La Visite National Park

La Visite National Park
Parc National La Visite
Map showing the location of La Visite National Park
Map showing the location of La Visite National Park
LocationHaiti
Coordinates18°20′N 72°20′W / 18.33°N 72.33°W / 18.33; -72.33
Area30 km2 (12 sq mi)

La Visite National Park (French: Parc National La Visite) is one of the two largest national parks of the Republic of Haiti. La Visite is a part of the Massif de la Selle mountain range. Its highest peak is 2275 meters in elevation. The park covers approximately 11,419 hectares of land with 1897 hectares above 2000 meters in elevation, and consists mainly of pine forest, grasslands, and some montane broadleaf forest above 1,700 m (5,600 ft) elevation.[1] The Haitian government established the La Visite National Park in 1983. The capital, Port-au-Prince, is only 22 kilometers north from the park.[2] The northern boundary of La Visite National Park is the east-west running escarpment of the Massif de la Selle.

Forest on the plateau of Morne d'Enfer in La Visite National Park [1]
La Visite boundaries on a topographic map of Haiti [1]
Detailed topographic map of La Visite [1]
  1. ^ a b c d Haiti National Trust. "La Visite". Retrieved 2016-03-15.
  2. ^ "La Visite National Park 'sightseeing, bird watching and a perfect picnic spot'". Haiti Travels. Retrieved 1 February 2013.