Özet:

Physical Education and Sport Teaching This study, it was aimed to define the Ballıkayalar Valley Natural Park?s natural resources values and its potential according to the outdoor sportive recreation activities. Ballıkayalar Valley Natural Park is in Gebze-Kocaeli (in Marmara Region).The research area is 1603 ha and it has 5324 area including natural park with topographic river-basin area. The highest point of the valley is Topluca Hill.(280 m). Old bare and smooth limestone rocks which are the result of melting at the south entry of the valley and 50-70 m high from river-basin and natural formantions (cave, cavity, small caves, huge dip, water fall, small lakes) are important jeomorphologic place. Determining the area as outdoor sportive recreation, potential with the ethod of any of the place? determination of forest recreation (Gülez?s), a common evaluation form was formed according to the research subject and it was adapted to the natural park. valuating the research area, the value of the sportive recreation landscape, climate value, accessibility and negative factors were placed as evaluating criterias. At the end of the research; with the natural resources of the Ballıkayalar Valley Natural Park, it was found that it has % 75 potential according to the forest outdoor sportive recreation. At the evalution it was also found that the natural park is appropriate to do, rock climbing, hiking and camping

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