Mount Royal National Park
This article is about the national park. For the mountain, see Mount Royal (New South Wales). For the mountain range, see Mount Royal Range.
| Mount Royal National Park New South Wales | |
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IUCN category II (national park) | |
 Eucalyptus on a steep ridge near Mount Royal | |
  Mount Royal National Park | |
| Coordinates | 32°12′1″S 151°19′25″E / 32.20028°S 151.32361°ECoordinates: 32°12′1″S 151°19′25″E / 32.20028°S 151.32361°E |
| Established | 1 January 1997[1] |
| Area | 69 km2 (26.6 sq mi)[1] |
| Managing authorities | NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service |
| Website | Mount Royal National Park |
| See also |
Protected areas of New South Wales |
The Mount Royal National Park is a protected national park located in the Hunter region of New South Wales, Australia. Gazetted in 1997, the 6,920-hectare (17,100-acre) park is situated approximately 187 kilometres (116 mi) north of Sydney.
The park is part of the Barrington Tops group World Heritage Site Gondwana Rainforests of Australia inscribed in 1986[2] and added to the Australian National Heritage List in 2007.[3]
See also
References
- 1 2 "Mount Royal National Park". Office of Environment and Heritage. Government of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
- ↑ "Gondwana Rainforests of Australia". Department of the Environment. Australian Government. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
- ↑ "Gondwana Rainforests of Australia, Lismore, NSW, Australia". Australian Heritage Database: Department of the Environment. Australian Government. 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
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