Prompton State Park

Geobox Protected Area
name = Prompton State Park
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category_local = Pennsylvania State Park
category_iucn = III

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image_caption = Visitors to the park use whatever is handy to have a seat when fishing.
etymology_type = Named for
etymology = the nearby community of Prompton
country = United States
state = Pennsylvania
region_type = Counties
region = Wayne
district_type = Townships
district = Clinton
district1 = Dyberry
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lat_d = 41
lat_m = 36
lat_s = 30
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long_d = 75
long_m = 20
long_s = 00
long_EW = W
location_note = cite web | url=Gnis3|1212924 | title=Prompton State Park | date = December 1 1989 | work=Geographic Names Information System | publisher=United States Geological Survey | accessdate=2007-12-23]
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established = 1962
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map_caption = Location of Prompton State Park in Pennsylvania
map_locator = Pennsylvania
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website = [http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/parks/prompton.aspx Prompton State Park]

Prompton State Park is a Pennsylvania State Park on convert|2000|acre|km2|2 in Clinton and Dyberry Townships, Wayne County, Pennsylvania in the United States. This park, which was established in 1962, is officially listed by the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources as being undeveloped. This means that it is officially a state park but the PA-DCNR is not currently managing the park. However, the lands of the park are open to visitors. Friends of Prompton State Park, a grassroots organization is working to take over management of the park in much the same way that Salt Springs State Park in Susquehanna County is managed by The Friends of Salt Springs Park. [cite web
url = http://www.ahs.dep.state.pa.us/newsreleases/default.asp?ID=1821&varQueryType=Detail
title = Friends of Prompton State Park
accessdate = 2006-11-24
publisher = Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection published July 13, 2002] Northeast Sports Ltd. of Honesdale sponsors several outdoor sports events that are held at the park. Prompton State Park is convert|4.2|mi|km|1 west of Honesdale on Pennsylvania Route 170. [cite web
url = http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/Parks/prompton.aspx
title = Prompton State Park
accessdate = 2006-11-24
author = United States Geological Survey
publisher = Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources ] [cite web
url = http://honesdale.com/prompton.asp
title = Honesdale Tourism Information
accessdate = 2006-11-24
publisher = Honesdale.com]

Nearby state parks

The following state parks are within convert|30|mi|km|0 of Prompton State Park: [cite map |scale = 1:65,000| publisher= Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Bureau of Planning and Research, Geographic Information Division
url= ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/GHS/Roadnames/wayne_GHSN.pdf
title= 2007 General Highway Map Wayne County Pennsylvania
accessdate= 2007-07-27 "Note: park is just north of Prompton, but is not shown in this map since it is not developed"] [cite web
url = http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/parks/region_northeast.aspx
title = Map reference for Prompton State Park
accessdate = 2006-11-24
publisher = Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources ] cite web
last = Michels
first = Chris
year = 1997
url = http://www2.nau.edu/~cvm/latlongdist.html
title = Latitude/Longitude Distance Calculation
publisher = Northern Arizona University
accessdate = 2008-04-23]
*Archbald Pothole State Park (Lackawanna County)
*Gouldsboro State Park (Monroe and Wayne Counties)
*Lackawanna State Park (Lackawanna County)
*Promised Land State Park (Pike County)
*Tobyhanna State Park (Monroe and Wayne Counties)
*Varden Conservation Area (Wayne County)

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