Table
of Content for State Parks in the USA |
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abbreviation below, or just scroll down. |
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| AL AK
AZ AR CA CO
CT DE FL GA
ID IL IN IA
KS KY LA ME
MD MA MI MN
MS MO MT NC
ND NE NV NH
NJ NM NY OH
OK OR PA RI
SC SD TN TX
UT VA VT WA
WV WI WY |
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| Alabama (AL) (been there
but not at a State Park) |
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| Alaska (AK) |
Independence
Mine State Historical Park in Alaska (and some great history) |
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Totem Bight
State Park in Ketchikan, Alaska |
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| Arizona (AZ) |
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Lost Dutchman State Park
and The Superstition Mountains - 2015 and 2022 combination |
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Picaco Peak State
Park's centerpiece spire visible from downtown Tucson |
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Slide Rock
State Park in Sedona, Arizona in 2022 - with a natural water slide |
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| Arkansas (AR) (been there
but not at a State Park) |
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| California (CA) |
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Humboldt Redwoods State
Park (The Avenue of The Giants) |
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Mount San Jacinto State Park |
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Redwood trees and more
at Armstrong Redwoods State Reserve |
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| Colorado (CO) (been there
but not at a State Park) |
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| Connecticut (CT) |
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Kent Falls State Park
in Kent, Connecticut with a nice waterfall |
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Delaware (DE)
(been there but not at a State Park
Colorado (CO) (been there but not at a
State Park) |
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| Florida (FL) |
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Big Shoals
State Park in White Springs, Florida |
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Blue Spring State Park
in Orange City, Florida - (a cold day on the St. Johns River) |
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Cedar Key State
Park |
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Fort Clinch State
Park plus Fort Clinch in Fernandina Beach, Florida |
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Gasparilla Island
State Park in Englewood, Florida on the Gulf Coast |
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Highland Hammock
State Park in Sebring, Florida |
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John Pennekamp Coral
Reef State Park in Key Largo, Florida |
| Jonathan
Dickerson State Park, Hobe Sound - canoes |
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Madison
Blue Spring State Park in Lee, Florida |
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Manatee
Springs State Park in Chiefland, Florida (lots of manatees) |
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Myakka
River State Park - a tram tour, alligators, canopy walk, wild birds
and more |
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Paynes Creek
Historic State Park, Bowling Green, Florida |
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Riverbend State Park
in Jupiter, Florida in 2013 (several alligators and turtles and more |
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Riverbend Park -Loxahatchee
River - Jupiter, Florida in 2015 - a canoe trip and 3 alligators |
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Suwannee River
State Park in Live Oak, Florida |
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Wakulla Springs
State Park in northwest Florida |
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Wekiwa Springs State
Park in Florida |
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| Georgia (GA) |
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Black Rock
Mountain State Park in Rabun County, Georgia - 2020 plus a flashback
to 2005 |
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Cloudland
Canyon State Park, Rising Fawn (two waterfalls and 1,200 stairs |
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High Falls Sate Park,
Jackson, Georgia |
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Stone Mountain
in Georgia |
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| Idaho (ID) |
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Bruneau
Dunes State Park (Lee and Karen Duquette tried to sand board - very
funny) |
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| Illinois (IL) |
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Matthiessen
State Park in LaSalle County (plus several waterfalls)) |
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Starved
Rock State Park in LaSalle County |
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| Indiana (IN) |
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Falls of The
Ohio State Park in Clarksville, Indiana |
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| Iowa (IA) (been there
but not at a State Park) |
| Kansas (KS) (been there
but not at a State Park) |
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| Kentucky (KY) |
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Cumberland
Falls State Resort Park-Corbin, Kentucky - home of the moonbow |
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Natural Bridge
State Resort Park |
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Pine Mountain
State Resort Park in Pineville plus the Chained Rock |
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| Louisiana (LA) (been there
but not at a State Park) |
| Maine (ME) (been there
but not at a State Park) |
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| Maryland (MD) |
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Washington Monument State Park in Maryland |
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| Massachusetts (MA) (been
there but not at a State Park) |
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| Michigan (MI) |
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Michilimackinac
State Park and Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse |
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Porcupine Mountains
Wilderness State Park in Ontonagon |
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Warren
Dunes State Park - shoreline of Lake Michigan in Sawyer |
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| Minnesota (MN) |
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Aiton Heights Fire Tower |
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Gooseberry Falls
State Park in Minnesota on North Shore of Lake Superior |
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Itaska State Park /
Mississippi Headwaters/source of the Mississippi River |
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Myre-Big Island State Park
just outside Albert Lea |
Temperance
State Park - a waterfall and a gorge |
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| Mississippi (MS) |
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Tombigbee State Park
in Mississippi |
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| Missouri (MO) (been there
but not at a State Park) |
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| Montana (MT) |
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Chief Plenty Coups
State Park in Montana |
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Giant Springs State
Park in Great Falls |
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Makoshika
State Park in Glendive in 2016 - six pages of awesome |
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Makoshika State
Park in Glendive - June 8, 2012 |
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Pictograph Cave State
Park |
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| Nebraska (NE) (been there
but not at a State Park) |
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| Nevada (NV) |
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Petroglyphs
in Valley of Fire State Park |
| Valley
of Fire State Park and a flash flood |
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| New Hampshire (NH) |
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Franconia Notch
State Park - and The Old Man of The Mountain - a 1984 Flashback |
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Mount Washington State Park
- Flashback to 1984 and 2000 |
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| New Jersey (NJ) (been
there but not at a State Park) |
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| New Mexico (NM) |
