The system consists of 280 parks, beaches, trails, wildlife areas, open spaces, off-highway vehicle areas, and historic sites. Parks is responsible for approximately 1.6 million acres of land, including over 343 miles of coastline, 984 miles of lake, reservoir and river frontage, approximately 14,500 campsites and group campsites, and 4,754 miles of non-motorized trails.

Over the past five years Parks has expended approximately $157 million to develop and expand the state park system. Parks has accepted gifts and other donations of property and historic structures at no cost to the state when those donations make programmatic sense.