Young State Park | |
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Location | Evangeline Township, Charlevoix County, Michigan, USA |
Nearest city | Boyne City, Michigan |
Coordinates | 45°13′55″N 85°02′54″W / 45.23194°N 85.04833°W [2] |
Area | 563 acres (228 ha) |
Elevation | 594 feet (181 m) [2] |
Designation | Michigan state park |
Established | 1920 [3] |
Named for | Adolph and Mary Young |
Administrator | Michigan Department of Natural Resources |
Website | Young State Park |
Young State Park is a public recreation area near Boyne City, Michigan, occupying 563 acres (228 ha) on the eastern shore of 17,260-acre (6,980 ha) Lake Charlevoix in Charlevoix County in the northwest of Northern Michigan. [4]
Young State Park was among 13 parks established in 1920 following the creation of the Michigan State Parks Commission a year earlier. [5] The park is named after Adolph and Mary Young, residents of Charlevoix, who donated land for the park's creation. [6] [7] The Civilian Conservation Corps made improvements during the 1930s. [4]
The state park offers swimming, picnicking, five miles of hiking trails, cross-country skiing, boat launch, fishing for lake, brown and rainbow trout, and three campgrounds. [4]