New River Gorge National Park and Preserve
The New River Gorge National Park and Preserve is a United States national park and preserve designed to protect and maintain the New River Gorge in southern We…
National Park System · Ohio
National parks in Ohio
86 destinations across the National Park System call Ohio home — from headline parks to lesser-known historic sites worth a detour.
The parks listed below cover everything the National Park Service maintains within Ohio. They include flagship parks (the names most travelers come for), plus the smaller monuments, historic sites, battlefields, and recreation areas that round out a serious itinerary. If you're putting together a state-focused trip, working from this list — rather than a generic top-five — will surface places you'd otherwise miss.
Each link below opens a full visitor guide: hikes, camping, nearby attractions, and visitor tips for that specific destination. Read them in any order — they're written to be standalone.
Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Cuyahoga Valley National Park is a national park of the United States in Ohio that reclaims and preserves the industrial, commercial, and rural landscape along …
Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument
The Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument, a National Monument of the United States, commemorates the life of Charles Young (1864–1922), an escaped s…
Wright Brothers National Memorial
Wright Brothers National Memorial (originally the Kill Devil Hill Monument), located in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, commemorates Wright Flyer; the first s…
David Berger National Memorial
David Berger National Memorial honors the memory of David Mark Berger, a 28-year-old U.S.-born Israeli weightlifter who was one of 11 Israeli athletes killed by…
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park is a United States national historical park with earthworks and burial mounds from the Hopewell culture, indigenous pe…
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park is located in the District of Columbia and the state of Maryland. The park was established in 1961 as a N…
Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park
Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park in Dayton, Ohio, that commemorates three important historical figu…
First Ladies National Historic Site
First Ladies National Historic Site is a United States National Historic Site located in Canton, Ohio. During her residency in Washington, D.C. Mary Regula, wif…
James A. Garfield National Historic Site
James A. Garfield National Historic Site is a United States National Historic Site located in Mentor, Ohio. The site preserves the Lawnfield estate and surround…
William Howard Taft National Historic Site
William Howard Taft National Historic Site is a historic house at 2038 Auburn Avenue in the Mount Auburn Historic District of Cincinnati, Ohio, a mile (1.6 km) …
John Ericsson Memorial
John Ericsson Memorial, located near the National Mall at Ohio Drive and Independence Avenue, SW, in Washington, D.C., is dedicated to the man who revolutionize…
Gunlock State Park
Gunlock State Park is a state park of Utah, USA, adjoining the 266-acre (108 ha) Gunlock Reservoir that impounds the Santa Clara River. The park is located app…
Ohiopyle State Park
Ohiopyle State Park is a Pennsylvania state park situated on 20,500 acres (8,300 ha) between Chestnut Ridge and Laurel Hill in Dunbar, Henry Clay, and Stewart T…
Point State Park
Point State Park (locally known as The Point) is a Pennsylvania state park which is located on 36 acres (150,000 m2) in Downtown Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, P…
Pymatuning State Park (Pennsylvania)
Pymatuning State Park is a Pennsylvania state park covering 21,122 acres (8,548 ha) in Conneaut, North Shenango, Pine, Sadsbury, South Shenango, West Fallowfie…
Hart–Montague Trail State Park
William Field Memorial Hart–Montague Trail State Park, previously and more commonly known as Hart–Montague Trail State Park, is a linear state park in Michigan …
A. W. Marion State Park
A. W. Marion State Park is a 310-acre (130 ha) public recreation area located four miles (6.4 km) northeast of Circleville, Ohio. The state park encircles 145-…
