Gümüşkum Nature Park, also called the 100th Year Nature Park, lies on the Mediterranean shore in the Davultepe area of Mersin, twelve kilometres south-west of the city on the D.400 Mersin–Silifke road.
The grove on the shore was declared a recreation ground in 1977, and the area was declared a nature park by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry on 7 November 2011. The ministry later decided to end that status, and there has been argument about it.
The park has a sandy beach 1.8 kilometres long. Camping is possible, and country houses or bungalows can be rented.
- Designated
- 11.07.2011
When to go
- Climate
- Across Mersin as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 10.4 °C in January to 28.5 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in April, May, October and November; rainfall is heaviest in December (137 mm) and lightest in August (7 mm). Long-term means for 1929-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
