Alaska’s state park system is managed by the Alaska Department of Natural Resources division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation. The system contains over 120 units spanning 3,427,895 acres, making it far larger than any other state park system in the United States. The State Park system began in 1970 with the creation of Denali State Park, Chugach State Park and Kachemak Bay State Park, three of the largest and still most popular parks in the state system. Wood-Tikchik State Park is the largest state park in the United States, comprising some 15% of total state park land in the nation. The division manages full state parks, state recreation areas, state recreation sites, and state historic sites.[1]
Anchorage area park
Copper River Basin area parks
Interior Alaska parks
- Fairbanks area
- Delta Junction area
- Tok area
Kenai Peninsula area parks
Kodiak Island area parks
Matanuska-Susitna Valley area parks
- Big Lake North State Recreation Area
- Big Lake South State Recreation Site
- Blair Lake State Recreation Site
- Denali State Park
- Lake Louise State Recreation Area
- Nancy Lake State Recreation Area
- Nancy Lake State Recreation Site
- Finger Lake State Recreation Area
- Hatcher Pass East Special Management Area
- Independence Mine State Historical Park
- Kepler-Bradley Lakes State Recreation Area
- King Mountain State Recreation Site
Prince William Sound area parks
- Blueberry Lake State Recreation Site
- Boswell Bay Beaches State Marine Park
- Canoe Passage State Marine Park
- Decision Point State Marine Park
- Entry Cove State Marine Park
- Granite Bay State Marine Park
- Horseshoe Bay State Marine Park
- Jack Bay State Marine Park
- Kayak Island State Marine Park
- Sawmill Bay State Marine Park
- Shoup Bay State Marine Park
- South Esther Island State Marine Park
- Surprise Cove State Marine Park
- Surprise Ridge State Marine Park
- Worthington Glacier State Recreation Site
- Ziegler Cove State Marine Park
Southeast Alaska parks
- Haines/Skagway area
- Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve
- Chilkat Islands State Marine Park
- Chilkat State Park
- Chilkoot Lake State Recreation Site
- Mosquito Lake State Recreation Site
- Portage Cove State Recreation Site
- Sullivan Island State Marine Park
- Juneau area
- Eagle Beach State Recreation Area
- Ernest Gruening State Historical Park
- Funter Bay State Marine Park
- Juneau Trail System
- Oliver Inlet State Marine Park
- Point Bridget State Park
- Shelter Island State Marine Park
- St. James Bay State Marine Park
- Taku Harbor State Marine Park
- Wickersham State Historic Site
- Ketchikan area
- Black Sands Beach State Marine Park
- Dall Bay State Marine Park
- Grindall Island State Marine Park
- Refuge Cove State Recreation Site
- Settlers Cove State Recreation Site
- Totem Bight State Historical Park
- Sitka area
- Baranof Castle Hill State Historic Site
- Big Bear/Baby Bear State Marine Park
- Halibut Point State Recreation Site
- Magoun Islands State Marine Park
- Old Sitka State Historical Park
- Sealion Cove State Marine Park
- Security Bay State Marine Park
- Wrangell/Petersburg area
- Beecher Pass State Marine Park
- Joe Mace Island State Marine Park
- Petroglyph Beach State Historic Site
- Thoms Place State Marine Park
Southwest Alaska parks
External links
References
- ↑ DeVaugh, Melissa, History of Alaska State Parks
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