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Tobyhanna State Park

Tobyhanna State Park
Protected Area
Tobyhanna State Park Lakeshore.jpg
Tobyhanna Lake
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
Counties Monroe, Wayne
Townships Coolbaugh, Dreher, Lehigh
Elevation 2,005 ft (611 m)
Coordinates 41°14′20″N 75°22′21″W / 41.23889°N 75.37250°W / 41.23889; -75.37250Coordinates: 41°14′20″N 75°22′21″W / 41.23889°N 75.37250°W / 41.23889; -75.37250
Area 5,440 acres (2,201 ha)
Founded 1949
Management Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
IUCN category III - Natural Monument
Tobyhanna State Park is located in Pennsylvania
Tobyhanna State Park
Location of Tobyhanna State Park in Pennsylvania
Website: www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/findapark/tobyhanna/index.htm

Tobyhanna State Park is a Pennsylvania state park on 5,440 acres (2,201 ha) mostly in Coolbaugh Township, Monroe County, with a small portion of the park in Dreher and Lehigh townships in Wayne County, all in Pennsylvania in the United States. The park includes the 170-acre (69 ha) Tobyhanna Lake and a portion of Tobyhanna Creek. It is located 2.1 miles (3.4 km) north of the town of Tobyhanna, with the main park entrance on Pennsylvania Route 423, and a portion (Yellow hiking trail) that borders on Pennsylvania Route 196. The park lies immediately adjacent to Gouldsboro State Park, Pennsylvania State Game Lands 312, and State Game Land 127.

Tobyhanna State Park is one of the state lands carved from a large artillery training range that preceded Tobyhanna Army Depot. According to the Pennsylvania DCNR,

The western boundary of Tobyhanna State Park is formed by a rail line once owned by Jay Gould. 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 western 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 the village of Gouldsboro (just west of the park in Wayne County). The hides were then sent to Thornhurst by way of wagons traversing a plank road.


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