Wigry National Park

Wigry National Park (Polish: Wigierski Park Narodowy) is a national park in the Podlaskie Voivodeship in northeastern Poland. It includes parts of the Masurian Lake District and the Augustów Primeval Forest (Puszcza Augustowska). The park is named after Lake Wigry, which is the largest lake in the area.

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Warta Mouth National Park

The Warta Mouth National Park (Polish: Park Narodowy Ujście Warty) is the newest of Poland’s 23 national parks. It was established on June 19, 2001, in the area of the lowest part of the Warta River, where it meets the Odra (Oder) River. This meeting point is the border between Poland and Germany.

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Świętokrzyski National Park

Świętokrzyski National Park (Polish: Świętokrzyski Park Narodowy) is a national park located in the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship in central Poland. It includes the highest part of the Świętokrzyskie (Holy Cross) Mountains, called the Łysogory, which has two tallest peaks: Łysica at 612 meters (2,008 feet) and Łysa Góra (“Bald Mountain”) at 595 meters (1,952 feet). The park also includes parts of the Klonowski Ridge and the Pokrzywianski Ridge.

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Roztocze National Park

Roztocze National Park (Polish: Roztoczański Park Narodowy) is a protected area located in the Lublin province of southeastern Poland. The park helps protect the most important natural areas in the middle section of the Roztocze region. It covers a total area of 84.83 square kilometers, with forests covering 81.02 square kilometers and strictly protected areas covering 8.06 square kilometers.

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Ojców National Park

Ojców National Park (Polish: Ojcowski Park Narodowy) is a national park in Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship in southern Poland. It was created in 1956 and is named after the village of Ojców, where its main office is located. Chopin visited Ojców in 1829.

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Narew National Park

Narew National Park (Polish: Narwiański Park Narodowy) is a national park located in the Podlaskie Voivodeship, in northeastern Poland. It was established in 1996. Before that, the area was part of the Narew Landscape Park.

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Giant Mountains National Park

Giant Mountains National Park (Polish: Karkonoski Park Narodowy) is a national park located in the Giant Mountains of the Sudetes, in southwestern Poland, next to the Czech Republic. The park is in the Lower Silesian region, in the highest part of the Sudetes. It was established in 1959 and covers an area of 55.10 square kilometers.

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Kampinos National Park

Kampinos National Park (Polish: Kampinoski Park Narodowy) is a national park in east-central Poland, in the Masovian Voivodeship, near the northwest edge of Warsaw. It is Poland’s second-largest national park and the only one in the Masovian Voivodeship. It has a partnership with Indiana Dunes National Park in Indiana, United States.

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Drawa National Park

Drawa National Park (Polish: Drawieński Park Narodowy) is located in north-western Poland, near the borders of the Greater Poland, Lubusz, and West Pomeranian regions. It is part of the large Drawsko Forest (Puszcza Drawska) on the Drawsko Plain. The park is named after the River Drawa.

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Tuchola Forest National Park

Tuchola Forest National Park (Polish: Park Narodowy Bory Tucholskie) is a national park in Poland, established on July 1, 1996. It spans an area of 46.13 square kilometers (17.81 square miles), including forests, lakes, meadows, and peatlands. The park is located in the northern part of Poland, within Chojnice County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, at the center of the Tuchola Forest, which is the largest woodland in Poland.

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