Oldest National Parks

Connected Sites: 8

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

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Connected Sites

Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
Canada
Inscribed: 1984
4.42
243
9
Banff National Park: 1885 + Yoho National Park: 1886
Tongariro National Park
Tongariro National Park
New Zealand
Inscribed: 1990
3.67
151
6
Tongariro National Park: 1887
Waterton Glacier International Peace Park
Waterton Glacier International Peace Park
Canada, United States of America
Inscribed: 1995
3.91
164
8
Waterton Lakes National Park: 1895
Yellowstone
Yellowstone
United States of America
Inscribed: 1978
4.48
294
12
Yellowstone: 1872
Yosemite National Park
Yosemite National Park
United States of America
Inscribed: 1984
4.30
382
12
Yosemite National Park: 1890
Kaziranga National Park
Kaziranga National Park
India
Inscribed: 1985
3.56
28
3
1905 (Oldest In Asia)
Maloti-Drakensberg Park
Maloti-Drakensberg Park
Lesotho, South Africa
Inscribed: 2000
3.32
104
5
Royal Natal National Park (1916) (Oldest In Africa)
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Laponian Area
Laponian Area
Sweden
Inscribed: 1996
3.36
89
7
Sarek National Park + Stora Sjöfallet National Park: 1909 (Oldest In Europe)