatic cliff views of the Pacific and nearby Humbug Mountain. Visitor Information
Otter Point State Recreation Site
🏆🏆🏆🏆 Rocky headland on the southern Oregon coast — tide pools, sea stacks, and excellent whale watching. Sea otters were
Ontario State Recreation Site
🏆🏆🏆🏆 Rest area on the Snake River at the Oregon-Idaho border — Ontario is Oregon’s eastern gateway, where Pacific and
Ona Beach State Park
🏆🏆🏆🏆 Beautiful park where Beaver Creek meets the Pacific Ocean — sheltered beach, estuary habitat, and the Brian Booth Wetlands
Mary S. Young State Recreation Area
🏆🏆🏆🏆 128-acre forested park along the Willamette River in West Linn — old-growth Douglas fir and big-leaf maple with 4
Jessie M. Honeyman Memorial State Park
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 500-acre park with sand dunes, Cleawox Lake, and Woahink Lake — gateway to the Oregon Dunes, the largest expanse
Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Multi-use trail along the Historic Columbia River Highway — America’s first planned scenic highway (1913–1922), an engineering masterpiece by
H. B. Van Duzer Forest State Scenic Corridor
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Ancient old-growth Sitka spruce forest along Highway 18 — some trees over 200 feet tall and 500+ years old!
Governor Patterson Memorial State Recreation Site
🏆🏆🏆🏆 Named for Governor Isaac L. Patterson (1859–1929) — beachfront recreation on the southern Oregon coast. Visitor Information Detail Information
George W. Joseph State Natural Area
🏆🏆🏆🏆 Protects Punch Bowl Falls — a 35-foot waterfall plunging into a bowl-shaped basin in Eagle Creek canyon, one of
Fall Creek State Recreation Site
🏆 Official Guide: Fall Creek State Recreation Site — A scenic day-use area along Fall Creek Reservoir in the Oregon
D River State Recreation Site
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Home of the D River — the world’s shortest river at only 120 feet! It flows from Devils Lake
Casey State Recreation Site
🏆🏆🏆🏆 Day-use park along the East Fork Hood River — in the shadow of 11,249-foot Mt. Hood, Oregon’s highest peak
Cape Sebastian State Scenic Corridor
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Dramatic 700-foot cape on the southern Oregon coast — one of the most spectacular ocean viewpoints in the Pacific
Bradley State Scenic Viewpoint
🏆🏆🏆🏆 Scenic viewpoint in the Yamhill County wine country — Oregon’s Willamette Valley is one of the world’s premier Pinot
Booth State Scenic Corridor
🏆🏆🏆🏆 Scenic corridor along the Row River near Cottage Grove — gateway to covered bridges. Lane County has 20 historic
Bolon Island Tideways State Scenic Corridor
🏆🏆🏆🏆 Scenic corridor protecting tidal marshlands at the mouth of the Umpqua River — critical habitat for migratory shorebirds on
Summit Lake State Recreation Site
🏆🏆🏆🏆 Alaska Wilderness — Alpine lake at 1,100 feet on the Seward Highway — stunning turquoise glacial lake surrounded by
Sandspit Point State Marine Park
🏆🏆🏆🏆 Alaska Wilderness — Marine park on Resurrection Bay — sandy spit extending into the bay with stunning mountain and
Mosquito Lake State Recreation Site
🏆🏆🏆🏆 Alaska Wilderness — Small lake near Haines — surrounded by massive Chilkat Mountains, surprisingly not as buggy as the
Lowell Point State Recreation Site
🏆🏆🏆🏆 Alaska Wilderness — Coastal recreation area south of Seward — beachfront access to Resurrection Bay with sea otters, harbor
Liberty Falls State Recreation Site
🏆🏆🏆🏆 Alaska Wilderness — Spectacular waterfall on the Edgerton Highway — stunning cascading falls dropping through a narrow canyon of
Lake Louise State Recreation Area
🏆🏆🏆🏆 Alaska Wilderness — Remote 28-square-mile lake — largest lake in the Copper River Basin, excellent lake trout and burbot
Halibut Point State Recreation Site
🏆🏆🏆🏆 Alaska Wilderness — Coastal recreation site near Sitka — scenic oceanfront picnicking and tidepooling on Baranof Island with views
Finger Lake State Recreation Area
🏆🏆🏆🏆 Alaska Wilderness — Glacier-carved finger lake in the Matanuska-Susitna Valley — popular swimming and canoeing destination surrounded by boreal
Delta State Recreation Site
🏆🏆🏆🏆 Alaska Wilderness — Campground at the confluence of the Delta and Tanana Rivers — gateway to the Alaska Range
Deep Creek State Recreation Area
🏆🏆🏆🏆 Alaska Wilderness — Kenai Peninsula beach fishing — one of Alaska’s most popular shore-based king salmon fisheries where the
Decision Point State Marine Park
🏆🏆🏆🏆 Alaska Wilderness — Marine park in Prince William Sound — named by Captain Cook in 1778 when he had
Big Lake South State Recreation Site
🏆🏆🏆🏆 Alaska Wilderness — Big Lake south shore — boat launch and camping on Big Lake, the recreational heart of
Big Lake North State Recreation Area
🏆🏆🏆🏆 Alaska Wilderness — Big Lake north shore — popular Matanuska-Susitna Valley lake recreation area with 3,000-acre Big Lake, one
Chena River State Recreation Site
🏆🏆🏆🏆 River Access — Day-use recreation site on the Chena River — convenient access for fishing and paddling near Fairbanks
Chena River State Recreation Area
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Fairbanks Playground — 397-square-mile recreation area along the Chena River — Interior Alaska’s largest state recreation area with hot
Worthington Glacier State Recreation Site
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Drive-Up Glacier — One of Alaska’s most accessible glaciers — you can walk right up to the face of
Point Bridget State Park
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Juneau Wilderness — 2,850-acre coastal park north of Juneau — meadows, old-growth forest, and whale-watching from shore along Lynn