Köse Nature Park lies within the boundaries of Köse town in Gümüşhane province and takes its name from it. It covers about 30 hectares and was declared on 1 April 2016.
The forest here is planted rather than natural, and the directorate says so: Scots pine dominates as degraded forest vegetation resulting from afforestation work. Along those plantation areas the pine grows in mixed company with Spiny oak, Quercus macranthera subsp. syspirensis, and mountain steppe.
Facilities are a country restaurant, day-use grounds and children's play areas, and walking on the paths through the day-use area is the activity listed. Capacity is 200 visitors and 20 vehicles. Köse Municipality holds the concession.
Köse is 45 kilometres from Gümüşhane city and 26 from neighbouring Kelkit. The nearest airport is Erzincan, 111 kilometres away; the directorate notes that Gümüşhane province has no railway line.
- Designated
- 1.04.2016
Entry fee
- Black Sea group 3 · category 1 · Per person
- 65 ₺
Visiting hours
- Visiting hours
- 06:00 - 20:00
When to go
- Climate
- Across Gümüşhane as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from -1.7 °C in January to 20.3 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in June, July, August and September; rainfall is heaviest in May (70 mm) and lightest in August (14 mm). Long-term means for 1961-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
