State Parks

Stone observation tower on Mount Constitution with panoramic views of San Juan Islands and Mount Baker

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…

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Muskallonge Lake State Park

Muskallonge Lake State Park is a public state park in Michigan near Deer Park in Luce County. Spanning 217 acres and established in 1956, this park…

Bluewater Lake 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…

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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…

Trading post museum at Mormon Station State Park

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…

Palouse Falls 200-foot waterfall in basalt canyon at sunset Washington state

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…

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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,…

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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…

view from the top of the mountain hiking trail at Devil's Den State Park

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…

The Center Hill Lake impoundment of the Caney Fork River, just upstream from Center Hill Dam at Edgar Evins State Park

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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

Wooden boardwalk beneath Alum Cave rock overhang with Middle Fork River at Audra State Park West Virginia

Cass Scenic Railroad State Park

🚂 West Virginia’s Living Railroad Museum — Authentic Shay steam locomotives, 4,842-foot Bald Knob summit, 78-mile Greenbrier River Trail, and a…

aerial photograph of Lake Sammamish 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…

the red canyons at Red Rock Canyon State Park

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…

Industrial gantry cranes framing Manhattan skyline with Pepsi-Cola neon sign at blue hour in Gantry Plaza State Park

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…

view of Lake Tahoe from Van Sickle State Park on a snowy day

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,…

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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…

Massive 215-foot natural limestone arch over Cedar Creek gorge at Natural Bridge State Park Virginia

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…

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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,…

solitary tree by sand dunes at little sahara state park in 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…

waves crash against the shore at Cape Disappointment State Park

Maryhill State Park

Maryhill State Park is a public state park in Washington near Goldendale in Klickitat County. Spanning 81 acres and established in 1972, this park…

Barnwell State Park South Carolina

Lake Wateree State Park

Lake Wateree State Park is a public state park in South Carolina near Winnsboro. Spanning 238 acres and established in 1982, this park offers a…

Lucifer Falls waterfall cascading through the gorge at Robert H. Treman State Park

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…

Aerial view of Muskegon State Park sandy beach and forested dunes between Lake Michigan and Muskegon Lake at sunset

Fayette Historic State Park

🏚️ Michigan’s Best-Preserved Ghost Town — 20+ original 1800s buildings, towering stone smelting furnaces, turquoise Snail Shell Harbor, and…

Cimarron Canyon State Park New Mexico

Cimarron Canyon State Park

Cimarron Canyon State Park is a public state park in New Mexico near Eagle Nest in Colfax County. Spanning 378 acres and established in 1979, this park…

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North Point State Park

North Point State Park is a public state park in Maryland near Edgemere in Lake County. Spanning 1,328 acres and established in 1987, this park offers…

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Twin Harbors State Park

Twin Harbors State Park is a public state park in Washington near Westport in Grays Harbor County. Spanning 225 acres and established in 1937, this…

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Brunet Island State Park

Brunet Island State Park is a public state park in Wisconsin near Cornell in Chippewa County. Spanning 1,225 acres and established in 1936, this park…

George Crady Bridge at George Crady Bridge Fishing Pier State Park

Fort Zachary Taylor Historic State Park

Key West’s Best Beach & Civil War Fort
Fort Zachary Taylor has Key West’s best public beach plus a well-preserved Civil War fort with massive…

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Rock Creek State Park

Iowa’s Hidden Marina Lake
Rock Creek offers a full-service marina, beaches, and excellent fishing on 665-acre lake. Central Iowa’s recreation destination!

Sunset during Autumn at Union Grove State Park

Lake Manawa State Park

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Park sign at Buccaneer State Park

Paul B. Johnson State Park

South Mississippi’s Lake Paradise
Paul B. Johnson offers swimming beaches, fishing, and camping on 225-acre Geiger Lake—Mississippi’s most popular…

Entrance to the cave at Dunbar Cave State Park

Savage Gulf State Natural Area

Tennessee’s Grand Canyon
Savage Gulf offers spectacular gorge views, challenging hiking, and waterfalls in the Cumberland Plateau—Stone Door overlook…

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Dale Hollow Lake State Resort Park

World Record Smallmouth Bass Lake
Dale Hollow produced the world record smallmouth bass (11 lbs 15 oz!)—crystal-clear water, full resort lodge, and…

Blake Island Marine State Park with Mount Rainier in background

Riverside State Park

Spokane’s Urban Wilderness
Riverside is Washington’s second-largest state park at 14,000 acres—right at Spokane’s doorstep! Bowl and Pitcher rock…

Aerial photograph of North Bass Island State Park

Nelson Ledges State Park

Northeast Ohio’s Rock Formations
Nelson Ledges features dramatic Sharon Conglomerate rock formations—caves, tunnels, and boulder scrambling! Unique…

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Lake Barkley State Resort Park

Kentucky’s Lakeside Resort
Lake Barkley is a full-service state resort—lodge, golf course, marina, and 3,700 acres on the Land Between the Lakes region!

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Camp Hero State Park

Montauk’s Secret Military Base
Camp Hero is a former WWII military base at the very tip of Long Island—surf fishing, hiking, and the mysterious…

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Blakeley State Park

Civil War’s Last Major Battle
Blakeley preserves the largest Civil War battlefield east of the Mississippi—the Battle of Fort Blakeley was fought…

Bohemia River State Park Maryland

Elk Neck State Park

Chesapeake Bay Peninsula
Elk Neck sits on a peninsula between two rivers flowing into Chesapeake Bay—Turkey Point Lighthouse, sandy beaches, and…

Agate Beach State Recreation Site Oregon

Valley of the Rogue State Park

I-5 Oasis on the Rogue
Valley of the Rogue offers convenient camping right off I-5 with Rogue River access—fish for steelhead, watch eagles, and rest…

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