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{{Short description|Park in Michigan, US}}
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{{Infobox Protected area
[[Category:Michigan state parks]]▼
| name = Petoskey State Park
| iucn_category = III
| iucn_ref = <ref name="IUCN1">{{cite web|title=Petoskey State Park |url=https://www.protectedplanet.net/petoskey-state-park|publisher=IUCN|access-date=April 5, 2020}}</ref>
| photo = Petoskey State Park (July 2019).jpg
| photo_caption = Beachfront along [[Lake Michigan]]
| photo_width = 280
| map = USA Michigan#USA
| map_caption = Location in Michigan
| map_width = 280
| relief = 1
| location = Lower Peninsula, [[Emmet County, Michigan]], [[United States]]
| nearest_city = [[Petoskey, Michigan]]
| coordinates = {{coord|45|24|05|N|84|54|30|W|display=inline, title}}
| coords_ref = <ref name=gnis/>
| elevation = {{convert|630|ft}}<ref name=gnis>{{cite gnis|2100376|Petoskey State Park}}</ref>
| area = {{convert|303|acre}}
| designation = [[List of Michigan state parks|Michigan State Park]]
| established = 1961<ref name=mdnr3/>
| visitation_num =
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| administrator = [[Michigan Department of Natural Resources]]
| website = [http://www.michigandnr.com/parksandtrails/details.aspx?id=483&type=SPRK Petoskey State Park]
}}
'''Petoskey State Park''' is a public recreation area covering {{convert|303|acre}} on [[Lake Michigan]] in [[Bear Creek Township, Michigan|Bear Creek Township]], [[Emmet County, Michigan|Emmet County]], [[Michigan]]. The [[state park]] is located {{convert|3|mi|spell=in}} northeast of the city of [[Petoskey, Michigan|Petoskey]] on [[Little Traverse Bay]]. It is surrounded by heavily vegetated sand dunes that are excellent examples of [[Dune#Parabolic|parabolic dunes]].<ref name=dunes/> Michigan's [[List of U.S. state minerals, rocks, stones and gemstones|state stone]], the [[Petoskey stone]], can be found on the park beach.<ref name=mdnr/>
==History==
The park occupies part of the site where William Wirt Rice (1833–1891)<ref name=genweb/> built a tannery in 1885 at the mouth of what came to be called Tannery Creek. The tannery occupied 180 acres that were eventually divided between Petoskey State Park and the commercial district on [[U.S. Route 31 in Michigan|U.S. Highway 31]]. At its peak, the tannery employed some 200 workers and processed over 1000 hides—primarily buffalo—per day.<ref name=tannerycreek/> The tannery closed in 1952, and its buildings were torn down in 1963.<ref name=petoskeynews/> The City of Petoskey purchased a portion of the tannery's land north of Tannery Creek in 1934 and created the Petoskey Bathing Beach. The City of Petoskey purchased a portion of the tannery's land north of Tannery Creek in 1934 and created the Petoskey Bathing Beach. The Michigan Conservation Commission approved the creation of Petoskey State Park on the old tannery lands—with the potentiality of also purchasing the city's bathing beach for inclusion as well—in June 1961.<ref name=petoskeynews19610609/> The large southern portion of the park property was purchased by the State in 1962, although no park development occurred for another several years.<ref name=petoskeynews19620602/> The State of Michigan purchased the beach from the City of Petoskey for $150,000 in 1968, took title in 1969, and the first 90 sites in the park's campground opened in June 1970.<ref name=mdnr/><ref name=petoskeynews19700612/>
==Activities and amenities==
The park offers a mile-long sand beach for swimming, a trail that ascends the Old Baldy sand dune, picnicking facilities, and a 178-site campground.<ref name=mdnr/>
==References==
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name=mdnr>{{cite web |url=http://www.michigandnr.com/parksandtrails/Details.aspx?id=483&type=SPRK |title=Petoskey State Park |publisher=Michigan Department of Natural Resources |access-date=March 13, 2018}}</ref>
<ref name=mdnr3>{{cite web |url=https://www.michigan.gov/documents/dnr/DatesEstablished_650313_7.pdf |title=When were Michigan state parks and recreation areas established? |publisher=Michigan Department of Natural Resources |access-date=April 6, 2020}}</ref>
<ref name=dunes>{{cite web |url=https://www.michigan.gov/documents/deq/wrd-cda-dune-systems_558207_7.pdf |title=Dune Systems |publisher=Michigan Department of Environmental Quality |access-date=April 6, 2020}}</ref>
<ref name=genweb>{{cite web |url=http://www.us-data.org/mi/emmet/bio/rice_wm-w.txt |title=William W. Rice |publisher=USGenNet Inc. |access-date=July 11, 2018}}</ref>
<ref name=petoskeynews>{{cite web |url=http://articles.petoskeynews.com/2013-07-31/sonic-boom_41176360 |title=Fifty Years Ago Today: Tannery buildings razed |newspaper=Petoskey News |date=July 31, 2013 |access-date=July 11, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180712004431/http://articles.petoskeynews.com/2013-07-31/sonic-boom_41176360 |archive-date=July 12, 2018}}</ref>
<ref name=petoskeynews19610609>{{cite news |title=Petoskey Park OK'd by State |work=Petoskey News-Review |agency=UPI |issue=212 |date=June 9, 1961 |volume=75 |page=1}}</ref>
<ref name=petoskeynews19620602>{{cite news |title=Petoskey State Park Land Sale Is Completed |work=Petoskey News-Review |issue=206 |date=June 2, 1962 |volume=76 |page=1}}</ref>
<ref name=petoskeynews19700612>{{cite news |title=Petoskey State Park Opens Monday With 90 Camping Sites |work=Petoskey News-Review |issue=205 |date=June 12, 1970 |volume=84 |page=7}}</ref>
<ref name=tannerycreek>{{cite web |url=https://www.watershedcouncil.org/uploads/7/2/5/1/7251350/tannery_creek-crucial_creeks_masters_project_2012-2013_final.pdf |title=Tannery Creek Watershed Management Plan |author=E. Lillard |display-authors=etal|publisher=Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council |date=April 2013 |access-date=July 11, 2018}}</ref>
}}
==External links==
{{commons category|Petoskey State Park}}
*[http://www.michigandnr.com/parksandtrails/details.aspx?id=483&type=SPRK Petoskey State Park] Michigan Department of Natural Resources
*[http://www.michigandnr.com/Publications/PDFS/RecreationCamping/petoskey_map.pdf Petoskey State Park Map] Michigan Department of Natural Resources
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[[Category:Protected areas of Emmet County, Michigan]]
[[Category:State parks of Michigan]]
[[Category:Protected areas established in 1961]]
[[Category:1961 establishments in Michigan]]
[[Category:IUCN Category III]]
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