Young State Park is a public recreation area near Boyne City, Michigan, occupying 563 acres (228 ha) on the eastern shore of 17,260-acre (6,980 ha) Lake Charlevoix in Charlevoix County in the northwest of Northern Michigan.

[3] Young State Park was among 13 parks established in 1920 following the creation of the Michigan State Parks Commission a year earlier.

[4] The park is named after Adolph and Mary Young, residents of Charlevoix, who donated land for the park's creation.

[5][6] The Civilian Conservation Corps made improvements during the 1930s.

[3] The state park offers swimming, picnicking, five miles of hiking trails, cross-country skiing, boat launch, fishing for lake, brown and rainbow trout, and three campgrounds.