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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/West-virginia-autumn-grist-mill-fall-foliage.jpg/220px-West-virginia-autumn-grist-mill-fall-foliage.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/West-virginia-autumn-grist-mill-fall-foliage.jpg/330px-West-virginia-autumn-grist-mill-fall-foliage.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/West-virginia-autumn-grist-mill-fall-foliage.jpg/440px-West-virginia-autumn-grist-mill-fall-foliage.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5616" data-file-height="3744" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Babcock_State_Park" title="Babcock State Park">Babcock State Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Virginia" title="West Virginia">West Virginia</a>, United States</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Alabama4.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Alabama4.jpg/220px-Alabama4.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Alabama4.jpg/330px-Alabama4.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Alabama4.jpg/440px-Alabama4.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1152" data-file-height="864" /></a><figcaption>An example of <a href="/wiki/New_Deal" title="New Deal">New Deal</a> developments in U.S. state parks: <a href="/wiki/Bunker_Tower" title="Bunker Tower">Bunker Tower</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cheaha_State_Park" title="Cheaha State Park">Cheaha State Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alabama" title="Alabama">Alabama</a>, United States</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mount_Worth_National_Park02.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Mount_Worth_National_Park02.jpg/220px-Mount_Worth_National_Park02.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Mount_Worth_National_Park02.jpg/330px-Mount_Worth_National_Park02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Mount_Worth_National_Park02.jpg/440px-Mount_Worth_National_Park02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3493" data-file-height="1560" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Mount_Worth_State_Park" title="Mount Worth State Park">Mount Worth State Park</a>. <a href="/wiki/Victoria_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria (Australia)">Victoria</a>, Australia</figcaption></figure> </div></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hocking_Hills_State_Park.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Hocking_Hills_State_Park.jpg/220px-Hocking_Hills_State_Park.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Hocking_Hills_State_Park.jpg/330px-Hocking_Hills_State_Park.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Hocking_Hills_State_Park.jpg/440px-Hocking_Hills_State_Park.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1706" data-file-height="1280" /></a><figcaption>Old Man's Cave in <a href="/wiki/Hocking_Hills_State_Park" title="Hocking Hills State Park">Hocking Hills State Park</a>, Ohio, United States</figcaption></figure> <p><b>State parks</b> are <a href="/wiki/Park" title="Park">parks</a> or other <a href="/wiki/Protected_area" title="Protected area">protected areas</a> 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 <a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">U.S. state</a>, some of the <a href="/wiki/Political_divisions_of_Mexico#States" class="mw-redirect" title="Political divisions of Mexico">Mexican states</a>, and in <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a>. The term is also used in the <a href="/wiki/Australian_state" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian state">Australian states</a> of <a href="/wiki/Template:State_parks_of_Victoria" title="Template:State parks of Victoria">Victoria</a> and <a href="/wiki/State_parks_of_New_South_Wales" title="State parks of New South Wales">New South Wales</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The equivalent term used in Canada, Argentina, South Africa, and Belgium, is <a href="/wiki/Provincial_park" title="Provincial park">provincial park</a>. Similar systems of local government maintained parks exist in other countries, but the terminology varies. </p><p>State parks are thus similar to <a href="/wiki/National_park" title="National park">national parks</a>, but under state rather than federal administration. Similarly, <a href="/wiki/Local_government" title="Local government">local government</a> entities below state level may maintain parks, e.g., <a href="/wiki/Regional_park" title="Regional park">regional parks</a> or <a href="/wiki/County_park" class="mw-redirect" title="County park">county parks</a>. In general, state parks are smaller than national parks, with a few exceptions such as <a href="/wiki/Anza-Borrego_Desert_State_Park" title="Anza-Borrego Desert State Park">Anza-Borrego Desert State Park</a> in California, and <a href="/wiki/Wood-Tikchik_State_Park" title="Wood-Tikchik State Park">Wood-Tikchik State Park</a> in Alaska, the largest state park in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_of_America" class="mw-redirect" title="United States of America">United States</a>. </p><p>In addition to preserving <a href="/wiki/Natural_landscape" title="Natural landscape">natural landscapes</a> and providing recreational opportunities, many state parks also serve as important <a href="/wiki/Educational_resources" class="mw-redirect" title="Educational resources">educational resources</a>. They often offer guided tours, interpretive programs, and exhibits that help visitors learn about the local <a href="/wiki/Flora" title="Flora">flora</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fauna" title="Fauna">fauna</a>, <a href="/wiki/Geology" title="Geology">geology</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Cultural_history" title="Cultural history">cultural history</a> of the area. These programs are designed not only to enhance the visitor experience but also to promote conservation awareness and encourage responsible enjoyment of natural resources.