The Değirmenboğazı nature park was afforested between 1957 and 1963: 329,741 saplings of fifty-one species over 175 hectares. The cost in the money of the day was 803,506 lira. When the work was finished the ground came into use as a recreation area, and by a decision of 11 July 2011 the Ministry of Forestry and Water Affairs declared it a nature park. Since 2013 it has been leased and run by a company affiliated to the Balıkesir metropolitan municipality.
- Designated
- 11.07.2011
Entry fee
- Marmara group 1 · category 1 · Per person
- 85 ₺
When to go
- Climate
- Across Balıkesir as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 4.9 °C in January to 25.7 °C in July; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June, September and October; rainfall is heaviest in January (87 mm) and lightest in August (5 mm). Long-term means for 1999-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
