The park’s Lost Pines forest offers hiking, camping, and scenic drives near Austin.

Explore breathtaking Barnegat Lighthouse State Park in New Jersey, named one of USA TODAY’s Most Treasured Views in America ...

With a $5 entrance fee and stellar visitor reviews, this restored military base offers a brilliant glimpse into frontier life ...

Last spring, when we recommended five state parks to visit, readers told us we had missed some of their favorites. So here are a few you wanted us to share. Visitors to Anza-Borrego Desert State Park ...

Summersville Lake State Park is West Virginia's newest state park and puts a focus on rock climbing.

If you are looking for a quiet and relatively untouched Michigan state park for outdoor adventures, this spot right on Lake ...

The new parks in underserved areas of the Golden State are part of a larger initiative to preserve 30 percent of the state’s ...

Hyrum State Park reels you in with a fish stocked reservoir. Cozy accommodations and a hometown feel that you can’t find just ...

NEW YORK (WKBW) — And the winner is Letchworth State Park! Letchworth won the 2025 USA Today Readers' Choice Award for Best State Park. It was selected by travel experts and nominated alongside 20 ...

USA Today 10Best, with help from "a panel of travel experts," nominated 20 state parks across the country for the 2026 list, ...

California's largest state park expansion in decades would bring the total to 283 parks, far more than any other state.