Babia Góra National Park

National park in southern Poland

Babia Góra National Park
Babiogórski Park Narodowy
IUCN category II (national park)
Babia Góra Mountain Park logo with Apiaceae (Laserpitium archangelica)
Location	Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
Area	33.92 km² (13.10 sq mi)
Established	1954
Governing body	Ministry of the Environment

Babia Góra National Park (Polish: Babiogórski Park Narodowy) is one of the 23 national parks in Poland, located in the southern part of the country, in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, on the border with Slovakia. Its headquarters are located in Zawoja. A Nature Reserve which roughly covered the area of the modern-day national park was created in 1933,^[1] with the actual park established on October 30, 1954.^[2] Since 1976, it has been designated by UNESCO as a biosphere reserve.^[3]

The park covers an area of 33.92 square kilometres (13.10 sq mi), around 85% of it covered by forests.^[4] The park includes the northern and part of the southern side of the Babia Góra massif. The main peak of the massif (known as Diablak) is also the highest point of the Orava Beskids mountain range at 1,725 metres (5,659 ft). The Slovak side of the massive mostly consists of the Horná Orava Protected Landscape Area.^[5]

Fauna

105 species of birds (including woodpeckers and eagle owls)
Animals such as deer, lynx, wolves and bears
Insects, especially beetles, including some that are unique to the area

Gallery

Babia Gora (1725 m), the highest peak of the national park
Summit of Babia Góra
Babia Góra seen from Mosorny Groń
A forest in the Babia Góra National Park
A mountain trail
Beskid Żywiecki landscape
Babia Góra and Pilsko seen from Rysianka
Campanula polymorpha
Ostoja Babiogórska Nature Reserve with Alpine flora
A forest trail
Babia Góra, early morning
Sunset over Ostoja Babiogorska

References

^ Łajczak, Adam (2016). "An outline history of economic activity on Mt. Babia Góra and the surrounding area (Western Carpathians)". Przegląd Geograficzny. 88 (1): 5–30. doi:10.7163/PrzG.2016.1.1.
^ "BgPn English". Archived from the original on 2023-04-08.
^ "Babia Gora Biosphere Reserve, Poland". UNESCO. 2019-04-24. Archived from the original on 2023-03-06. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
^ "Conservation >> Forests". Babia Góra National Park.
^ "Protected landscape area Horná Orava". Slovakia.travel. Archived from the original on 2011-05-22.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Babia Góra.

"Official site" (in Polish). Retrieved 6 November 2011.
"The Board of Polish National Parks" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2006-02-25. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
"UNESCO biosphere reserve information". Retrieved 6 November 2011.