Kampinos National Park

Kampinos National Park is a National Park in east-central Poland, in Masovian Voivodeship, on the north-west outskirts of Warsaw. It's Poland second biggest national park by area and the only national park in the Mazovian Voivodeship. It has a sister park agreement with Indiana Dunes National Park, Indiana, United States.The idea of creating a park here appeared for the first time in the 1920s. In the 1930s, the first forest reserves were opened: Granica, Sieraków and Zamczysko. Today, these reserves are much larger and are strictly protected.

The park was created in 1959, covering a total area of 407 square kilometres. It covers the ancient Kampinos Forest, and in January 2000 the area was added to UNESCO’s list of biosphere reserves. The Park is now slightly smaller than it was at its founding, currently covering 385.44 square kilometres, of which 46.38 square kilometres is strictly protected.