🌲 Olympos National Park

Greece · Europe · National Park · 40.09°N, 22.36°E

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Olympos National Park
Olympus National Park is a national park in northern Greece, in the Greek regions of Thessaly and Central Macedonia. The national park was established on 9 June 1938, making it the oldest national park in the country. It has an area of 39.88 km². The park lies on and around Mount Olympus — the highest mountain in Greece and the mythological dwelling place of the gods. On 15 December 1981, the area was added to the list of biosphere reserves under UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB). In July 2026, the wider area of Mount Olympus was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List as a mixed World Heritage Site, in recognition of its natural and cultural significance.

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Quick facts

CountryGreece
Continent / regionEurope
Protection type🌲 National Park
Coordinates (approx.)40.09°N, 22.36°E · view on map

Olympos National Park is a national park in Greece, in Europe. The details of why Olympos National Park is ecologically important are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

More protected areas in Greece

Mount Olympus · Vikos–Aoös National Park · Ainos National Park · Axios-Loudias-Aliakmonas Delta National Park · National Marine Park of Zakynthos · Missolonghi–Aitoliko Lagoons · Skiritida forest · Dadia-Lefkimi-Soufli Forest National Park · Rodopi Mountain Range National Park · Pindus National Park.

Coordinates are an approximate area centre. Introduction & image: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), cached 30 days; the page renders even if the feed is momentarily unreachable.

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