Merchants Millpond State Park | |
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![]() Cypress trees at Merchants Millpond State Park | |
Location | Gates, North Carolina, United States |
Coordinates | 36°26′14″N 76°41′04″W / 36.43722°N 76.68444°W[1] |
Area | 3,520 acres (14.2 km2)[2] |
Elevation | 36 ft (11 m) |
Established | 1973 |
Governing body | North Carolina Division of Parks and Recreation |
Website | www |
Merchants Millpond State Park is a North Carolina state park in Gates County, North Carolina, in the United States. Located near Gatesville, in North Carolina's coastal plain, it covers 3,520 acres (14.2 km2)[2] around a 200-year-old, 700-acre (280 ha) millpond and Lassiter Swamp. Canoeing is one of the park's major attractions. Alligators live in its large cypress swamps.
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