Whetstone Gulf State Park

Whetstone Gulf State Park
Whetstone Creek in Whetstone Gulf State Park, September 2011.
Whetstone Gulf State Park is located in New York
Whetstone Gulf State Park
Location of Whetstone Gulf State Park within New York State
TypeState park
Location6065 West Road
Lowville, New York[1]
Nearest cityLowville, New York
Coordinates43°42′07″N 75°28′26″W / 43.702°N 75.474°W / 43.702; -75.474
Area515 acres (2.08 km2)[2]
Created1929 (1929)[3]
Operated byNew York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Visitors118,577 (in 2014)[4]
OpenAll year
Camp sites62
WebsiteWhetstone Gulf State Park

Whetstone Gulf State Park is a 515-acre (2.08 km2) state park located in Lewis County, New York.[2] 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.

  1. ^ "Whetstone Gulf State Park". NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation. Retrieved April 3, 2016.
  2. ^ a b "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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "State Park Annual Attendance Figures by Facility: Beginning 2003". Data.ny.gov. Retrieved May 27, 2015.