Find Your Perfect Park
Discover parks across the western US without the crowds
What are you looking for?
Featured Hidden Gems
💎 Hidden Gem
Fort Ross State Historic Park
🟠Busy
Historic Russian fort (1812-1841) on dramatic Sonoma Coast with reconstructed buildings.
STATE PARK$8
🌸 Poppy Pass
💎 Hidden Gem
Saddleback Butte State Park
🟠Busy
Granite butte rising from Joshua tree woodlands
STATE PARK$6 per vehicle
🌸 Poppy Pass
💎 Hidden Gem
Great Basin National Park
🟠Busy
Nevada's uncrowded gem with ancient bristlecone pines, marble caves, and exceptional dark skies for stargazing.
NATIONAL PARKFree
💎 Hidden Gem
Plumas-Eureka State Park
🟢Quiet
Remote Sierra hiking to alpine lakes and wildflower meadows, with a perfectly preserved gold rush mining village.
STATE PARK$8
🌸 Poppy Pass
💎 Hidden Gem
Castle Crags State Park
🟡Moderate
Dramatic granite spires with Mount Shasta views
STATE PARK$10 per vehicle
🌸 Poppy Pass
💎 Hidden Gem
Salt Point State Park
🟠Busy
Rugged Sonoma coast with tide pools and coastal trails
STATE PARK$8 per vehicle
🌸 Poppy Pass
💎 Hidden Gem
Grover Hot Springs State Park
🟡Moderate
Alpine hot springs pools (102°F) in scenic meadow with hiking and year-round soaking.
STATE PARK$10
🌸 Poppy Pass
💎 Hidden Gem
Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park
🟡Moderate
Pristine redwood groves along wild Smith River
STATE PARK$8 per vehicle
🌸 Poppy Pass