| Bucegi Natural Park | |
| Alt Name: | Parcul Natural Bucegi |
| Iucn Category: | V |
| Nearest City: | Sinaia |
| Location: | In the administrative territory of counties: Brașov Dâmbovița Prahova |
| Map: | Romania |
| Coordinates: | 45.377°N 25.445°W |
| Established: | 1974, declared in 2000 |
| Area: | 32.663ha |
| Website: | www.bucegipark.ro |
The Bucegi Natural Park (ro|Parcul Natural Bucegi) is a protected area (natural park category V IUCN) situated in Romania, in the administrative territory of counties Brașov, Dâmbovița and Prahova.[1]
The Natural Park is located in the south-central part of Romania, in the Bucegi Mountains of the Southern Carpathians.
The Bucegi Natural Park with an area of 32.663 ha[2] was declared a protected area by Law Number 5 of March 6, 2000 (published in Monitorul Oficial Number 152 of April 12, 2000)[3] and represents a mountainous area (caves, pit caves, canyons, ridges, sinkholes, valleys, waterfalls, pastures and forests), that shelters a variety of flora and fauna. The park is famous for its Babele and Sphinx features.[4]
Beech forests, bushes, alpine limestone grasslands, alpine rivers and herbaceous vegetation, mountain hay meadows, springs, limestone rocky slopes and seminatural dry grasslands.
Protected areas included in the park: Abruptul Mălăiești - Bucșoiu - Gaura (1.634 ha) and Locul fosilifer Vama Strunga in Brașov County;[5] Cocora Cave and Cheile Urșilor (307 ha) in Dâmbovița County;[6] and Abruptul Prahovean Bucegi (3.478 ha) and Colții lui Barbeș Mountains (1.513 ha) in Prahova County.