state park
noun
: an area of land that is owned and protected by a U.S. state because of its natural beauty or its importance in history
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In 1972, the property became a state park, and now, visitors can try their luck and dig for diamonds in the park's 37-acre field.
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Caroline Eubanks, Travel + Leisure, 29 June 2025
Prosecutors, citing Weger’s life sentence, opted against trying him in the other two women’s deaths and an unrelated 1959 rape in a nearby state park that Weger also denied committing.
—Christy Gutowski, Chicago Tribune, 24 June 2025
Michigan leaders created a commission to oversee the new Mackinac Island State Park, which was the first state park in Michigan and one of the first in the nation, says Brisson.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 June 2025
Around 84 percent of the island is protected as a state park.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 June 2025
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Caroline Eubanks, Travel + Leisure, 29 June 2025
Prosecutors, citing Weger’s life sentence, opted against trying him in the other two women’s deaths and an unrelated 1959 rape in a nearby state park that Weger also denied committing.
—Christy Gutowski, Chicago Tribune, 24 June 2025
Michigan leaders created a commission to oversee the new Mackinac Island State Park, which was the first state park in Michigan and one of the first in the nation, says Brisson.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 June 2025
Around 84 percent of the island is protected as a state park.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 June 2025
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“State park.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/state%20park. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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