Cachoeira da Fumaça State Park

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Cachoeira da Fumaça State Park
Parque Estadual da Cachoeira da Fumaça
Cachoeira da Fumaça - Alegre.JPG
Cachoeira da Fumaça
Map showing the location of Cachoeira da Fumaça State Park
Map showing the location of Cachoeira da Fumaça State Park
Nearest cityAlegre, Espírito Santo
Coordinates20°37′42″S 41°36′19″W / 20.628385°S 41.605322°W / -20.628385; -41.605322Coordinates: 20°37′42″S 41°36′19″W / 20.628385°S 41.605322°W / -20.628385; -41.605322
Area162.5 hectares (402 acres)
DesignationState park
Created24 August 1984

The Cachoeira da Fumaça State Park (Portuguese: Parque Estadual da Cachoeira da Fumaça) is a state park in the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil, known for a dramatic waterfall.[a] Visitors may swim in the pools.

Location[]

Cachoeira da Fumaça State Park is in the municipality of Alegre, Espírito Santo, about 33 kilometres (21 mi) from the municipal seat. It is accessible by a well-maintained road paved in cobblestone.[1] The park has an area of 162.5 hectares (402 acres).[2] In the hottest season of the year the park usually has around 3,000 visitors per month.[3]

The original vegetation was semi-deciduous forest, but over the years there were plantations of native oil and fruit trees.[1] 27 hectares (67 acres) had been turned into pasture.[1] Regeneration of the forest in the pasture areas has been underway since 2008.[3] With replanting of native species some of the original resident and migratory birds have returned.[1]

The 140-metre (460 ft) Cachoeira da Fumaça waterfall on the Braço Norte Direito River, a tributary of the Itapemirim River, attracts thousands of visitors annually due to its great scenic beauty.[1] Visitors may swim in the streams and pools. There are four tracks with different levels of difficulty. The falls are reached by an 800-metre (2,600 ft) walk through the Atlantic Forest. The "smoke" of water droplets has a cooling effect.[3]

History[]

The Cachoeira da Fumaça State Park was created by state decree 2.791-ES of 24 August 1984, and expanded by decree 4.568-ES of 21 September 1990 when the state, responding to a request from the residents of the municipalities of Alegre, Guaçuí and Castelo, expropriated 27 hectares (67 acres) of pasture in the interior.[1] It became part of the Central Atlantic Forest Ecological Corridor, created in 2002.[4]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Not to be confused with the 340-metre (1,120 ft) high Cachoeira da Fumaça in Bahia.
  1. ^ a b c d e f Cachoeira da Fumaça – Alegre.
  2. ^ Parque Estadual da Cachoeira da Fumaça – SouES.
  3. ^ a b c Parque da Cachoeira da Fumaça tem trilhas guiadas ...
  4. ^ Lamas, Crepaldi & Mesquita 2015, p. 101.

Sources[]

  • Cachoeira da Fumaça (in Portuguese), Alegre Municipality, 25 January 2013, retrieved 2016-10-25
  • Lamas, Ivana Reis; Crepaldi, Maria Otávia; Mesquita, Carlos Alberto Bernardo (2015), Uma Rede no Corredor (PDF) (in Portuguese), Conservação Internacional (CI-Brasil), ISBN 978-85-98830-28-5, retrieved 2016-10-22
  • "Parque da Cachoeira da Fumaça tem trilhas guiadas para turistas no ES", G1 Globo, 28 January 2014, retrieved 2016-10-25
  • "Parque Estadual da Cachoeira da Fumaça", SouES (in Portuguese), Visão Mídia e Entretenimento LTDA, retrieved 2016-10-25
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