Not all state parks feature remarkable geological features or beautiful sights or wildlife, both plant and animal, that deserves protection and preservation.
Some of them are just for fun.
I found out about this one from the Food Network show Girl Meets Farm, which features some very good food. She made sandwiches (BLFGT, which stands for bacon, lettuce, and fried green tomatoes) and took them to the park for a picnic with a couple of friends. The episode was entitled "Turtle River Hike".
So, about the park. It's located about 20 miles west of Grand Forks, which you can see on this map.
The North Dakota Tourism Division has this page on it, with a short video: Turtle River State Park
So, it's a nice little park, created by the Civilian Conservation Corps (a very liberal FDR program responsible for a lot of the nice little things we take for granted in state and national parks, and national forests, and national seashores and lakeshores, etc.) It has a lodge and cabins and trails and a river (the Turtle River, of course).
So here are a couple of pictures, but it's probably better in person.
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