Oldest National Parks

Connected Sites: 8

Definition

WHS that comprise National Parks that date from before 1900 or are the oldest on its continent.

Map

Connected Sites

Maloti-Drakensberg Park

Lesotho, South Africa

Inscribed: 2000

3.32

82

5

Royal Natal National Park (1916) (oldest in Africa)
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Kaziranga National Park

India

Inscribed: 1985

3.56

23

3

1905 (oldest in Asia)
Waterton Glacier International Peace Park

Canada, United States of America

Inscribed: 1995

3.91

130

8

Waterton Lakes National Park: 1895
Yosemite National Park

United States of America

Inscribed: 1984

4.28

288

12

Yosemite National Park: 1890
Yellowstone

United States of America

Inscribed: 1978

4.49

215

12

Yellowstone: 1872
Tongariro National Park

New Zealand

Inscribed: 1990

3.66

119

6

Tongariro National Park: 1887
Laponian Area

Sweden

Inscribed: 1996

3.36

75

7

Sarek National Park + Stora Sjöfallet National Park: 1909 (oldest in Europe)
Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks

Canada

Inscribed: 1984

4.41

180

9

Banff National Park: 1885 + Yoho National Park: 1886