Skole Beskids National Nature Park

Skole Beskids National Nature Park
Ukrainian: Національний природний парк «Сколівські Бескиди»
Skole Beskids National Nature Park
Location of Park
LocationLviv Oblast
Nearest citySkole
Coordinates49°12′N 23°13′E / 49.2°N 23.21°E / 49.2; 23.21
Area35,684 hectares (88,177 acres; 357 km2; 138 sq mi)
Established1999
Governing bodyMinistry of Ecology and Natural Resources (Ukraine)
Websitehttp://skole.org.ua/

The Skole Beskids National Nature Park (Ukrainian: Національний природний парк «Сколівські Бескиди») covers the Skole Beskids Range of the Carpathian Mountains on the western edge of Ukraine. The national park was created in 1999 to protect the beech and beech-fir forests of Carpathians, and to provide for environmental, ecological, aesthetic, educational and recreational uses. The park is in Stryi and Drohobych Raions in Lviv Oblast.