Alaska’s state park system is managed by the Alaska Department of Natural Resources division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation. The system contains over 120 units spanning 3,427,895 acres, making it far larger than any other state park system in the United States. The State Park system began in 1970 with the creation of Denali State Park, Chugach State Park and Kachemak Bay State Park, three of the largest and still most popular parks in the state system. Wood-Tikchik State Park is the largest state park in the United States, comprising some 15% of total state park land in the nation. The division manages full state parks, state recreation areas, state recreation sites, and state historic sites. Anchorage area park Chugach State Park Copper River Basin area parks Dry Creek State Recreation Site Lake Louise State Recreation Area Liberty Falls State Recreation Site Porcupine Creek State Recreation Site Squirrel Creek State Recreation Site Interior Alaska parks Fairbanks area Birch Lake State Recreation Site Chena River State Recreation Area Chena River State Recreation Site Harding Lake State Recreation Area Lower Chatanika River State Recreation Area Salcha River State Recreation Site Upper Chatanika River State Recreation Site Delta Junction area Big Delta State Historical Park Clearwater State Recreation Site Delta State Recreation Site Donnelly Creek State Recreation Site Fielding Lake State Recreation Site Quartz Lake State Recreation Area Tok area Eagle Trail State Recreation Site Moon Lake State Recreation Site Tok River State Recreation Site Kenai Peninsula area parks Homer area Anchor River State Recreation Area Deep Creek State Recreation Area Diamond Creek State Recreation Area Stariski State Recreation Site Kachemak Bay State Park Kachemak Bay State Wilderness Park Ninilchik State Recreation Area Kenai/Soldotna area Captain Cook State Recreation Area Clam Gulch State Recreation Area Crooked Creek State Recreation Site Johnson Lake State Recreation Area Kasilof River State Recreation Site Kenai River Special Management Area Morgan’s Landing State Recreation Area Scout Lake State Recreation Site Seward area Caines Head State Recreation Area Driftwood Bay State Marine Park Lowell Point State Recreation Site Safety Cove State Marine Park Sandspit Point State Marine Park Sunny Cove State Marine Park Thumb Cove State Marine Park Kodiak Island area parks Afognak Island State Park Buskin River State Recreation Site Fort Abercrombie State Historical Park Pasagshak River State Recreation Site Shuyak Island State Park Woody Island State Recreation Site Matanuska-Susitna Valley area parks Big Lake North State Recreation