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Maintained by the City of Little Rock Department of Parks and Recreation, Allsopp Park features nature trails and recreational facilities.

Louisiana State Arboretum and Preservation Area covers more than 300 acres of natural growth amidst dramatic and varied topography. Picnic grounds and camping facilities are available at nearby Chicot State Park.

Established in 1961, Louisiana State Arboretum was the first state-supported arboretum in the United States.

Wickliffe Mounds State Historic Site in Kentucky was once occupied by native Americans of the Mississippian culture about A.D. 1100 to 1350. The archaeological site features earthen mounds and permanent houses built around a central plaza overlooking the Mississippi River.

Wickliffe Mounds offers a museum, welcome center, gift shop, walking trail and picnic areas. Visitors also enjoy special exhibits, hands-on displays, and educational programs.

Mushroom Rock State Park is the smallest state park in Kansas (only 5 acres), but is one of the most unique. Unusual rock formations resemble giant mushrooms on the horizon, remains of beach sands and sediments of the Cretaceous Period (144 to 66 million years ago). The rocks served as landmarks for Native Americans and early pioneers such as John C. Fremont and Kit Carson.

Elk Rock State Park in Iowa offers modern and equestrian camping, a playground, boat rentals and lake fishing, and trails for hiking, horseback riding, and mountain biking. Also referred to as Red Rock (the park is located on both sides of the Red Rock Reservoir.

Mounds State Park outside Anderson, Indiana, features ten earthworks built by prehistoric Native Americans known as the Adena-Hopewell people. The park also offers a Nature Center, naturalist-led hikes, and interpretive programs. All Indiana Parks

Located in the northwest corner of Illinois near the Wisconsin border, Apple River Canyon State Park is characterized by limestone bluffs, deep ravines, springs, streams and abundant wildlife. All Illinois Parks

Once the site of a native American Nez Perce Village, Hells Gate State Park in Lewiston, Idaho sits at the entrance to Hells Canyon, which was carved by the Snake River and is one of the deepest canyons in North America. The park offers trails, camp sites, boating, wildlife, and scenic beauty.

Black Rock Mountain State Park in Mountain City offers some of the most outstanding scenery in Georgia’s Blue Ridge Mountains, with overlooks providing spectacular 80-mile vistas. Four hiking trails enchant visitors with wildflowers, streams, small waterfalls and forests.

Black Rock Mountain State Park has 10 mountain-top cottages, 44 campsites, 2 picnic shelters, and 1 pioneer camp.

In operation since 1877, the cable cars of the Duquesne Incline offer a stunning view of downtown Pittsburgh to passengers as they are taken to or from Mt. Washington. All Pennsylvania Landmarks