List of national parks of Mexico

Mexico's National Parks (or Parques Nacionales in Spanish) are 67 federally recognized national parks that are protected natural areas administrated by the federal National Commission of Protected Natural Areas (CONANP). They cover 1,432,024 hectares, representing 0.73% of the territory of Mexico.^[1]

List of national parks

The following is the list of Mexico's National Park's:

Name	Year	Area (km²)	State	Notes
Archipiélago Espíritu Santo National Park	2007	486	Baja California Sur
Arrecife Alacranes National Park	1994	3,337	Yucatán
Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park	1996	119	Quintana Roo
Arrecife de Puerto Morelos National Park	1998	90	Quintana Roo
Arrecifes de Xcalak National Park	2000	179	Quintana Roo
Bahía de Loreto National Park	1996	2,065	Baja California Sur
Barranca del Cupatitzio National Park	1938	3	Michoacán
Basaseachic Falls National Park	1981	58	Chihuahua
Benito Juárez National Park	1937	27	Oaxaca
Bosencheve National Park	1940	104	Michoacán	partly in Estado de Mexico
Cabo Pulmo National Park	1995	71	Baja California Sur
Cañón del Río Blanco National Park	1938	556	Veracruz
Cañón del Sumidero National Park	1980	217	Chiapas
Cerro de Las Campanas National Park	1937	0.58	Querétaro
Cerro de la Estrella National Park	1938	11	Distrito Federal (Mexico City)
Cerro de Garnica National Park	1936	9	Michoacán
Cofre de Perote National Park	1937	117	Veracruz
Constitution 1857 National Park	1962	50	Baja California
Costa Occidental de Isla Mujeres National Park	1996	86	Quintana Roo	includes Punta Cancún y Punta Nizuc
Cumbres del Ajusco National Park	1936	9	Distrito Federal (Mexico City)
Cumbres de Majalca National Park	1939	47	Chihuahua
Cumbres de Monterrey National Park	2000	1,773	Nuevo León
Desierto del Carmen National Park	1942	5	Estado de México	also known as Nixcongo
Desierto de los Leones National Park	1917	15	Distrito Federal (Mexico City)
Dzibilchantun National Park	1987	5	Yucatán
El Chico National Park	1982		Hidalgo
El Cimatario National Park	1982	24	Querétaro
El Gogorrón National Park	1936	250	San Luis Potosí
El Histórico Coyoacán National Park	1938	5	Distrito Federal (Mexico City)	see also Viveros de Coyoacán
El Potosí National Park	1936	20	San Luis Potosí
El Sabinal National Park	1938	0.08	Nuevo León
El Tepeyac National Park	1937	15	Distrito Federal (Mexico City)
El Tepozteco National Park	1937	232	Morelos	also in Distrito Federal
El Veladero National Park	1980	36	Guerrero
Fuentes Brotantes de Tlalpan National Park	1936	1	Distrito Federal (Mexico City)
General Juan N. Álvarez National Park	1964	5	Guerrero
Grutas de Cacahuamilpa National Park	1936	16	Guerrero
Huatulco National Park	1998	118	Oaxaca
Insurgente José María Morelos y Pavón National Park	1939	43	Michoacán
Insurgente Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla National Park	1936	15	Distrito Federal (Mexico City)	Commonly known as La Marquesa National Park
Isla Contoy National Park	1998	51	Quintana Roo
Isla Isabel National Park	1980	1.9	Nayarit
Islas Marietas National Park	2005	13	Nayarit
Iztaccíhuatl Popocatépetl National Park	1935	398	Estado de México	includes Zoquiapan and annexed areas (In Edo. de Mexico, Morelos, and Puebla)
La Malinche National Park	1938	457	Puebla	also known as Matlalcuéyatl
Lago de Camécuaro National Park	1941	0.1	Michoacán
Lagunas de Chacahua National Park	1937	141	Oaxaca
Lagunas de Montebello National Park	1959	60	Chiapas
Lagunas de Zempoala National Park	1936	47	Morelos	also in Estado de Mexico
Lomas de Padierna National Park	1938	6	Distrito Federal (Mexico City)
Los Marmoles National Park	1936	231	Hidalgo	composed of Barranca de San Vicente y Cerro de Cangando
Los Novillos National Park	1940	0.4	Coahuila
Los Remedios National Park	1938	4	Estado de México
Mineral del Chico National Park	1982	27	Hidalgo
Molino de Flores Nezahualcóyotl National Park	1937	0.5	Estado de México
Nevado de Toluca National Park	1936	467	Estado de México
Palenque National Park	1981	17	Chiapas
Pico de Orizaba National Park	1937	197	Veracruz	in Veracruz and Puebla
Rayon National Park	1952	0.25	Michoacán
Sacromonte National Park	1939	0.45	Estado de México
San Lorenzo Marine Archipelago National Park	2005	584	Baja California
Sierra de Órganos National Park	2000	11	Zacatecas
Sierra de San Pedro Mártir National Park	1947	719	Baja California
Sistema Arrecifal Veracruzano National Marine Park	1992	522	Veracruz
Tula	1981	1	Hidalgo
Tulum National Park	1981	6	Quintana Roo
Volcan Nevado de Colima National Park	1936	96	Colima
Xicoténcatl National Park	1937	6	Tlaxcala

See also

• Mexican Protected Natural Areas

References

1. National Commission of Protected Natural Areas, retrieved 6 February 2012

Sources

• CONANP listing of parks (Spanish)
• Guia Roji: Por las carreteras de México, 2006

External links

• Official List at CONANP
• The Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources
• National System of Natural Protected Areas (Sinap) - unofficial