Nam Nao National Park

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Nam Nao National Park
อุทยานแห่งชาติน้ำหนาว
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Nam Nao National Park at sunrise
Map showing the location of Nam Nao National Park
Map showing the location of Nam Nao National Park
Location within Thailand
LocationPhetchabun Province, Thailand
Coordinates16°44′01″N 101°33′47″E / 16.73361°N 101.56306°E / 16.73361; 101.56306Coordinates: 16°44′01″N 101°33′47″E / 16.73361°N 101.56306°E / 16.73361; 101.56306
Area966 km2 (373 sq mi)[1]
Established4 May 1972[2]
Visitors31,840[3] (in 2019)
Governing bodyDepartment of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation

Nam Nao National Park is a protected area in Phetchabun Province in northern Thailand. The park is a large forest filled with pineries, grasslands, and jungle. The park is home to approximately 300 species of birds and 340 species of butterflies. The average annual temperature is 25 degrees Celsius. Between December and January temperatures drop to as low as 2-5 degrees Celsius.[1] Nam Nao National Park is part of a Level I "tiger conservation unit" (TCU).[4] It encompasses 1,000 square kilometres (390 sq mi).[5]

Geography[]

Nam Nao National Park with an area of 966 km2 (373 sq mi) is located in Lom Sak, Mueang Phetchabun and Nam Nao districts of Phetchabun province and Khon San district of Chaiyapum province. Most of the park consists of mountains covered with deciduous dipterocarp forest, hill evergreen forest, mixed deciduous forest, moist evergreen forest, pine forest and grasslands. High mountains in the Phetchabun Mountains include: Phu Kum Kao and Phu Pha Chit, also known as Phu Dan Eupong, the highest peak at 1,271 m (4,170 ft) and form Isan's border with northern Thailand. The source of several rivers is in the park, which flows into the Chulabhorn reservoir.[1][6][7]
The national park is connected to the north by Phu Pha Man National Park and Phu Kradueng National Park, to the east by Phu Khiao Wildlife Sanctuary and Pha Pheung Wildlife Sanctuary, to the south by Tat Mok National Park and Tabo-Huai Yai Wildlife Sanctuary, to the west by Phu Pha Daeng Wildlife Sanctuary.

History[]

On 12 January 1970 the National Park Board took a decision to designate a national park. On 3 May 1972 the Revolutionary Council announced: determination of the Nam Nao forest area in Mueang Phetchabun district, Lom Sak district, Nam Nao district, Phetchabun province and Khon San district, Chaiyaphum province to be a national park.[2]
The boundaries of the national park include also the area of Pak Chong Subdistrict and Tha Ibun Subdistrict of Lom Sak District, but they are not mentioned in the publication in the Government Gazette. So a Royal Decree, which mentions the two omitted subdistricts, was published in the Royal Gazette on 26 September 1982.[8] Since 2002 this national park has been managed by Protected Areas Regional Office 11 (Phitsanulok)

Flora[]

Bamboo, Nam Nao National Park

Plants in the park are:[1][9][10]:91

Not further specified:

Fowers at Nam Nao N.P. include:[10]:91

  • Aeginetia pedunculata
  • Arundina graminifolia
  • Curcuma.sp
  • Globba obscura

A rare ground orchid is: Eulophia flava[11]

Fauna[]

The number of sightings in the park are:
Fifteen families of mammals, each of which is represented by one or two mammal species:[1][10]:92[12]

Twelve families of reptiles, each of which is represented by one reptile species:[1][12]

Four families of amphibians, each of which is represented by one amphibian species:[1][12]

The park has approximately 300 species of birds, of which some 190 species of passerines from 37 families, each of which is represented by one bird species:[10]:90, 93[12]

of which some 110 species of non-passerines from 24 families, each of which is represented by one bird species:[12]

At least there are 340 species of butterflies, which include:[1][10]:93

  • Australian lurcher
  • Banded swallowtail
  • Common birdwing
  • Common bluebottle
  • Great nawab
  • Paris peacock
  • Red Lacewing


The park as seen from Route 12

Places[]