Adams Lake State Park
Adams Lake State Park is a public recreation area that surrounds Adams Lake on the far northern edge of the village of West Union, Adams County, Ohio, in the Un…
Alum Creek State Park
Alum Creek State Park is a 4,630-acre (1,870 ha) Ohio state park in Delaware County, Ohio, in the United States. Alum Creek Lake was constructed from 1970 to 19…
Burr Oak State Park
Burr Oak State Park is a public recreation area located four miles (6.4 km) northeast of Glouster in the U.S. state of Ohio. The park sits mostly in Morgan Coun…
Caesar Creek State Park
Caesar Creek State Park is a public recreation area located in southwestern Ohio, five miles (8 km) east of Waynesville, in Warren, Clinton, and Greene counties…
Cowan Lake State Park
Cowan Lake State Park is a 1,075-acre (435 ha) public recreation area in Clinton County, Ohio, in the United States. It is operated by the Ohio Department of Na…
Blue Rock State Park
Blue Rock State Park is a public recreation area located 11 miles (18 km) southeast of Zanesville in Muskingum County, Ohio. The state park encompasses 322 acr…
Barkcamp State Park
Barkcamp State Park is a public recreation area located in Belmont County, Ohio, United States, near the village of Belmont. The 1,005-acre (407 ha) state park …
Delaware State Park
Delaware State Park is a 1,686-acre (682 ha) public recreation area on U.S. Route 23 near the city of Delaware in Delaware County, Ohio, in the United States. I…
Beaver Creek State Park
Beaver Creek State Park is a 2,722-acre (1,102 ha) public recreation area in Columbiana County, Ohio, United States. The park follows the Little Beaver Creek i…
Buck Creek State Park
Buck Creek State Park is a 4,016-acre (1,625 ha) public recreation area in Clark County, Ohio, in the United States, that is leased by the state of Ohio from th…
Buckeye Lake State Park
Buckeye Lake State Park is a public recreation area in Fairfield, Licking and Perry counties, Ohio in the United States. The park consists of a 3,349 acres (1,3…
Catawba Island State Park
Catawba Island State Park is a ten-acre (4.0 ha) public recreation area located on Lake Erie, six miles northeast of Port Clinton, Ohio. Boating, fishing and pi…
Dillon State Park
Dillon State Park is a 2,285-acre (9.25 km2) Ohio state park along the Licking River and surrounding Dillon Lake in Nashport, Ohio. The park contains exposures …
Deer Creek State Park (Ohio)
Deer Creek State Park is a state park located south of Mount Sterling in Fayette and Pickaway counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The park opened in 1974 and in…
Grand Lake St. Marys State Park
Grand Lake St. Marys State Park is a public recreation area located on 13,500-acre (5,500 ha) Grand Lake in Mercer and Auglaize counties, Ohio. Grand Lake is th…
Geneva State Park
Geneva State Park is a 698-acre (282 ha) public recreation area located on the shore of Lake Erie in Geneva, Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. Park activit…
East Fork State Park
East Fork State Park is 4,870-acre (1,970 ha) public recreation area located around the East Fork of the Little Miami River in Clermont County, twenty miles (32…
Forked Run State Park
Forked Run State Park is a public recreation area located three miles (4.8 km) south of Reedsville in eastern Meigs County, Ohio, United States. The state park'…
East Harbor State Park
East Harbor State Park is a public recreation area located eight miles (13 km) northwest of Sandusky, Ohio on the shores of Lake Erie. The state park includes b…
Flint Ridge State Memorial
Flint Ridge Ancient Quarries and Nature Preserve is a Native American flint quarry located in Hopewell Township, Licking County, Ohio, about 3 miles (5 km) nort…
Fort Hill State Memorial
Fort Hill State Memorial is a Native American earthwork located in Highland County, Ohio, United States. Built by the Hopewell culture, it is maintained by the …
Harrison Lake State Park
Harrison Lake State Park is a 142-acre (57 ha) public recreation area located three miles (4.8 km) southwest of Fayette, Ohio, in the United States. The park su…
Great Council State Park
