State Parks

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Use this directory to browse America's State Parks profiles by destination, activity, facilities, and nearby trip ideas. The finder is built from our park profile database and is designed for planning decisions: compare parks, open detailed profiles, then use official park links for current fees, permits, closures, and reservations.

Current public scope: 4,080 park profiles across all 50 states, including 2,500+ state parks. See our editorial review methodology for how ASP researches, updates, and reviews park information.

Anderson Creek near Brown Springs in Moshannon State Forest, Pennsylvania

Moshannon State Forest

Moshannon State Forest covers 190,031 acres on the Allegheny Plateau in Pennsylvania’s Wilds region. It is managed by the DCNR Bureau of Forestry, not by Pennsylvania’s state park system.

Worden Pond

Worden Pond

Worden Pond in South Kingstown is Rhode Island’s largest natural freshwater pond, with a state-owned boat ramp listed by DEM. It is not a state park.

Quinebaug Valley State Fish Hatchery

The Quinebaug Valley State Fish Hatchery in Plainfield raises the majority of Connecticut’s trout for CT DEEP. It is not a state park; tours are open to the public.

Hungry Valley State Vehicular RA

Hungry Valley State Vehicular RA is a public state park in California in Los Angeles County. Spanning 19,000 acres, the park offers a peaceful…

Shoup Bay State Marine Park

Shoup Bay State Marine Park is a public state park in Alaska near Valdez in Unorganized Borough County. Spanning 4,560 acres and established in 1983,…

Floras Lake State Natural Area (Oregon)

Floras Lake State Natural Area

Floras Lake State Natural Area is a public state park in Oregon in Curry County. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for visitors of…

Lower White River Museum SP

Lower White River Museum SP is a public state park in Arkansas near Des Arc in Prairie County. Spanning 0.4 acres and established in 1970, this…

Jenkins Ferry State Park (Arkansas)

Jenkins Ferry Battleground State Park

Jenkins Ferry State Park is a public state park in Arkansas in Grant County. Spanning 40.15 acres and established in 1961, this park offers a…

Dolan Falls Preserve

Dolan Falls Preserve in Val Verde County, Texas, is owned by The Nature Conservancy and closed to the public. It is not a Texas state park.

Point Cabrillo Light Station SHP (California)

Point Cabrillo Light Station SHP

Point Cabrillo Light Station SHP is a public state park in California in Mendocino County. Spanning 297 acres and established in 1909, this park offers…

Prentice Cooper State Forest

Prentice Cooper State Forest covers 24,459 acres along the Tennessee River Gorge west of Chattanooga, with 35 miles of hiking trails. It is managed by the Tennessee Division of Forestry, not by Tennessee’s state park system.

Sideling Hill Creek State Park

Sideling Hill Creek State Park is a public state park in Maryland in Allegany County. Spanning 865 acres and established in 2021, this park…

Branched Oak State Recreation Area (Nebraska)

Branched Oak State Recreation Area

Branched Oak State Recreation Area is a public state park in Nebraska in Lancaster County. Located in Nebraska, the park is a cherished…

Fort Abercrombie State Historical Park (Alaska)

Fort Abercrombie State Historical Park

Fort Abercrombie State Historical Park is a public state park in Alaska in Kodiak Island Borough County. Established in 1969, the park offers a…

Columbia Plateau Trail State Park (Washington)

Columbia Plateau State Park Trail

Columbia Plateau State Park Trail is a public state park in Washington near Cheney in Franklin County. Spanning 3,880 acres and established in…

Missouri Mines State Historic Site (Missouri)

Missouri Mines State Historic Site

Missouri Mines State Historic Site is a public state park in Missouri near Park Hills in Saint Francois County. Spanning 64.59 acres and…

Thompson Chain of Lakes SP

Thompson Chain of Lakes SP is a public state park in Montana. Spanning 3,000 acres, the park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for visitors of all…

Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area (California)

Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area

Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area is a public state park in California near Los Angeles in Los Angeles County. Spanning 401 acres and…

Houghton Lake State Forest (Michigan)

Houghton Lake State Forest

Houghton Lake State Forest is the Houghton Lake State Forest Campground, a 50-site Michigan DNR campground on the north shore of Houghton Lake in Roscommon County. It is not a state park.

William G. Stratton State Park (Illinois)

William G. Stratton State Park

William G. Stratton State Park is a public state park in Illinois near Morris in Grundy County. Spanning 7 acres and established in 1958, this…

Big Delta State Historical Park

Big Delta State Historical Park is a public state park in Alaska near Big Delta in Unorganized Borough County. The park offers a peaceful retreat into…

Bennetts Pond State Park (Connecticut)

Bennetts Pond State Park

Bennetts Pond State Park is a public state park in Connecticut near Ridgefield in Fairfield County. Spanning 460 acres, the…

Wachusett Mountain State Reservation

Wachusett Mountain State Reservation is a public state park in Massachusetts near Princeton in Worcester County. Spanning 3,000 acres and…

Jim Hogg Historic Site (Texas)

Jim Hogg Historic Site

Jim Hogg Historic Site is a local park near Rusk, Texas, run by the City of Rusk. Spanning 178.4 acres and opened in 1941, this park offers a peaceful retreat into nature…

Tunnel Hill State Trail (Illinois)

Tunnel Hill State Trail

Tunnel Hill State Trail is a public state park in Illinois near Harrisburg in Saline County. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for…

Sangamon River near Lincoln Trail Homestead State Memorial, Illinois

Lincoln Trail Homestead State Memorial

Lincoln Trail Homestead State Memorial is a public state park in Illinois. Spanning 162 acres and established in 1938, this park offers a peaceful…

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Soldier Hollow State Park

Soldier Hollow State Park is a public state park in Utah in Wasatch County. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for visitors of all ages.

