
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
California
Anza-Borrego is the largest state park in California, covering 600,000 acres of Colorado Desert wilderness. Fa…

Baxter State Park
Maine
Baxter contains Mount Katahdin, the northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail. The park is managed as a wilde…

Big Basin Redwoods State Park
California
Big Basin was Californias first state park, established in 1902. Features ancient coast redwoods, including th…

Custer State Park
South Dakota
Custer is one of the largest state parks in the US, featuring a free-roaming herd of 1,300 bison. The park inc…

Dead Horse Point State Park
Utah
Dead Horse Point offers stunning overlooks of the Colorado River and Canyonlands. The mesa-top park provides s…

Devil's Lake State Park
Wisconsin
Devil's Lake is Wisconsin's largest state park, featuring a 360-acre lake surrounded by 500-foot quartzite blu…

Fall Creek Falls State Park
Tennessee
Fall Creek Falls features the highest free-fall waterfall east of the Mississippi at 256 feet. The park offers…

Franconia Notch State Park
New Hampshire
Franconia Notch features the Flume Gorge, a natural granite chasm, and the Cannon Mountain aerial tramway. Pop…

Goblin Valley State Park
Utah
Goblin Valley features thousands of unique mushroom-shaped rock formations called hoodoos or "goblins." The pa…

Huntington Beach State Park
South Carolina
Huntington Beach is South Carolinas most popular state park, featuring pristine beaches, salt marshes, and Ata…

Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park
California
Julia Pfeiffer Burns features McWay Falls, an 80-foot waterfall that drops onto a pristine beach. Located on t…

Letchworth State Park
New York
Called the "Grand Canyon of the East," Letchworth features three major waterfalls and cliffs reaching 550 feet…

Na Pali Coast State Wilderness Park
Hawaii
Na Pali Coast features dramatic sea cliffs rising up to 4,000 feet. The remote wilderness is accessible only b…

Palo Duro Canyon State Park
Texas
Palo Duro Canyon is the second-largest canyon in the United States at 120 miles long and up to 800 feet deep. …

Palouse Falls State Park
Washington
Palouse Falls is a 198-foot waterfall on the Palouse River, Washingtons official state waterfall. The falls we…

Ricketts Glen State Park
Pennsylvania
Ricketts Glen features 21 named waterfalls, including 94-foot Ganoga Falls. The Falls Trail System passes thro…

Smith Rock State Park
Oregon
Smith Rock is considered the birthplace of American sport climbing. The park features towering volcanic rock s…

Starved Rock State Park
Illinois
Starved Rock features 18 canyons formed by glacial meltwater. The park along the Illinois River has 13 miles o…

Tallulah Gorge State Park
Georgia
Tallulah Gorge is one of the most spectacular canyons in the eastern US, nearly 2 miles long and 1,000 feet de…

Watkins Glen State Park
New York
Watkins Glen features a stunning gorge trail with 19 waterfalls over 2 miles. The park is part of the Finger L…