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State park in Lewis County, New York

Whetstone Gulf State Park
Whetstone Creek in Whetstone Gulf State Park, September 2011.
Location of Whetstone Gulf State Park within New York State
Type	State park
Location	6065 West Road Lowville, New York
Nearest city	Lowville, New York
Coordinates	43°42′07″N 75°28′26″W / 43.702°N 75.474°W / 43.702; -75.474
Area	515 acres (2.08 km)
Created	1929 (1929)
Operated by	New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Visitors	118,577 (in 2014)
Open	All year
Camp sites	62
Website	Whetstone Gulf State Park

Whetstone Gulf State Park is a 515-acre (2.08 km) state park located in Lewis County, New York. The park is on the edge of the Tug Hill Plateau, south of Lowville, on the border of the towns of Turin and Martinsburg. The east end of the park is located near New York State Route 26.

Park description

The park is built in and around a three-mile-long (4.8 km), 380-foot-deep (120 m) gorge cut into the eastern edge of the Tug Hill Plateau. Above the gorge is Whetstone Reservoir, stocked with tiger muskie and largemouth bass for fishermen.

The park offers 62 campsites, 20 of which include electric hookups. Areas for fishing, a picnic area along Whetstone Creek, a man-made swimming area, and a playground are also available. Trails for hiking and cross-country skiing are found throughout the park, including a six-mile (9.7 km) loop around the rim of the gorge.

References

^ "Whetstone Gulf State Park". NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation. Retrieved April 3, 2016.
^ "Section O: Environmental Conservation and Recreation, Table O-9". 2014 New York State Statistical Yearbook (PDF). The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government. 2014. p. 674. Retrieved April 3, 2016.
State Park Acquisition Record and Document Review (PDF) (Report). NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. May 10, 2010. p. 19. Retrieved May 31, 2015.
"State Park Annual Attendance Figures by Facility: Beginning 2003". Data.ny.gov. Retrieved May 27, 2015.
Starmer, Catharine; Starmer, Aaron; Starmer, Timothy (2013). Best Tent Camping, New York State: Your Car-Camping Guide to Scenic Beauty, the Sounds of Nature, and an Escape from Civilization (2nd ed.). pp. 77–79. ISBN 0897327160. Retrieved May 27, 2015.
Ostertag, Rhonda; Ostertag, George (2002). Hiking New York. Guilford, Conn.: Falcon Guides. pp. 84–87. ISBN 0762722428. Retrieved May 27, 2015.

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Protected areas of New York

Federal

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National Memorials	Federal Hall General Grant Hamilton Grange Statue of Liberty
National monuments	African Burial Ground Castle Clinton Fort Stanwix Governors Island Stonewall
National Trails	Appalachian Trail North Country Trail
National Seashores and Recreation Areas	Fire Island Gateway Upper Delaware
National Marine Sanctuaries	Lake Ontario
National Wildlife Refuges	Iroquois Long Island Complex Amagansett Conscience Point Elizabeth A. Morton Lido Beach Oyster Bay Sayville Seatuck Target Rock Wertheim Montezuma Shawangunk Grasslands Wallkill River
National Forests	Finger Lakes
Wilderness Areas	Otis Pike Fire Island High Dune

State parks

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Preserves and sanctuaries

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Other preserves	Angle Fly Baxter Bergen-Byron Swamp Black Rock Forest Brandreth Park Cornell Botanic Gardens Ferncliff Forest Great Camp Sagamore James Lime Hollow Louis Calder Center Louis C. Clark Sanctuary Mohonk Peabody Plotter Kill Sam's Point Svend O. Heiberg Memorial Forest Teatown Lake Reservation Theodore Roosevelt Sanctuary and Audubon Center Turkey Mountain Turner Brook Wallkill Valley Rail Trail Woodlawn Zurich Bog

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