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| location = Lower Peninsula, [[Emmet County, Michigan]], [[United States]]
| nearest_city = [[Petoskey, Michigan]]
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| elevation = {{convert|630|ft}}<ref name=gnis>{{cite gnis|2100376|Petoskey State Park}}</ref>
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==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
==Activities and amenities==
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