The State Park Movement in America: A Critical Review

Appendix: Selected Data on America’s State Parks

Appendix Selected Data on America’s State Parks 262 First State Park Established Number Acreage* of Parks* Alabama Cheaha 1933 24 49,710 Alaska Nancy Lake 1966 140 3,325,939 Arizona Tubac Presidio 1957 31 58,512 Arkansas Petit Jean 1923 50 51,293 California Big Basin Redwoods 1902 273 1,456,732 Colorado Cherry Creek 1959 113 365,142 Connecticut Sherwood Island 1914 132 200,458 Delaware Trap Pond 1951 29 22,039 Florida Olustee Battlefield 1909 151 591,525 Georgia Indian Springs, Vogel 1925 70 81,218 Hawaii Akaka Falls (and 5 others) 1952 67 28,002 Idaho Heyburn 1908 32 44,643 Illinois Fort Massac 1903 307 306,066 Indiana McCormick’s Creek 1916 33 178,937 Iowa Backbone 1920 174 63,200 Kansas Kanapolis 1955 24 32,300 Kentucky Pine Mountain (and 3 others) 1926 49 44,290 Louisiana Longfellow-Evangeline 1934 56 38,267 Maine Aroostook 1938 127 96,686 Maryland Patapsco 1922 51 266,136 Massachusetts Mount Greylock 1898 238 293,821 Michigan Mackinac Island 1895 102 284,977 Minnesota Itasca 1891 133 267,209 Mississippi LeRoy Percy 1934 28 24,287 Missouri Bennett Spring, Mark Twain 1924 83 138,522 Montana Lewis and Clark Caverns 1937 374 65,839 Total Attendance* Operating Cost Recovery* † Type of Parent Expenditures* Agency* 5,163,113 $30,691,515 78.5% envir/res mgt 4,282,770 5,612,862 34.7 envir/res mgt 2,410,383 17,039,500 17.7 parks/recreation 8,217,845 30,448,784 42.2 parks/tourism 85,664,789 333,541,000 21.4 parks/recreation 11,098,367 26,909,824 64.6 envir/res mgt 9,000,955 9,706,392 n/a envir/res mgt 3,207,162 18,546,847 46.2 envir/res mgt 17,734,774 70,251,254 45.4 envir/res mgt 14,622,544 59,064,876 46.4 envir/res mgt 6,340,254 6,974,306 23.5 envir/res mgt 2,497,165 20,527,600 16.7 parks/recreation 43,623,029 55,466,200 12.6 envir/res mgt 16,878,651 42,591,798 78.7 envir/res mgt 15,439,316 10,130,987 33.4 envir/res mgt 7,990,560 7,210,985 69.3 wildlife/parks 7,872,625 83,318,707 66.6 parks/recreation 2,007,564 17,465,483 1.4 parks/tourism 2,554,006 7,227,666 n/a envir/res mgt 10,339,575 45,580,644 31.4 envir/res mgt 11,883,637 31,829,335 9.1 envir/res mgt 25,296,650 53,836,422 51.4 envir/res mgt 8,075,641 30,297,000 24.9 envir/res mgt 4,224,669 15,289,067 43.5 wildlife/parks 17,760,077 30,204,161 15.1 envir/res mgt 1,219,191 6,039,946 20.8 wildlife/parks Appendix Continued First State Park Established Number Acreage* of Parks* Nebraska Chadron 1921 85 134,200 Nevada Cathedral Gorge, Valley of Fire 1925 24 132,524 New Hampshire Miller 1891 89 84,547 New Jersey Bass River 1905 116 376,532 New Mexico Bottomless Lakes 1933 31 90,693 New York Niagara Falls 1885 830 1,158,960 North Carolina Mount Mitchell 1916 59 168,241 North Dakota Fort Abraham Lincoln 1907 30 17,276 Ohio Buckeye Lake (Licking Reservoir) 1894 74 204,557 Oklahoma Lake Murray 1933 50 71,667 Oregon Sarah Helmick 1922 231 95,463 Pennsylvania Valley Forge 1893 119 289,362 Rhode Island Lincoln Woods 1907 74 8,748 South Carolina Cheraw 1934 55 80,459 South Dakota Custer 1919 129 105,386 Tennessee Harrison Bay 1938 53 144,013 Texas San Jacinto Battleground 1883 124 668,269 Utah Territorial State House 1957 46 114,532 Vermont Mount Philo 1924 98 68,859 Virginia George Washington’s Grist Mill 1936 37 62,236 Washington Larrabee 1915 259 262,134 West Virginia Droom Mountain Battlefield 1929 47 195,831 Wisconsin Interstate 1900 68 132,725 Wyoming Hot Springs 1897 36 119,266 5,655 13,162,230 *All statistical data are from NASPD Annual Information Exchange for the year 2002. †Operating revenues as a percentage of operating expenditures Total Attendance* Operating Cost Recovery* † Type of Parent Expenditures* Agency‡ 9,802,430 $19,731,584 56.1% wildlife/parks 3,285,847...