Category:Girraween National Park

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Girraween National Park 
national park in Australia
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LocationQueensland, AUS
Operator
  • Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service
IUCN protected areas category
Inception
  • 1966
Area
  • 118 km²
  • 117.020078125 km²
official website
Map28° 46′ 27.12″ S, 151° 54′ 43.2″ E
Authority file
Wikidata Q165026
VIAF ID: 170396591
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 16185801k
WDPA ID: 421
OpenStreetMap relation ID: 1376762
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Girraween National Park is an area of the Granite Belt] in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia reserved as a national park. Girraween is known for its spectacular flowers, dramatic landscapes and unique wildlife. The park is situated 40 km south of Stanthorpe. The southern boundary of the park is the state border between Queensland and New South Wales. It is a twin park with Bald Rock National Park, which lies across the border in New South Wales, and features Bald Rock, the second-largest monolith (after Uluru) on the continent. Curiously, South Bald Rock and West Bald Rock lie in Girraween National Park in Queensland, not in Bald Rock National Park in New South Wales.

It features granite landscapes, balancing boulders, clear streams, wetlands, cascades and open forest. The granite outcroppings, such as the Pyramids and Castle Rock at 1112 m, dominate the local scenery. The park contains many kilometres of graded walking trails to the park's major features like the First Pyramid, Second Pyramid, The Sphinx, Turtle Rock, Underground Creek, the Eye of the Needle and Mount Norman - the highest point in the park at 1267 metres. Fire trails can be followed when venturing into the southern and eastern sections of the park. The park has a temperate climate. During winter snow can fall in the area.

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