America's Best State Park Is In CA: Study

CALIFORNIA — America’s highest-rated state park is in California, according to a recent study.

Niagara Falls Tours & Tickets analyzed TripAdvisor data to determine which state parks had the highest average visitor ratings out of five stars.

Coming in at No. 1 was Humboldt Redwoods State Park in Weott. The park, which is roughly four hours north of San Francisco, boasts an average rating of 4.884 stars and offers activities such as a railbike tour and whitewater rafting trip.

Another Golden State park, Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park, which is even further north near Crescent City, just 16 miles from the Oregon border, ranked No. 7 with an average rating of 4.839.

“While most state parks across the U.S. have high ratings, these very top ones are so frequently rated as five star, that they can certainly be considered special,” Magdalena Petrusic, a travel expert from Niagara Falls Tours & Tickets, said in a news release.

Second on the list is Kachemak Bay State Park in Alaska, averaging 4.882 stars, and third is Shore Acres State Park in Oregon, averaging 4.862 stars.

Smith Rock State Park in Oregon was fourth, Grayson Highlands State Park in Virginia was fifth and Waimea Canyon State Park in Hawaii was sixth.

Moro Bay State Park in Arkansas came in eighth, Samuel H. Boardman State Scenic Corridor in Oregon was ninth, tied with Ludington State Park in Michigan, and Beartown State Park in West Virginia was tenth.