Great Council State Park is located in the Oldtown area of Xenia Township, Greene County, Ohio, United States. In February 2021, the state of Ohio agreed to pur…
Great Seal State Park
Great Seal State Park is a 1,682-acre (681 ha) state park located north of Chillicothe in Ross County, Ohio. The park encompasses hilly, forested terrain in the…
Guilford Lake State Park
Guilford Lake State Park is an Ohio state park in Guilford, Ohio. The site of a former pine plantation, it offers lake access for fishing, boating, and beach ac…
Findley State Park
Findley State Park is an Ohio state park located in Wellington, a small village in northern Ohio, United States. It was originally known as the Findley State Fo…
Hocking Hills State Park
Hocking Hills State Park is a state park in the Hocking Hills region of Hocking County, Ohio, United States. In some areas the park adjoins the Hocking State Fo…
Hueston Woods State Park
Hueston Woods State Park is a state park located in Butler and Preble counties of the U.S. state of Ohio, about five miles (8 km) northeast of Oxford in the sou…
Kelleys Island State Park
Kelleys Island State Park is a public recreation area occupying one-quarter of Kelleys Island, an island in Lake Erie located 13 miles (21 km) northeast of Port…
Headlands Beach State Park
Headlands Beach State Park is a public beach in Mentor and Painesville Township, Ohio, United States. It is the longest natural beach in Ohio and attracts two m…
Lake Hope State Park
Lake Hope State Park is a public recreation area encompassing 2,983 acres (1,207 ha) within Zaleski State Forest, located five miles (8.0 km) northeast of Zales…
John Bryan State Park
John Bryan State Park, in Greene County, Ohio, is a 752-acre (304 ha) state park. It surrounds Clifton Gorge, a deep chasm of the Little Miami River, between Ye…
Independence Dam State Park
Independence Dam State Park is a 591-acre (239 ha) public recreation area located on the banks of the Maumee River three miles east of Defiance in Defiance Coun…
Jackson Lake State Park (Ohio)
Jackson Lake State Park is a public recreation area covering 106 acres (43 ha) along the shores of 252-acre (102 ha) Jackson Lake in Jackson County, Ohio, in th…
Lake Loramie State Park
Lake Loramie State Park is a public recreation area located on the northeast side of Fort Loramie, Ohio. It occupies 407 acres (165 ha) on 1,655-acre (670 ha) L…
Lake Logan State Park
Lake Logan State Park is an Ohio state park in Hocking County, Ohio, United States. Lake Logan State Park is located in Falls Township, Hocking County, Ohio. La…
Kiser Lake State Park
Kiser Lake State Park is a public recreation area in Champaign County, Ohio, located four miles (6.4 km) northwest of St. Paris and 34 miles (55 km) north of Da…
Lake Milton State Park
Lake Milton State Park is in Lake Milton, Ohio. The 1,700 acres (6.9 km2) state park offers boating, swimming, and fishing as well as archery, disc golf, hintin…
Malabar Farm State Park
Malabar Farm State Park is a state park in Richland County, Ohio, United States, located near Lucas and the Mohican State Park.
Nelson-Kennedy Ledges State Park
Nelson-Kennedy Ledges State Park is a 167-acre (68 ha) public recreation area offering trails and picnicking located in Nelson Township, Portage County, Ohio, U…
Mount Gilead State Park
Mt. Gilead State Park is a public recreation area located immediately to the east of the village of Mount Gilead in Morrow County, Ohio, United States. The stat…
Paint Creek State Park
Paint Creek State Park is a 5,652-acre (2,287 ha) public recreation area located in Highland and Ross counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The state park's centr…
Lake White State Park
Lake White State Park is a public recreation area located on the southwest edge of Waverly in Pike County, Ohio, United States. The state park contains 92 acres…
Maumee Bay State Park
Maumee Bay State Park is a 1,336-acre (541 ha) public recreation area located on the shores of Lake Erie, five miles east of Toledo, in Jerusalem Township, Luca…
Mary Jane Thurston State Park
Mary Jane Thurston State Park is a 105-acre (42 ha) public recreation area one mile west of Grand Rapids in Wood and Henry counties, Ohio, United States. The s…
Mohican State Park
