Gouldsboro State Park
| Gouldsboro State Park | |
| Pennsylvania State Park | |
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| Named for: Jay Gould and nearby Gouldsboro | |
| Country | United States |
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| State | Pennsylvania |
| Counties | Monroe, Wayne |
| Townships | Coolbaugh, Lehigh |
| Location | |
| - elevation | 1,909 ft (582 m) |
| - coordinates | 41°12′38″N 75°27′21″W / 41.21056°N 75.45583°WCoordinates: 41°12′38″N 75°27′21″W / 41.21056°N 75.45583°W |
| Area | 2,880 acres (1,165 ha) |
| Founded | 1958 |
| Management | Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources |
| Visitation | 100,000 |
| IUCN category | III - Natural Monument |
 Location of Gouldsboro State Park in Pennsylvania
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| Website: Gouldsboro State Park | |
Gouldsboro State Park is a 2,880-acre (1,165 ha) Pennsylvania state park in Coolbaugh Township, Monroe County and Lehigh Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The park includes the 250-acre (100 ha) Gouldsboro Lake. Gouldsboro State Park is located very close to Tobyhanna State Park and Pennsylvania State Game Lands 127 and 312. It is on Pennsylvania Route 507 near the small village of Gouldsboro.
Gouldsboro State Park is named for Gouldsboro, which was in turn named for Jay Gould (1836 - 1892). Gould, a native of New York, acquired an immense fortune during the Industrial Revolution, part of which included ownership of ten percent of all the rail tracks in the United States at the time of his death. One of his railroads passed by what is now the eastern boundary of the park. Gould was also the co-owner of a tannery in nearby Thornhurst. Raw hides were shipped from the western United States and Australia on the railroads owned by Gould to Gouldsboro. The hides were then sent to Thornhurst by way of wagons traversing a plank road.
As of 2006, this rail line forms the dividing line between Gouldsboro State Park and Tobyhanna State Park in Monroe County, and is owned by the Lackawanna County Railroad Authority and operated by the Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad Co. Inc. Tourist excursions on this line are operated by Steamtown National Historic Site, and run from Steamtown's yard in Scranton to Tobyhanna.
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