Craigieburn Forest Park

	Craigieburn Forest Park
	Geographical location
Coordinates	43 ° 6 ′ S , 171 ° 34 ′ E Coordinates: 43 ° 6 ′ S , 171 ° 34 ′ E
Country :	New Zealand
Region (s) :	Canterbury
Location:	south adjacent to Arthur's Pass National Park
	Protected area
Protected area type:	Forest Park
Founded:	1967
	expansion
Number of areas:	11
Length :	approx. 30 km
Width :	approx. 17 km
Area :	446.94 km²
Mountains :	Black Range , Craigieburn Range , Birdwood Range , Cascade Range , Rollestone Range
Rivers :	Wilberforce River , Avoca River , Harper River , Cass River , Broken River
	The Office Department of Conservation
Office:	Arthur's Pass National Park Visitor Center; 106 Main Westcoast Road ; Arthur’s Pass
	Photography from Forest Park
	; Baldy Hill , Craigieburn Range

The Craigieburn Forest Park is a standing reserve forests in the region Canterbury on the South Island of New Zealand . The park is subordinate to the Department of Conservation .

geography

The 44,694 hectare large Craigieburn Forest Park is located in the Southern Alps , south of the adjoining Arthur's Pass National Park . The park consists of eleven individual areas, whereby the twelve smaller areas are grouped around the Wilberforce River to the west of the larger park area, which has a length of around 30 km in a west-northwest-east-southeast direction . In the north-south direction, the park is around 17 km at its widest point. The area can be reached via the New Zealand State Highway 73 , which , coming from Christchurch via Darfield , touches the park to the east and northeast, and then continues north via Arthur's Pass to the west coast of the South Island.

history

The park was established in 1967.

literature

New Zealand Touring Atlas . 5th edition. Hema Maps , Brisbane 2015, ISBN 978-1-877302-92-3 (English).

Web links

Commons : Craigieburn Range - collection of images, videos and audio files

Craigieburn Forest Park . Department of Conservation,accessed March 30, 2020.
Craigieburn Forest Park - Day walks . (PDF; 557 kB)Department of Conservation, 2007,accessed on March 30, 2020(English).

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b New Zealand Touring Atlas . 2015, p. Map 51, Map 52 .
↑ ^a ^b Coordinates and longitudes were determined using Goggle Earth Pro Version 7.3.2.5776 on March 30, 2020
↑ Simon Nathan : National and Conservation Parks . In: Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand . Ministry for Culture & Heritage , August 3, 2015, accessed March 30, 2020 .

[Hema_Maps_S51_52-1] A ^b New Zealand Touring Atlas . 2015, p. Map 51, Map 52 .

[Google_Earth-2] Coordinates and longitudes were determined using Goggle Earth Pro Version 7.3.2.5776 on March 30, 2020

[TeAra_NP_CP-3] Simon Nathan : National and Conservation Parks . In: Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand . Ministry for Culture & Heritage , August 3, 2015, accessed March 30, 2020 .