Kirazlıbent Nature Park | |
Alt Name: | Kirazlıbent Tabiat Parkı |
Map: | Istanbul |
Label: | Kirazlıbent NP |
Label Position: | left |
Location: | Kemerburgaz, Eyüp, Istanbul Province, Turkey |
Coords: | 41.1703°N 28.9628°W |
Area: | 19.14ha |
Established: | 2011 |
Governing Body: | Directorate-General of Nature Protection and National Parks Ministry of Environment and Forest |
Kirazlıbent Nature Park (Turkish: Kirazlıbent Tabiat Parkı) is a nature park located in the Eyüp district of Istanbul Province, Turkey.
Kirazlıbent Nature Park is situated inside the Belgrad Forest in Eyüp. It is about 6km (04miles) in distance west of Bahçeköy and east of Kemerburgaz. The area was declared a nature park by the Ministry of Environment and Forest in 2011, and is one of the nine nature parks inside the Belgrad Forest. It covers an area of about 19.14ha. The protected area is named after the dam Kirazlıbent, which was built by the Ottoman sultan Mahmud II (reigned 1808–1839) at the Kirazlı Creek in 1818.
The nature park offers outdoor recreation activities such as hiking, cycling and picnicing for visitors on daily basis. There are playgrounds for children. Admission is charged for visitors and vehicles.