{{short description|Park in Michigan, USA}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox park | name = Interlochen State Park | image = Camping at Interlochen State Park.jpg | image_caption = Camping at Interlochen State Park | image_size = 280 | image_alt = Campsite | map = USA Michigan#USA | map_caption = Location in Michigan | map_size = 280 | relief = 1 | location = [[Green Lake Township, Michigan|Green Lake Township]], [[Grand Traverse County, Michigan]], United States | nearest_city = [[Traverse City, Michigan]] | coordinates = {{coord|44|37|40|N|85|45|46|W|display=inline, title}} | coords_ref = | elevation = {{convert|837|ft}} <ref name=gnis>{{cite gnis|629054|Duck Lake}}</ref> | area = {{convert|187|acre}} | designation = [[List of Michigan state parks|Michigan state park]] | established = 1919 (purchased in 1917)<ref name=mdnr3/> | visitation_num = | visitation_year = | administrator = [[Michigan Department of Natural Resources]] | website = {{Official website}} }}
'''Interlochen State Park''' is a public recreation area covering {{convert|187|acre}} on the [[isthmus]] between [[Green Lake (Grand Traverse County, Michigan)|Green Lake]] and [[Duck Lake (Grand Traverse County, Michigan)|Duck Lake]] in [[Grand Traverse County, Michigan|Grand Traverse County]], [[Michigan]]. The park offers swimming, year-round fishing, picnicking, camping, and boat launches.<ref name=mdnr/>
==History== Interlochen State Park, originally called Pine Park, was established in 1917 when the [[Michigan Legislature]] paid $60,000 for the land, making it the [[State of Michigan]]'s first officially recognized [[state park]].<ref name=mdnr/><ref name=mdnr2/> It was created to preserve for [[future generations]] the virgin pine stand ''([[Pinus strobus]])''.<ref name=report1919/> It is one of the few easily reached places in Michigan where [[old-growth]] (pre-[[European American|European]] settlement) [[red pine]] can be found.<ref name=dickmann/>{{efn-ua |[[Hartwick Pines State Park]] preserves the other stand of virgin [[eastern white pine]] in Michigan's [[Lower Peninsula]].<ref name=mdnrhartwick/>}}
In 1928, the [[Interlochen Center for the Arts|National Music Camp, Interlochen Center for the Arts]] was established on the property adjoining the northern boundary of the park.<ref name=mdnr2/>
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==References== <references> <ref name=mdnr>{{cite web |url=https://www2.dnr.state.mi.us/parksandtrails/details.aspx?id=460&type=SPRK |title=Interlochen State Park |publisher=Michigan Department of Natural Resources |access-date=November 13, 2024}}</ref>
<ref name=mdnr2>{{cite web |url=http://www.michigandnr.com/Publications/PDFS/RecreationCamping/interlochen_slideshow.pdf |title=Interlochen State Park Slideshow |publisher=Michigan Department of Natural Resources |access-date=February 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150209015420/http://www.michigandnr.com/Publications/PDFS/RecreationCamping/interlochen_slideshow.pdf |archive-date=February 9, 2015}}</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 7, 2020}}</ref>
<ref name=mdnrhartwick>{{cite web |url=https://www2.dnr.state.mi.us/parksandtrails/details.aspx?id=453&type=SPRK |title=Hartwick Pines State Park |publisher=Michigan Department of Natural Resources |access-date=November 13, 2024}}</ref>
<ref name=report1919>Michigan Public Domain Commission (1919). [https://books.google.com/books?id=WQgWAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA68 ''Biennial Report of the Public Domain Commission''], pp. 43, 68-69. Fort Wayne Printing Company.</ref>
<ref name=dickmann>Dickmann, Donald I., & Leefers, Larry A. (2003). [https://books.google.com/books?id=DZrOpfZSA3IC&pg=PA101 ''The Forests of Michigan''], p. 101. The University of Michigan Press.</ref> </references>
==External links== *[https://www2.dnr.state.mi.us/parksandtrails/details.aspx?id=460&type=SPRK Interlochen State Park] Michigan Department of Natural Resources *[http://www.michigandnr.com/Publications/PDFS/RecreationCamping/interlochen_map.pdf Interlochen State Park Map] Michigan Department of Natural Resources
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[[Category:State parks of Michigan]] [[Category:Protected areas of Grand Traverse County, Michigan]] [[Category:Protected areas established in 1919]] [[Category:1919 establishments in Michigan]]