| Khao Kho National Park | |
| Alt Name: | อุทยานแห่งชาติเขาค้อ |
| Iucn Category: | II |
| Map: | Thailand |
| Location: | Phetchabun Province, Thailand |
| Coordinates: | 16.6667°N 100.9667°W |
| Established: | 18 May 2012 |
| Visitation Num: | 33,609 |
| Visitation Year: | 2019 |
| Governing Body: | Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation |
The Khao Kho National park (Thai: อุทยานแห่งชาดิเขาค้อ,) is located in Lom Kao, Lom Sak, Khao Kho and Mueang Phetchabun districts in Thailand's Phetchabun province. The national park covers an area of and was established in 2012.
Landscape is mostly covered by mountains and forests, the height ranged from to, Khao Kha the highest point in the park. The national park is named after Khao Kho, a mesa high . This part of the Phetchabun mountain range is the origin of the main tributaries of the Pa Sak, Yom and Nan rivers.
Weather measurement station at the Khao Kho National park collects data of temperature, relative humidity and rainfall since June 1999. The park is generally cool all year round, with rainy season around mid-May to October. Rainfall is approximately 1425mm/year, with rainfall for 126 days a year. Winter is around November to mid-February. Summer is around mid-February to mid-May.
From 1968 to 1981 the park's forest was used as a base for guerrillas of the Communist Party of Thailand. On 1 May 1995 an area of in the Khao Polok Lon National Forest, originally named Namtok Than Thip Forest Park, was declared as Khao Kho National Park. A survey was set up of Khok Sam Sang forest, Khao Polok Lon forest, Khao Pang Kho forest and Wang Chompu forest in the area of Lom Kao district, Lom Sak district, Khao Kho district and Mueang Phetchabun district of Phetchabun province on 16 August 2001. Later on 18 May 2012 Khao Kho National Park, with an area of 301,698 rai ~ and neighbouring Phu Hin Rong Kla National Park to the north, has been declared the 125th national park and is managed by Protected Areas Regional Office 11 (Phitsanulok).
The park is home to deciduous dipterocarp forest or red rainforest, such as:
Mammel sorts include:Birds,the park has some 80 species, of which 60 species of passerine from 20 families, represented by one species:and some 20 species of non-passerine from 9 families, represented by one species:Reptile sorts include:
Butterflies, there is a wide variety of butterflies.
| Khao Kho National Park in overview PARO 11 (Phitsanulok) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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