Mohican State Park is a 1,110-acre (450 ha) public recreation area located on the south shore of Pleasant Hill Lake and along the Clear Fork of the Mohican Rive…
Madison Lake State Park
Madison Lake State Park is a public recreation area located four miles (6.4 km) east of London in the Darby Plains region of Madison County, Ohio, United States…
Mosquito Lake State Park
Mosquito Lake State Park is a 6,601.13-acre (2,671.38 ha) state park in Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The park surrounds the southern half of Mosquito C…
Muskingum River State Park
The Muskingum River State Park or the Muskingum River Parkway is a 112-mile-long (180 km) state park in Ohio's Coshocton, Morgan, Muskingum, and Washington coun…
Middle Bass Island State Park
Middle Bass Island State Park is an Ohio State Park in Middle Bass, Ohio that is accessible by ferry from May 1 to about October 15. The island was home to a wi…
Strouds Run State Park
Strouds Run State Park is a public recreation area abutting the city of Athens in Athens County, Ohio, in the United States. The state park is located primarily…
Pike Lake State Park (Ohio)
Pike Lake State Park is a public recreation area located in the midst of the wooded hills of Pike County, five miles south of the village of Bainbridge, in the …
Rocky Fork State Park (Ohio)
Rocky Fork State Park is a public recreation area located in Highland County, Ohio, United States. The state park's central feature is 2,080-acre (840 ha) Rocky…
Pymatuning State Park (Ohio)
Pymatuning State Park is a 3,512-acre (1,421 ha) Ohio state park near Andover, Ashtabula County, Ohio in the United States. Pymatuning State Park contains 1,407…
Shawnee State Park (Ohio)
Shawnee State Park is a 1,095-acre (443 ha) public recreation area surrounded by the 63,000-acre (25,000 ha) Shawnee State Forest in Scioto County, Ohio, United…
Salt Fork State Park
Salt Fork State Park is a public recreation area located six miles (9.7 km) north of Lore City in Guernsey County, Ohio. It is the largest state park in Ohio, e…
Stonelick State Park
Stonelick State Park is a public recreation area located off Ohio State Route 727, 24 miles (39 km) east of central Cincinnati, in Wayne Township, Clermont Coun…
Quail Hollow State Park
Quail Hollow Park is a 703-acre (284 ha) county park in Stark County, Ohio, in the United States. The park was opened to the public in 1975. It was previously a…
Portage Lakes State Park
Portage Lakes State Park is a public recreation area located around the Portage Lakes in New Franklin, Ohio, in the United States. The eight Portage Lakes encom…
Punderson State Park
Punderson State Park is a 741-acre (300 ha) public recreation area in Newbury, Ohio. The state park features a 150-acre (61 ha) lake and a lodge that enjoys a r…
Sycamore State Park
Sycamore State Park is a 2,384-acre (965 ha) protected woodlands and public recreation park at 4675 N. Diamond Mill Road, in Trotwood, Ohio, United States. It …
Scioto Trail State Park
Scioto Trail State Park is a 218-acre (88 ha) state park located south of Chillicothe in Ross County, Ohio. The park is within the Scioto River valley and is pa…
Van Buren State Park (Ohio)
Van Buren State Park is a public recreation area in Hancock County, Ohio, in the United States. The state park covers 296 acres (120 ha) abutting the southern b…
West Branch State Park
West Branch State Park is a public recreation area located east of Ravenna, Ohio, on the west branch of the Mahoning River. The park encompasses more than 5,000…
Tinkers Creek State Park
Tinkers Creek State Park is a public recreation area that under the name Tinkers Creek Area is part of Liberty Park in Streetsboro, Portage County, Ohio, United…
Tar Hollow State Park
Tar Hollow State Park is a public recreation area located five miles south of Laurelville, Ohio, in the United States. Surrounded by the foothills of the Appala…
Wolf Run State Park
Wolf Run State Park is a 1,338-acre (541 ha) public recreation area located three miles north of the village of Caldwell, Ohio, in the United States. The state …
Wingfoot Lake State Park
Wingfoot Lake State Park is in Mogadore, Ohio. Formerly owned by Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, it became a state park in 2009. The state park is near Akron,…