Mexican National Parks
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Mexico's National Parks (or Parques Nacional in Spanish) are 67 federally-recognized national parks that are protected natural areas administrated by the Mexico's federal National Commission of Protected Natural Areas (CONANP) [1].
[edit] List of National Parks by state
The following is a partial list of Mexico's National Park's, ordered by state:
[edit] Baja California
- Archipiélago de San Lorenzo National Park
- Constitucion de 1857 National Park
- San Pedro Martir National Park
[edit] Baja California Sur
- Bahía de Loreto National Park
- Cabo Pulmo National Park
[edit] Chiapas
- Cañon del Sumidero National Park
- Lagunas de Montebello National Park
- Palenque National Park
[edit] Chihuahua
- Cascada de Bassaseachic National Park
- Cumbres de Majalca National Park
[edit] Coahuila
- Los Novillos National Park
- Cascadas de Basaseachic National Park
[edit] Colima
- Volcan Nevado de Colima National Park
[edit] Distrito Federal (Mexico City)
- Cerro de la Estrella National Park
- Cumbres del Ajusco National Park
- Desierto de los Leones National Park
- El Tepeyac National Park
- El Histórico Coyoacán National Park
- Fuentes Brotantes de Tlalpan National Park
- Lomas de Padierna National Park
- Insurgente Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla National Park
[edit] Guerrero
- El Veladero National Park
- General Juan N. Álvarez National Park
- Grutas de Cacahuamilpa National Park
[edit] Hidalgo
- Los Marmoles National Park (composed of Barranca de San Vicente y Cerro de Cangando)
- Mineral del Chico National Park
- Tula
[edit] Estado de Mexico
- Desierto del Carmen National Park (also known as Nixcongo)
- Desierto de los Leones National Park
- Iztaccihuatl Popocatlpetl National Park (includes Zoquiapan and annexed areas) (In Edo. de Mexico, Morelos, and Puebla)
- La Marquesa National Park
- Los Remedios National Park
- Molino de Flores Nezahualcóyotl National Park
- Nevado de Toluca National Park
- Sacromonte National Park
[edit] Michoacan
- Bosencheve National Park (partly in Estado de Mexico)
- Barranca del Cupatitzio National Park
- Cerro de Garnica National Park
- Insurgente José Maria Morelos y Pavon National Park
- Lago de Camécuaro National Park
- Pico de Tancítaro National Park
- Rayon National Park
[edit] Morelos
- El Tepozteco National Park (also in Distrito Federal)
- Lagunas de Zempoala National Park (also in Estado de Mexico]]
[edit] Nayarit
- Isla Isabel National Park
- Islas Marietas National Park
[edit] Nuevo Leon
- Cumbres de Monterrey National Park
- El Sabinal National Park
[edit] Oaxaca
- Benito Juárez National Park
- Huatulco National Park
- Lagunas de Chacahua National Park
[edit] Puebla
- La Malinche National Park (also known as Matlalcuéyatl)
[edit] Queretaro
- El Cimatario National Park
- Cerro de Las Campanas National Park
[edit] Quintana Roo
- Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park
- Arrecife de Puerto Morelos National Park
- Costa Occidental de Isla Mujeres National Park (includes Punta Cancún y Punta Nizuc)
- Isla Contoy National Park
- Tulum National Park
- Arrecifes de Xcalak National Park
[edit] San Luis Potosi
- El Gogorrón National Park
- El Potosí National Park
[edit] Tlaxcala
- Xicoténcatl National Park
[edit] Veracruz
- Cañon del Río Blanco National Park
- Cofre de Perote National Park
- Pico de Orizaba National Park (In Veracruz and Puebla)
- Sistema Arrecifal Veracruzano National Marine Park
[edit] Yucatan
- Arrecife Alacranes National Park
- Dzibilchantun National Park
[edit] Zacatecas
- Sierra de Órganos National Park
[edit] External links
- Official List at CONANP
- MEXonline.com Mexican Biosphere Reserves & National Parks - Adventure & Eco Tourism (in English)
- The Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources
- National System of Natural Protected Areas (Sinap) - unofficial
[edit] Sources
- CONANP listing of parks (Spanish)
- Guia Roji: Por las carreteras de México, 2006
