Natural and Historical Park "Bitsevsky Forest"

Bitsevsky Forest is a natural and historical park and a specially protected Moscow natural zone, the second largest in the capital. The initiators of the park in 1994 were residents of nearby areas. The area of Bitsevo Forest is about 2208 hectares. Its territory consists of both natural objects and complexes having significant ecological value, and historical and archaeological monuments.

The park has many streams, rivers, ravines and various types of forest mounds of Vyatichi, dating from the 11th-12th centuries, estates of nobles of the 18th-19th centuries. Here you can visit the apothecary garden, enclosures with pheasants and proteins, the garden of rare plants of the city of Moscow.

In the Bitsevo Forest, active work is being done to preserve and restore biological diversity, reforestation, biotechnical measures are carried out, as well as environmental excursions, holidays, actions for schoolchildren and local residents, and its own newspaper is published.