Doi Khun Tan National Park

Doi Khun Than National Park
At Doi Khun Tan peak
Map showing the location of Doi Khun Than National Park
Map showing the location of Doi Khun Than National Park
Location within Thailand
LocationThailand
Nearest cityLampang
Coordinates18°28′15″N 99°17′5″E / 18.47083°N 99.28472°E / 18.47083; 99.28472
Area255 km2 (98 sq mi)
Established1975

Doi Khun Tan National Park (Thai: อุทยานแห่งชาติดอยขุนตาล) straddles the mountainous area of the Khun Tan Range in Lamphun and Lampang Provinces, northern Thailand.

Established in 1975 as Thailand's tenth national park, it is an IUCN Category V protected area measuring 159,556 rai ~ 255 square kilometres (98 sq mi).[1] The park ranges in elevation from 325–1,373 m.

Its best known feature is Thailand's longest railroad tunnel, 1,352 m long.[2]

  1. ^ World Conservation Monitoring Centre; IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre; IUCN Commission on National Parks and Protected Areas (November 1990). 1990 United Nations list of national parks and protected areas. IUCN. pp. 170–. ISBN 978-2-8317-0032-8. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
  2. ^ "Doi Khun Tan National Park". Department of National Parks (Thailand). Archived from the original on 25 November 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2015.