Greenwater Lake Provincial Park

Greenwater Provincial Park is considered an all-season destination as it offers a wide variety of amenities and attraction for both the summer and winter seasons.

Some of the amenities include a marina that offers rentals and moorage, a volleyball net, laundry, hiking, picnicking, a tennis court, a horseshoe area, an 18-hole golf course, mini-golf, a fish cleaning station, a baseball diamond, children's playgrounds, camping, cabin rentals, and a beach. There is also a hall available for events and a store with groceries, clothing, souvenirs, and an arcade.{{cite web|url=https://www.tourismsaskatchewan.com/provincialpark/1812/greenwater-lake-provincial-park#sort=relevancy|publisher=tourismsaskatchewan.com|title=Greenwater Lake Provincial Park | Tourism Saskatchewan|access-date=2021-11-26}}

There are about {{convert|125|km}} of trails throughout the park. In the summer months, they're great for hiking, walking, and bird watching. In the winter months, the trails are groomed for cross-country skiing and snowmobiling. The winter also features ice skating and tobogganing.

Restaurants in the park include the Greenwater Beach Cafe{{Cite web|url=https://www.tourismsaskatchewan.com/listings/3342/greenwater-beach-cafe|title = Greenwater Beach Cafe | Tourism Saskatchewan}} and an indoor restaurant called Greenwater Fisherman's Cove.{{cite web |title=Fisherman's Cove |url=http://www.greenwaterfishermancove.com/ |website=Greenwater Fisherman's Cove |publisher=Fisherman's Cove |access-date=26 March 2023}}

Fuels such as diesel, gasoline, propane, marine fuel, and firewood are available in the park.

Greenwater Provincial Park has over 300 individual campsites divided into five campgrounds, including Aspen Grove, Poplar Ridge, Hilltop, Cranberry, and Lakeshore Campgrounds. As the name suggests, Lakeshore Campground is right on Greenwater Lake. Hilltop is the largest with 87 sites and Aspen is the smallest with 12. The campgrounds all have access to fire pits, picnic tables, potable water, waste disposal, showers, and flush toilets.{{Cite web|url=https://www.outdoorsy.com/guide/greenwater-lake-provincial-park-sk|title=Greenwater Lake Provincial Park | Outdoorsy}}

The park also has 28 cabins for rent, 18 of which are winterised.{{Cite web|url=https://www.greenwatercabinrentals.com/rentals|title = Greenwater Cabin Rentals LTD. - Rentals}}

Green Hills Golf Resort{{cite web |title=Green Hills Golf Resort |url=https://www.greenhillsgolfresort.com/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041213215905/http://www.greenhillsgolfresort.com/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=13 December 2004 |website=Green Hills Golf Resort |publisher=Green Hills Golf Resort |access-date=26 March 2023}} is an 18-hole golf course in Greenwater Lake Provincial Park. It is a championship par 72 course with a total length of 6,717 yards. It features silica sand traps, water hazards in play, and manicured fairways with hilltop views. Rating from blue tees 72.9, slope 128.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tourismsaskatchewan.com/listings/1525/greenhills-golf-resort|title=Greenhills Golf Resort | Tourism Saskatchewan}}

On the south shore of the lake is Greenwater Lake Marina. The marina offers moorage and marine gas as well as pontoon boat, fishing boat, canoe, kayak, and paddle boat rentals. At the store at the marina, there's fishing gear, such as rods and nets for sale or rent as well as various bait, including leeches, nightcrawlers, and frozen minnows. Safety equipment, such as life jackets, is available as well.{{cite web |title=Greenwater Lake Marina |url=https://greenwaterlakemarina.com/ |website=Greenwater Lake Marina |publisher=Greenwater Lake Marina |access-date=26 March 2023}}

During the spring, summer, and autumn, the {{convert|125|km}} of trails are open for hiking and exploring. There are two interpretive trails, Marean Lake Birding and Highbush, that are ideal for birdwatching as the park is home to more than 200 bird species, some of which include the trumpeter swan, bald eagle, common yellowthroat, yellow-bellied sapsucker, osprey, and the red-breasted merganser. Both trails include look out points, including a 5.5-metre high lookout tower on Marean Lake, rest areas, and interpretive signs.

In the winter, {{convert|25|km}} of trails are groomed for cross-country skiing and {{convert|100|km}} for snowmobiling. There are several warm-up shelters along the trails.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tourismsaskatchewan.com/listings/1805/greenwater-lake-provincial-park-trails|title = Greenwater Lake Provincial Park Trails | Tourism Saskatchewan}}

At the beach, Sask Aquatic Adventures{{Cite web|url=https://www.saskaquaticadventures.com/our-parks|title = Explore Our Parks - Sask Aquatic Adventures}} has a water adventure park set up. It is one of several in Saskatchewan.

The park is situated in the Porcupine Provincial Forest in east central Saskatchewan. The landscape is made up of rolling hills dotted with small lakes and covered with spruce, balsam poplar, and aspen trees. It is home to over 200 species of birds and a variety of wildlife including foxes, otters, coyotes, moose, black bears, and elk. Fish such as northern pike, walleye, and yellow perch inhabit the lakes.

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