Guy Fawkes River National Park New South Wales | |
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Nearest town or city | Armidale |
Coordinates | 29°57′47″S 152°14′00″E / 29.96306°S 152.23333°E |
Established | 1972 |
Area | 1,005.90 km2 (388.4 sq mi) |
Managing authorities | NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service |
Website | Guy Fawkes River National Park |
See also | Protected areas of New South Wales |
Guy Fawkes River National Park, a national park comprising 100,590 hectares (248,600 acres), is located on the eastern edge of the New England Tablelands and the western edge of the Dorrigo Plateau, in north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
Access to the national park via Waterfall Way, is near Ebor, 46 kilometres (29 mi) south-west of Dorrigo and 80 kilometres (50 mi) north-east of Armidale. The national park is approximately 560 kilometres (350 mi) north of Sydney. Additional access points to more remote parts of the national park are via the Armidale-Grafton Road, via Marengo Road at Hernani, Sheepstation Creek Road at Dundurrabin, Ellis Road and Boundary Creek Road south of Nymboida; or from the Old Grafton-Glen Innes Road, via Chaelundi Road at Dalmorton. From the west, the national park is accessible via Wards Mistake.
Guy Fawkes River National Park has over 40 different vegetation communities, 28 threatened plant species, 24 threatened fauna species and significant areas of old-growth forest protected within the park. The Guy Fawkes River plunges off the Northern Tablelands at the Ebor Falls. There are spectacular examples of valley and rugged river gorges including the deeply incised Guy Fawkes River Valley along the line of an ancient fault through the park. The rugged gorges of the Aberfoyle, Sara and Henry rivers also run through the park.