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="State_parks_by_country">State parks by country</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=State_park&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: State parks by country"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_States">United States</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=State_park&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: United States"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are 6,792 state park units in the United States, according to the <a href="/wiki/National_Association_of_State_Park_Directors" title="National Association of State Park Directors">National Association of State Park Directors</a> (NASPD).<sup id="cite_ref-NASPD_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NASPD-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are some 813 million annual visits to the country's state parks.<sup id="cite_ref-NASPD_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NASPD-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The NASPD further counts over 43,000 miles (69,000 km) of trail, 217,367 campsites, and 8,277 cabins and lodges across U.S. state parks.<sup id="cite_ref-NASPD_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NASPD-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The largest state park system in the United States is <a href="/wiki/Alaska_State_Parks" class="mw-redirect" title="Alaska State Parks">Alaska State Parks</a>, with over 100 sites encompassing 3.3 million acres.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Many states include designations beyond "state park" in their state parks systems. Other designations might be state <a href="/wiki/Recreation_area" title="Recreation area">recreation areas</a>, state beaches, and state <a href="/wiki/Nature_reserve" title="Nature reserve">nature reserves</a>. Some state park systems include long-distance trails and <a href="/wiki/Historic_site" title="Historic site">historic sites</a>. To encourage <a href="/wiki/Tourism" title="Tourism">tourism</a> in <a href="/wiki/Rural" class="mw-redirect" title="Rural">rural</a> areas, several states have simple lodges, inns, hotels, or motels (usually with a restaurant) for lodging at some parks. These typically use "Resort" in the name, such as "_____ Resort State Park" in <a href="/wiki/West_Virginia_state_parks" class="mw-redirect" title="West Virginia state parks">West Virginia state parks</a> and "_____ State Resort Park" in neighboring <a href="/wiki/Kentucky_state_parks" class="mw-redirect" title="Kentucky state parks">Kentucky state parks</a>, which has 17 such resort parks, the most of any state. Other states use the Resort name inconsistently (like <a href="/wiki/DeGray_Lake_Resort_State_Park" title="DeGray Lake Resort State Park">DeGray Lake Resort State Park</a>, the only one out of three resorts in <a href="/wiki/Arkansas_state_parks" class="mw-redirect" title="Arkansas state parks">Arkansas state parks</a>), or have only one such park (<a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_state_parks" class="mw-redirect" title="South Carolina state parks">South Carolina state parks</a>' <a href="/wiki/Hickory_Knob_State_Resort_Park" title="Hickory Knob State Resort Park">Hickory Knob State Resort Park</a>), or do not use the designation at all (such as the lodges of <a href="/wiki/Georgia_state_parks" class="mw-redirect" title="Georgia state parks">Georgia state parks</a>). The term "lodge" may also refer to a <a href="/wiki/Hiking_lodge" class="mw-redirect" title="Hiking lodge">hiking lodge</a>, essentially a large cabin for hikers rather than a large facility with private rooms and a restaurant. Other lodging may include <a href="/wiki/Yurt" title="Yurt">yurts</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tipi" title="Tipi">tipis</a>. </p><p>Not all parks owned by a state are necessarily part of its state-park system, such as <a href="/wiki/Stone_Mountain_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Stone Mountain Park">Stone Mountain Park</a> near Atlanta. Some <a href="/wiki/Texas_state_parks" class="mw-redirect" title="Texas state parks">Texas state parks</a> are a <a href="/wiki/Land_lease" class="mw-redirect" title="Land lease">land lease</a> from the <a href="/wiki/U.S._government" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. government">U.S. government</a>, while <a href="/wiki/Mackinac_National_Park" title="Mackinac National Park">Mackinac National Park</a> was handed down to become the first of the <a href="/wiki/Michigan_state_parks" class="mw-redirect" title="Michigan state parks">Michigan state parks</a>. As with national parks, facilities at state parks are often leased to <a href="/wiki/Concessionaire" class="mw-redirect" title="Concessionaire">concessionaires</a> to operate. <a href="/wiki/Breaks_Interstate_Park" title="Breaks Interstate Park">Breaks Interstate Park</a> is operated under an <a href="/wiki/Interstate_compact" title="Interstate compact">interstate compact</a> by <a href="/wiki/Virginia_state_parks" class="mw-redirect" title="Virginia state parks">Virginia state parks</a>, although it is also one of the <a href="/wiki/Kentucky_state_parks" class="mw-redirect" title="Kentucky state parks">Kentucky state parks</a>, straddling both sides of the state line. Other multi-state parks are legally two separate parks with the same name and more informal cooperation between them. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="History">History</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=State_park&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The title of oldest state park in the United States is claimed by <a href="/wiki/Niagara_Falls_State_Park" title="Niagara Falls State Park">Niagara Falls State Park</a> in <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a>, established in 1885.