Cuyamaca Rancho State Park
Oak woodland, meadows and pine-topped peaks an hour east of San Diego, with more than 100 miles (160 km) of trail.
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Humboldt Redwoods State Park
The largest remaining old-growth redwood forest in the world, along the Avenue of the Giants and the Eel River.
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Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park
Roosevelt elk in the meadows, Fern Canyon’s green walls and old-growth redwoods on California’s North Coast.
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Mount San Jacinto State Park
The top of California’s state parks, 10,834 feet (3,302 m) above Palm Springs, reached by tram or by trail from Idyllwild.
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Big Bend Ranch State Park
Texas’s biggest state park: remote Chihuahuan Desert canyons, 238 miles (383 km) of trail and very dark skies.
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Sinkyone Wilderness State Park
The southern Lost Coast: a steep, wild coastal trail through old forest and hidden beaches, far from any highway.
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Enchanted Rock State Natural Area
A giant pink granite dome in the Texas Hill Country, with a summit trail, primitive camping and dark night skies.
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Caprock Canyons State Park
Red-rock canyons on the edge of the Panhandle, home to the Texas State Bison Herd and 90 miles (145 km) of trail.
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Palo Duro Canyon State Park
The second-largest canyon in the U.S., cutting 800 feet (240 m) into the Texas Panhandle, with the Lighthouse hoodoo.
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Lost Maples State Natural Area
A hidden stand of bigtooth maples in Hill Country canyons, turning red each fall, with primitive camps above the Sabinal River.