  • Namtok Haew Sai - a 20 m (66 ft) high waterfall.
  • Namtok Sai Thong - a 4 m (13 ft) high waterfall.
  • Namtok Tat Phranba - a 20 m (66 ft) high waterfall.
  • Pha Lom Pha Khong - a 1,134 m (3,720 ft) high limestone mountain.
  • Suanson Dong Paek - a pine forest.
  • Suanson Phu Kum Kao - a pine forest at 880 m (2,890 ft) height.
  • Tham Pha Hong - a 105 m (344 ft) long cave.
  • Tham Yai Nam Nao - a 9,817 m (32,208 ft) long cave.[1][6][7]

Location[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i "น้ำหนาว" [Nam Nao]. Department National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (in Thai). Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "ประกาศของคณะปฎิวัติ ฉบับที ๑๔๒ โดยที่เป็นการสมควรกำหนดบริเวณที่ดินป่าน้ำหนาว ในท้องที่ตำบลบ้านโคก อำเภอเมืองเพชรบูรณ์ ตำบลบ้านกลาง ตำบลบ้านติ้ว ตำบลห้วยไร่ อำเภอหล่มสัก ตำบลน้ำหนาว อำเภอน้ำหนาว จังหวัดเพชรบูรณ์ และตำบลห้วยยาง อำเภอคอนสาม จังหวัดชัยภูมิ ให้เป็นอุทยานแห่งชาติ พ.ศ.๒๕๑๕" [Revolutionary Council No. 132: Determine the Nam Nao forest area in the area of Ban Khok Subdistrict, Mueang Phetchabun District, Ban Klang Subdistrict, Ban Tio Subdistrict, Huai Rai Subdistrict, Lom Sak District, Nam Nao Subdistrict, Nam Nao District, Phetchabun Province and Huai Yai Subdistrict, Khon San District, Chaiyaphum Province to be a national park. B.E.2515 (1972)] (PDF). Royal Thai Government Gazette (in Thai). 89 (71): 1–2. 4 May 1972. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  3. ^ "สถิตินักท่องเที่ยวที่เข้าไปในอุทยานแห่งชาติ ปีงบประมาณ พ.ศ.2562" [Statistics of tourists visiting National Parks fiscal year 2019]. Department of National parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (in Thai). 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2021, no.93 Nam Nao N.P.CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  4. ^ Wikramanayake, Eric D. (2002). Terrestrial Ecoregions of the Indo-Pacific: A Conservation Assessment. Island Press. pp. 382–. ISBN 978-1-55963-923-1. Retrieved October 1, 2011.[dead link]
  5. ^ Williams, China (August 1, 2009). Thailand. Lonely Planet. pp. 501–. ISBN 978-1-74179-157-0. Retrieved October 1, 2011.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b "NATIONAL PARKS in THAILAND: Nam Nao National Park" (PDF). Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation. 2015. pp. 70–71. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b "About Nam Nao National Park". GibbonWoot (managing company). 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021, Thai National Parks website is NOT an official government website of the Department of National Parks. T.A.T. license 12/02497.CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  8. ^ "พระราชกฤษฎีกา ขยายเขตอุทยานแห่งชาติป่าน้ำหนาว ในท้องที่ตำบลท่าอิบุญ และตำบลปากช่อง อำเภอหล่มสักจังหวัดเพชรบูรณ์ พ.ศ.๒๕๒๕" [Royal Decree: Expend Nam Nao National Park in the area of Tha Ibun Subdistrict and Pak Chong Subdistrict, Lom Sak District, Phetchabun Province B.E.2525 (1982)] (PDF). Royal Thai Government Gazette (in Thai). 99 (137): 19–21. 26 September 1982. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  9. ^ "Plant names". DNP-Botany. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  10. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Elliot, Stephan; Cubitt, Gerald (2001). THE NATIONAL PARKS and other Wild Places of THAILAND. New Holland Publishers (UK) Ltd. ISBN 9781859748862.
  11. ^ "จุลสาร ฉบับที่ 23" [booklet no. 23]. Department National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (in Thai). January–March 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2021, page 8.CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  12. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Wildlife in Nam Nao". GibbonWoot (managing company). 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021, Thai National Parks website is NOT an official government website of the Department of National Parks. T.A.T. license 12/02497.CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  13. ^ "ส่วนอุทยานแห่งชาติ, 10 อุทยาน" [National parks section, 10 parks]. Office of Conservation Area 11 (Phitsanulok) (in Thai). 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2021.

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