State park - Citizendia

State park is a term used in the United States and in Mexico for an area of land preserved on account of its natural beauty, historic interest, recreation, or other reason, and under the administration of the government of a U.S. state or one of the states of Mexico. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. A US state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the United States of America that share Sovereignty with the federal government State parks are protected area of IUCN category II. Protected areas are locations which receive protection because of their environmental cultural or similar value The term is also used in Australia, though the distinction beteween state and national parks there is different. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics.

State parks are thus similar to national parks, but under state rather than federal administration. A national park is a reserve of land usually declared and owned by a national Government, protected from most Human development and pollution Similarly, local government entities below state level may maintain parks, e. Local governments are administrative offices that are smaller than a State. g. regional parks or county parks. Regional park is a term used for an area of land preserved on account of its natural beauty historic interest recreational use or other reason and under the administration of a form A county park is a Park managed by a County. In the United States, county parks are lower in hierarchy than State parks In the United Kingdom In general, state parks are smaller than national parks, with a few exceptions such as the Adirondack Park in New York. The Adirondack Park is a publicly-protected area located in northeast New York. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous

In Australia, both state and national parks are under the administration of state governments, because the first national parks predate the federation of Australia. The federation of Australia was the process by which the six separate British self-governing colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, South State parks have a lesser degree of significance and protection (for instance, they are frequently logged).

In the United States, state parks have an older history than national parks. In 1864, when the federal government saw the need to protect the Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Grove, Abraham Lincoln ceded the land to California as a state park. Yosemite Valley (joʊˈsɛməti yoh-SEM-it-ee) is a world-famous scenic location in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California. Mariposa Grove is a sequoia grove located near Wawona California in the southernmost part of Yosemite National Park, at. This was because, at the time, preservation of land for the public was seen as a proper role for the states rather than the federal government. Later the state park was incorporated into Yosemite National Park. Perhaps the oldest state park is Georgia's Indian Springs State Park. The State of Georgia ( is a state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against British rule Indian Springs State Park is a 528 acre (214 km² Georgia State park located near Jackson and Flovilla. ^[1] Since around 1825, Indian Springs has been operated continuously by the state as a public park, although it did not gain the title "State Park" until 1931. The first state park with the designation of "State Park" was The Great Serpent Mound located in Adams County, Ohio, when it was gifted to the state from Harvard's Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology in 1900. The Great Serpent Mound is a 1330-foot-long three-foot-high prehistoric Effigy mound located on a plateau of the Serpent Mound crater along Adams County is a County located in the state of Ohio, United States. Ohio ( is a Midwestern state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region, Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology is a Museum affiliated with Harvard University in Cambridge Massachusetts. Many state park systems date to the 1930s, when dozens of state parks across the country were established with assistance from the Civilian Conservation Corps. Civilian Conservation Corps ( CCC) was a Work relief program for young men from unemployed families established on March 21, 1933, by U

Similar systems of local government maintained parks exist in other countries, but the terminology varies. There are approximately 3,675 state parks in the United States.

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^ Georgia Department of Natural Resources. Indian Springs State Park. Retrieved on July 27, 2006.

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