NAME: Atitlan National Park
SIZE: 62500 hectares
CLASS: IV
ESTABLISHED: 1/1/1965
NAME: Laguna Lachua National Park
SIZE: 15000 hectares
CLASS: VI
ESTABLISHED: 1/1/1990
NAME:
Las Victorias National Park
SIZE: 82 hectares
CLASS: V
ESTABLISHED: 1/1/1984 (some records say 1980)
This park on the northwest outskirts of the city of Coban
in Alta Verapaz has hiking trails, ponds, children's
playgrounds, and picnic areas.
NAME:
Mirador-Rio Azul National Park
SIZE: 101500 hectares
CLASS: VI
ESTABLISHED: 1/1/1993 (some records say 1990)
There are several Mayan archaeological sites
within the boundaries of this large wilderness park
in the Peten area of Guatemala, including
El Mirador, which is adjacent to Mexico's
Calakmul Archaeological Zone and
Rio Azul, which is located deep in the jungle
near Guatemala's western border with Belize.
There is a movement ot create a new National
Park in Guatemala called the Mirador Basin National Park.
For more information about that movement see the
Abut the Mirador Basin Project.
NAME: Sierra de Lacandon National Park
SIZE: 187465 hectares
CLASS: Y / Ia / Public - State/Provincial
ESTABLISHED: 1/1/1979
NAME: Tikal National Park
SIZE: 57600 hectares
CLASS: VI
ESTABLISHED: 1/1/1993
NAME: Volcan de Pacaya National Park
SIZE: 2000 hectares
CLASS: VI
ESTABLISHED: 1/1/1993
Cultural Monuments
NAME: Aguateca Cultural Monument
SIZE: 1709 hectares
CLASS: V
ESTABLISHED: 1/1/1968
NAME: Iximche Monumento Cultural
SIZE: 50 hectares
CLASS: V
ESTABLISHED: 1/1/1976
NAME: Dos Pilas Monumento Cultural
SIZE: 3166 hectares
CLASS: IV
ESTABLISHED: 1/1/1980
Other Protected Areas
NAME: Monterrico Multiple Use Reserve
SIZE: 2800 hectares
CLASS: V
ESTABLISHED: 1/1/1972
NAME: San Miguel - La Palotada - El Zotz Protected Biotope
SIZE: 49500 hectares
CLASS: Y / V
ESTABLISHED: 1/1/1988
NAME: Carmelita-Uaxcatun-Melchor Multiple Use Reserve
SIZE: 707900 hectares
CLASS: V
ESTABLISHED: 1/1/1967
NAME: Chocon-Machacas Protected Biotope
SIZE: 6265 hectares
CLASS: V
ESTABLISHED: 1/1/1988
NAME: El Ceibal Archaeological Site
SIZE: 1700 hectares
CLASS: Y / IV
ESTABLISHED: 1/1/1989
NAME: Cerro Cahui Protected Biotope
SIZE: 750 hectares
CLASS: Y / V / Public - State/Provincial
ESTABLISHED: 1/1/1990
NAME: San Romon Biological Reserve
SIZE: 18646 hectares
CLASS: VI
ESTABLISHED: 1/1/1993
NAME: Machaquila - Cuevas de San Miguel Wildlife Refuge
SIZE: 14766 hectares
CLASS: VI
ESTABLISHED: 1/1/1994
NAME: Punta de Manabique/Bahia La Graciosa Wildlife Refuge
SIZE: 38400 hectares
CLASS: Ia
ESTABLISHED: 1/1/1960
More About Guatemala's National Parks
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Wikipedia List of National Parks of Guatemala
