San Rafael National Park

San Rafael National Park
Parque Nacional San Rafael
Handroanthus impetiginosus in the San Rafael Reserve
Nearest cityItapúa Department, Paraguay
Coordinates26°27′30″S 55°41′51″W / 26.458359°S 55.697418°W / -26.458359; -55.697418
Area69,304 hectares (171,250 acres)
DesignationNational park
Created1992
Administratornone

San Rafael National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional San Rafael) is a proposed national park in Paraguay covering an area of Atlantic Forest, grasslands, and wetlands. Though it was declared in 1992 that the area was to be reserved as a national park, no further steps have been taken to formalize its status. The area is under threat both from large-scale farming and from small slash-and-burn farmers.