Phu Toei National Park

Phu Toei National Park
อุทยานแห่งชาติพุเตย
The sunrise seen from the top of Khao Thevada ("Angel Mountain"; 1,123 m, 3,684 ft)
Map showing the location of Phu Toei National Park
Map showing the location of Phu Toei National Park
Location in Thailand
LocationDan Chang District, Suphan Buri Province, Thailand
Coordinates14°54′32″N 99°27′36″E / 14.909°N 99.46°E / 14.909; 99.46[1]
Area317 km2 (122 sq mi)
Established1998
Visitors8,830 (in 2019)
Governing bodyDepartment of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation

Phu Toei National Park (อุทยานแห่งชาติพุเตย) is a national park, with an area of 198,422 rai ~ 317 square kilometres (122 sq mi)[2] in Dan Chang District of Suphan Buri Province, Thailand. It has been the 86th national park since 30 September 1998.

On 26 May 1991, Lauda Air Flight 004 crashed in the land that later became the park after one of the Boeing 767's thrust reversers deployed in flight.[3]

The park is visited by about 300 people monthly during the high season. The Daily Xpress of Singapore states that the park "goes down as one of Thailand's least known and least visited national parks. So much so, that most Suphan Buri folk don't even realise that their province has a national park."[4]

A dominant feature of the park is Khao Thevada ('Angel Mountain'), a 1,123-metre (3,684 ft) mountain[5] that is the highest in the province. The mountain is on the borders of Kanchanaburi and Uthai Thani Provinces.[4]

  1. ^ "Phu Toei". protectedplanet.net. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  2. ^ "ข้อมูลพื้นที่อุทยานแห่งชาติ ที่ประกาศในราชกิจจานุบกษา 133 แห่ง" [National Park Area Information published in the 133 Government Gazettes]. Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (in Thai). December 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2022, no 86{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  3. ^ "Phu Toei National Park Archived May 22, 2013, at the Wayback Machine." Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation. Retrieved on July 1, 2011.
  4. ^ a b "A little-known GEM". Singapore: Daily Xpress (AsiaOne). May 21, 2008. Archived from the original on 2013-01-17. Retrieved July 1, 2011.
  5. ^ "National Parks in Thailand: Phu Toei National Park" (PDF). Department of National Parks (Thailand). 2015. pp. 200–201. Retrieved 19 June 2017.