Tatrzhansky National Park
Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
Description:
Tatrzhanski National Park is a huge protected park in the southern part of Poland, which is part of the Tatra Mountain System, the highest mountains in the Carpathians. Together with the Slovak park of the same name, it forms a single biosphere reserve. It was established on the first of January 1955.
The Tatrzhansky National Park is located in the Tatrovsky Povyat of the Malopolskie Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its area is 211.64 square kilometers, where 71 percent are forests, and the rest is rocks, about 650 caves, more than 30 lakes and several picturesque waterfalls. In the XIX century, after cutting down most of the park beech and fir forests, it was planted with fast-growing firs. Above this level you can see many dwarf pine trees. Characteristic mammals of the park zone are marmots and chamois, although there are deer, deer, bears, lynx.
The park also houses a favorite place for climbers – the highest mountain in the Polish Tatras, Rysy, which rises 2,499 meters above sea level. Tatrzhan Park is the most visited park in Poland, the total length of the trails laid in it is 270 kilometers.