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NYSP_NFSP_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYSP_NFSP-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Several public parks previously or currently maintained at the state level pre-date it.<sup id="cite_ref-NYSA_EnvHist_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYSA_EnvHist-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Indian_Springs_State_Park" title="Indian Springs State Park">Indian Springs State Park</a> has been operated continuously by the state of <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a> as a public park since 1825, although it did not gain the title "State Park" until 1931.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1864 <a href="/wiki/Yosemite_Valley" title="Yosemite Valley">Yosemite Valley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mariposa_Grove" title="Mariposa Grove">Mariposa Grove</a> were ceded by the federal government to California<sup id="cite_ref-NYSA_EnvHist_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYSA_EnvHist-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> until <a href="/wiki/Yosemite_National_Park" title="Yosemite National Park">Yosemite National Park</a> was proclaimed in 1890.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1878 <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin" title="Wisconsin">Wisconsin</a> set aside a vast swath of its northern forests as "The State Park" but, needing money, sold most of it to lumber companies within 20 years.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mackinac National Park was established in 1875 as the second U.S. national park before being converted to a state park in 1895. The first state park with the designation of "state park" was <a href="/wiki/Itasca_State_Park" title="Itasca State Park">Itasca State Park</a> in <a href="/wiki/Minnesota" title="Minnesota">Minnesota</a>, established in 1891.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Many state park systems date to the 1930s, when around 800 state parks (and several national ones) across the country were developed with assistance from federal <a href="/w/index.php?title=Job-creation_program&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Job-creation program (page does not exist)">job-creation programs</a> like the <a href="/wiki/Civilian_Conservation_Corps" title="Civilian Conservation Corps">Civilian Conservation Corps</a> and <a href="/wiki/Works_Progress_Administration" title="Works Progress Administration">Works Progress Administration</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Brazil">Brazil</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=State_park&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Brazil"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/State_park_(Brazil)" title="State park (Brazil)">State park (Brazil)</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See 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"The Civilian Conservation Corps and Wisconsin State Park Development." <i>Wisconsin Magazine of History</i> (1988): 184–204. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/4636125">in JSTOR</a></li> <li>Landrum, Ney C. <i>The State Park Movement in America: A Critical Review</i> (2013) <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.amazon.com/State-Park-Movement-America-Critical/dp/0826220185/">excerpt and text search</a></li> <li>Larson, Zeb. "Silver Falls State Park and the Early Environmental Movement." <i>Oregon Historical Quarterly</i> (2011) 112#1 pp: 34-57 <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5403/oregonhistq.112.1.0034">in JSTOR</a></li> <li>Newton, Norman T. "The State Park Movement: 1864-1933;" and "State Parks and the Civilian Conservation Corps, Parkways and Their Offspring." in <i>Design on the Land: the Development of Landscape Architecture</i> (Harvard UP 1971)</li> <li>Parker, Eugene Phillip. "When Forests Trumped Parks: The Maryland Experience, 1906-1950." <i>Maryland Historical Magazine</i> (2006) 101#2 pp: 203–224.</li></ul>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=State_park&oldid=1253896599">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=State_park&oldid=1253896599</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Help:Category" title="Help:Category">Category</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:State_parks" title="Category:State parks">State parks</a></li></ul></div><div id="mw-hidden-catlinks" class="mw-hidden-catlinks mw-hidden-cats-hidden">Hidden categories: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_Brazilian_Portuguese-language_sources_(pt-br)" title="Category:CS1 Brazilian Portuguese-language sources (pt-br)">CS1 Brazilian Portuguese-language sources (pt-br)</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_short_description" title="Category:Articles with short description">Articles with short description</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Short_description_is_different_from_Wikidata" title="Category:Short description is different from Wikidata">Short description is different from Wikidata</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Use_mdy_dates_from_April_2024" title="Category:Use mdy dates from April 2024">Use mdy dates from April 2024</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Commons_category_link_is_on_Wikidata" title="Category:Commons category link is on Wikidata">Commons category link is on Wikidata</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 28 October 2024, at 13:09<span class="anonymous-show"> (UTC)</span>.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_4.0_International_License" title="Wikipedia:Text of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License</a>; additional terms may apply. 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