Protected area managed at the federated state level
Niagara Falls State Park, New York, USAmerican bison in Custer State Park, South Dakota, USBodie State Historical Park, California, USBabcock State Park, West Virginia, USAn example of New Deal developments in U.S. state parks: Bunker Tower, Cheaha State Park, Alabama, USMount Worth State Park. Victoria, Australia
Old Man's Cave in Hocking Hills State Park, Ohio, US
State parks are parks or other protected areas managed at the sub-national level within those nations which use "state" as a political subdivision. State parks are typically established by a state to preserve a location on account of its natural beauty, historic interest, or recreational potential. There are state parks under the administration of the government of each U.S. state, some of the Mexican states, and in Brazil. The term is also used in the Australian states of Victoria and New South Wales.[1] The equivalent term used in Canada, Argentina, South Africa, and Belgium, is provincial park. Similar systems of local government maintained parks exist in other countries, but the terminology varies.
State parks are thus similar to national parks, but under state rather than federal administration. Similarly, local government entities below state level may maintain parks, e.g., regional parks or county parks. In general, state parks are smaller than national parks, with a few exceptions such as the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park in California, and Wood-Tikchik State Park in Alaska, the largest state park in the United States.
^"Collaborative Australian Protected Area Database (CAPAD) - Terrestrial Protected Areas in Australia by Type (2014) (refer "TYPE" tab)". Department of the Environment (DoE). Retrieved April 16, 2016.
Stateparks are parks or other protected areas managed at the sub-national level within those nations which use "state" as a political subdivision. State...
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Washington StatePark System is a set of stateparks owned by the state government of Washington, USA. They are managed by the Washington StateParks and Recreation...
Taughannock Falls StatePark (/təˈɡænək/ tə-GAN-ək) is a 750-acre (3.0 km2) statepark located in the town of Ulysses in Tompkins County, New York in the...
Custer StatePark is a South Dakota StatePark and wildlife reserve in the Black Hills of the United States. Located in Custer County, the park is South...
The California StateParks system (Spanish: Parques Estatales de California) is the public park system of California. The system is administered by the...
There are 67 stateparks, nine state recreation areas, nine state waysides, and 23 state trails in the Minnesota statepark system, totaling approximately...
Fort Macon StatePark is a North Carolina statepark in Carteret County, North Carolina, in the United States. Located on Bogue Banks near Atlantic Beach...
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Jones Beach StatePark (colloquially "Jones Beach") is a statepark in the U.S. state of New York. It is located in southern Nassau County on Jones Beach...
original stateparks were Seashore StatePark (now First Landing StatePark), Westmoreland StatePark, Staunton River StatePark, Douthat StatePark, Fairy...
by Indiana Dunes StatePark. Richard Lieber was instrumental in the foundation of the Indiana StatePark system. The first statepark in Indiana was McCormick's...
The Redwood National and StateParks (RNSP) are a complex of one national park and three California stateparks located in the United States along the...
This is a list of 63 stateparks and recreation areas in Iowa. These stateparks of the U.S. state of Iowa can be split into two groups based on management...
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Itasca StatePark (/aɪˈtæskə/) is a statepark of Minnesota, United States, and contains the headwaters of the Mississippi River. The park spans 32,690...
Hills StatePark is a statepark in the Hocking Hills region of Hocking County, Ohio, United States. In some areas the park adjoins the Hocking State Forest...
national parks All data come from respective park webpages unless otherwise noted. Arizona StateParks (2010). "Arizona StateParks". Arizona StateParks. Retrieved...
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Florida Caverns StatePark is a statepark of Florida in the United States, part of the Florida StateParks system. It is located in the Florida Panhandle...
Camp Hero StatePark is a 754-acre (3.05 km2) statepark located on Montauk Point, New York. The park occupies a portion of the former Montauk Air Force...
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Island StatePark Farragut StatePark Harriman StatePark Hells Gate StatePark Henrys Lake StatePark Heyburn StatePark Lake Cascade StatePark Lake Walcott...
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Turkey Run StatePark, Indiana's second statepark, is in Parke County in the west-central part of the state along State Road 47, 2 miles (3.2 km) east...
Buttermilk Falls StatePark is a 811-acre (3.28 km2) statepark located southwest of Ithaca, New York, United States. Like Robert H. Treman StatePark, a portion...
There are 52 stateparks in the U.S. state of Arkansas, as of 2019. The stateparks division of the Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism...
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