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Conchas Lake State
Park in northeastern New Mexico |
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Living Desert State
Park in Carlsbad |
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Santa Rosa
State Park - Dam and Lake in Santa Rosa, New Mexico in 2022 |
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| New York |
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Buttermilk Falls
State Park in New York plus a waterfall |
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Minnewaska State
Park in New Paltz |
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Robert H. Treman
State Park plus a waterfall |
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Taughannock Falls
State Park plus a waterfall |
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Watkins Glen
State Park - a 1-1/2 mile gorge walks, 832 stairs and 19 cascades |
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| North Carolina (NC) |
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Crowders
Mountain State Park hike in North Carolina |
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Dismal Swamp
State Park and Canal plus the famous black waters in North Carolina |
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Hanging Rock State
Park, Hidden Falls/Window Falls |
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Hanging Rock State
Park, Tory's Den Cave and waterfall |
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Lake Norman State
Park, Troutman, NC with Dutch - May 19, 2019 plus July 21, 2019 - 2
pages |
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Lumber River State Park in Orrum, NC - flowers, cypress knees and Lee
on a rope swing |
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Pilot Mountain State Park
in North Carolina |
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Raven Rock
State Park in Lillington, North Carolina |
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South Mountains
State ParK and High Shoals Falls |
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Stone Mountain State
Park, Roaring Gap, North Carolina |
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| North Dakota (ND) (been
there but not at a State Park) |
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| Ohio (OH) |
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Blue Rock State
Park in Blue Rock, Ohio |
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Dillon
State Park in Nashport,Ohio |
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Kelleys
Island & State Park Public Beach |
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| Oklahoma (OK) |
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Boiling Springs
State Park in Woodland |
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Little
Sahara State Park in Waynoka - sand dunes |
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Roman Nose State
Park in Watonga |
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| Oregon (OR) (been there
but not at a State Park) |
Note: It is against the law to pump your own gasoline
in the state of Oregon |
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| Pennsylvania (PA) |
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Laurel Hills
State Park aka Laurel Summit State Park in Somerset, Pennsylvania |
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Linn
Run State park and Adam Falls in Rector,
Pennsylvania in 2021 |
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Parker Dam State
Park in Penfield, Pennsylvania |
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| Rhode Island (RI) (been
there but not at a State Park) |
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| South Carolina (SC) |
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Andrew Jackson State
Park and statue in Lancaster - (Karen Duquette went with the camera
club) |
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Caesars
Head State Park - Raven
Cliff Falls in Cleveland, South Carolina |
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Chau Ram County Park
in Westminster, SC - a waterfall and a suspension bridge |
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Jones Gap State
Park, Waterfall, and hike in Marietta, South Carolina |
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Kings Mountain
State Park and National Military Park in SC and lots of history and
photos |
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Lake Hartwell State
Park in Anderson, South Carolina |
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Landsford Canal State
Park in Catawba and the amazing Spider Lilies (2019 and 2022 visits)
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Paris Mountain State
Park in Greenville, South Carolina |
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Table Rock
State Park in Pickens, South Carolina - and the swimming hole and waterfall |
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Woods Bay State
Park - Olanta, South Carolina - a Boardwalk and amazing reflections
in 2021 |
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| South Dakota (SD) |
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Custer State Park
- one lane tunnels, needles, bison, and wild donkeys |
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Palisades
State Park in Garretson, South Dakota in 2012 |
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Palisades
State Park in Garretson, South Dakota in 2016 |
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| Tennessee (TN) |
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Burgess
Falls State Park in Sparta Tennessee plus a hike to 3 waterfalls |
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Cedars
of Lebanon State Park |
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Cumberland
Gap National Park
in Tennessee, Kentucky and Virginia - the tri-cities |
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Cumberland
Mountain State Park in Crossville, Tennessee in 2016 |
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Cumberland Mountain
State Park in Crossville, Tennessee in 2020) (different photos from
above) |
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Fort Pillow State
Historic Park in Tennessee and the Tennessee Welcome Center on I-65 |
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Harrison Bay State
Park and the Trostad Party |
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Ozone
Falls State Park in Rockwood |
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Red Clay State Historic
Park on the Tennessee / Georgia state border |
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Sycamore Shoals State
Historic Area in Elizabethton, Tennessee |
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| Texas (TX) |
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Monahans Sandhills State
Park (plus a funny video with Karen Duquette rolling down hills) |
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Palo Duro Canyon State
Park (The Grand Canyon of Texas) |
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San Angelo State Park |
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| Utah (UT) |
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Goblin Valley State
Park in Utah in 2012 |
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Kodachrome Basin State
Park in 2012 |
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| Vermont (VT) (been there
but not at a State Park) |
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| Virginia (VA) |
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Cumberland
Gap National Park
in Virginia, Tennessee and Kentucky - the tri-cities |
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Leesylvania
State Park in Prince William County, Virginia |
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Mason Neck
State Park in Lorton, Virginia - the home of a resident Bald Eagle |
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| Washington state (WA) |
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Deception Pass State
Park and Boat tour, Anacortes, Washington |
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Fort Worden State Park
in Townsend, Washington state, plus a lighthouse |
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Oyhut State
Park and horses on Copalis Beach in Ocean Shores, Washington |
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| West Virginia (WV) |
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Babcock State Park
in Danese, West Virginia - and the Glade Creek Gristmill - in 2021 |
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| Wisconsin (WI) (been there
but not at a State Park) |
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| Wyoming (WY) |
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Hot Springs State
Park in Thermopolis |