Moffitt Beach State Forest

Moffitt Beach is a New York State DEC campground and day-use area on Sacandaga Lake near Lake Pleasant in Hamilton County, with 260 campsites. It is not a New York state park.

Franklin Creek State Natural Area (Illinois)

Franklin Creek State Natural Area

Franklin Creek State Natural Area is a public state park in Illinois in Lee County. Spanning 3.57 acres and established in 1982, this park…

Wooster Mountain State Park (Connecticut)

Wooster Mountain State Park

Wooster Mountain State Park is a public state park in Connecticut near Danbury in Fairfield County. Spanning 444 acres and…

Conkles Hollow State Nature Preserve (Ohio)

Conkles Hollow State Nature Preserve

Conkles Hollow State Nature Preserve is a Hocking Hills gorge with sandstone cliffs nearly 200 feet high, a rim loop and a partly paved Gorge Trail.

Archusa Creek Water Park

Archusa Creek Water Park is a public state park in Mississippi near Quitman in Clarke County. The park offers visitors the chance to cast a line…

Pittsfield State Forest (Massachusetts)

Pittsfield State Forest

Pittsfield State Forest is a state forest in Massachusetts near Hancock in Berkshire County, managed by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR).

Drummond Island State Forest (Michigan)

Drummond Island State Forest

Drummond Island State Forest is the state forest land on Drummond Island, a 47,802-acre management area of the Michigan state forest. It is managed by the Michigan DNR Forest Resources Division, not by Michigan’s state park system.

Judith Landing State Park

Judith Landing State Park is a public state park in Montana in Fergus County. Spanning 109.43 acres and established in 2025, this park offers a…

Little Assawoman Bay at Assawoman Wildlife Area, Delaware

Assawoman Wildlife Area

Assawoman Wildlife Area is located in Delaware near Bayville in Sussex County and is managed by the Delaware Division of Fish & Wildlife, not by Delaware’s state park system.

Occoneechee Mountain State Natural Area (North Carolina)

Occoneechee Mountain State Natural Area

Occoneechee Mountain State Natural Area is a public state park in North Carolina in Orange County. Spanning 221 acres and established in 1997,…

Panoramic view from the Pigeon Mountain plateau in the Crockford-Pigeon Mountain WMA, Walker County, Georgia

Pettyjohn’s Cave at Crockford-Pigeon Mountain WMA

Pettyjohn’s Cave on Pigeon Mountain lies in a Georgia DNR wildlife management area, not a state park: Lands Pass, cave kiosk sign-in, deer-season closures and gear, as of October 2026.

Seyon Lodge State Park

Seyon Lodge State Park is a public state park in Vermont in Caledonia County. Spanning 39 acres, the park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for…

Fall River Heritage State Park (Massachusetts)

Fall River Heritage State Park

Fall River Heritage State Park is a public state park in Massachusetts near Fall River in Bristol County. Spanning 14 acres and established in…

Doe Island Marine State Park

Doe Island Marine State Park is a public state park in Washington in San Juan County. Spanning 7 acres and established in 1964, this park offers a…

Iao Valley State Park (Hawaii)

Iao Valley State Park

ʻĪao Valley State Monument is one of Maui’s most revered natural and cultural landmarks — a lush, mist-shrouded valley carved into the West Maui…

Mount Jefferson State Natural Area (North Carolina)

Mount Jefferson State Natural Area

Mount Jefferson State Natural Area is a public state park in North Carolina. Spanning 1,188 acres and established in 1956, this park offers a peaceful…

Hinckley Fire State Monument (Minnesota)

Hinckley Fire State Monument

Hinckley Fire State Monument is a public state park in Minnesota. The park offers a peaceful retreat into nature for visitors of all ages.

Ratcliff Lake Recreation Area (Texas)

Ratcliff Lake Recreation Area

Ratcliff Lake Recreation Area is a public state park in Texas in Houston County. Spanning 45 acres and established in 1936, this park offers a…

Volo Bog State Natural Area (Illinois)

Volo Bog State Natural Area

Volo Bog State Natural Area is a public state park in Illinois in Lake County. Spanning 1,150 acres and established in 1970, this park offers a…

Fogarty Creek State Recreation Area (Oregon)

Fogarty Creek State Recreation Area

Fogarty Creek State Recreation Area is a public state park in Oregon in Lincoln County. Established in 1950, the park offers a peaceful retreat…

Purgatory Chasm State Reservation

Purgatory Chasm State Reservation is a public state park in Massachusetts near Sutton in Worcester County. Spanning 100 acres and established in…

ocean view at odiorne point state park in new hampshire

Odiorne Point State Park

Odiorne Point State Park is a public state park in New Hampshire near Rye in Rockingham County. Spanning 135 acres and established in 1961, this…

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