Mexico recognizes 67 federally protected natural areas as national parks (Spanish; Castilian: Parques Nacionales), which are administered by the National Commission of Protected Natural Areas (CONANP), a branch of the federal Secretariat of the Environment and Natural Resources. Together, they cover a combined area of 1432024ha in 23 of the 31 Mexican states and the independent district of Mexico City, representing 0.73% of the territory of Mexico.[1]
| Name | Year opened | Area (km2) | Location | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 3,337 | Yucatán | |||
| 1996 | 119 | Quintana Roo | |||
| 1998 | 90 | Quintana Roo | |||
| 2000 | 179 | Quintana Roo | |||
| 1996 | 2,065 | Baja California Sur | |||
| 1938 | 3 | Michoacán | |||
| 1981 | 58 | Chihuahua | |||
| 1937 | 27 | Oaxaca | |||
| 1940 | 104 | Michoacán; Estado de México | |||
| 1995 | 71 | Baja California Sur | |||
| 1938 | 556 | Veracruz | |||
| 1980 | 217 | Chiapas | |||
| 1936 | 9 | Michoacán | |||
| 1938 | 11 | Distrito Federal (Ciudad de México) | |||
| 1937 | 0.58 | Querétaro | |||
| 1937 | 117 | Veracruz | |||
| 1962 | 50 | Baja California | |||
| 1996 | 86 | Quintana Roo | includes Punta Cancún y Punta Nizuc | ||
| 1936 | 9 | Distrito Federal (Ciudad de México) | |||
| 1939 | 47 | Chihuahua | |||
| 2000 | 1,773 | Nuevo León | |||
| 1942 | 5 | Estado de México | also known as Nixcongo | ||
| 1917 | 15 | Distrito Federal (Ciudad de México) | |||
| 1987 | 5 | Yucatán | |||
| 1982 | 27 | Hidalgo | |||
| 1982 | 24 | Querétaro | |||
| 1936 | 250 | San Luis Potosí | |||
| 1938 | 5 | Distrito Federal (Ciudad de México) | see also Viveros de Coyoacán | ||
| 1936 | 20 | San Luis Potosí | |||
| 1938 | 0.08 | Nuevo León | |||
| 1937 | 15 | Distrito Federal (Ciudad de México) | |||
| 1937 | 232 | Morelos; Distrito Federal (Ciudad de México) | |||
| 1980 | 36 | Guerrero | |||
| 1936 | 1 | Distrito Federal (Ciudad de México) | |||
| 1964 | 5 | Guerrero | |||
| 1936 | 16 | Guerrero | |||
| 1998 | 118 | Oaxaca | |||
| 1939 | 43 | Michoacán | |||
| 1936 | 15 | Distrito Federal (Ciudad de México) | Commonly known as La Marquesa National Park | ||
| 1998 | 51 | Quintana Roo | |||
| 1980 | 1.9 | Nayarit | |||
| 2005 | 13 | Nayarit | |||
| 1935 | 398 | Estado de México; Morelos; Puebla | includes Zoquiapan and annexed areas in Edo. de México, Morelos, and Puebla | ||
| 1938 | 457 | Puebla | also known as Matlalcuéyatl | ||
| 1941 | 0.1 | Michoacán | |||
| 1937 | 141 | Oaxaca | |||
| 1959 | 60 | Chiapas | |||
| 1936 | 47 | Morelos; Estado de México | |||
| 1938 | 6 | Distrito Federal (Ciudad de México) | |||
| 1936 | 231 | Hidalgo | composed of Barranca de San Vicente y Cerro de Cangando | ||
| 1940 | 0.4 | Coahuila | |||
| 1938 | 4 | Estado de México | |||
| 1937 | 0.5 | Estado de México | |||
| 1936 | 467 | Estado de México | |||
| 1981 | 17 | Chiapas | |||
| 1937 | 197 | Veracruz; Puebla | |||
| 1952 | 0.25 | Michoacán | |||
| 1939 | 0.45 | Estado de México | |||
| 2005 | 584 | Baja California | |||
| 2000 | 11 | Zacatecas | |||
| 1947 | 719 | Baja California | |||
| 1992 | 522 | Veracruz | |||
| 1981 | 1 | Hidalgo | |||
| 1981 | 6 | Quintana Roo | |||
| 1936 | 96 | Colima | |||
| 1937 | 6 | Tlaxcala |