List of national parks of Mexico

Mexico recognizes 67 federally protected natural areas as national parks (Spanish: Parques Nacionales), which are administered by the National Commission of Protected Natural Areas (CONANP), a branch of the federal Secretariat of the Environment and Natural Resources. Together, they cover a combined area of 1,432,024 hectares (3,538,610 acres) in 23 of the 31 Mexican states and the independent district of Mexico City, representing 0.73% of the territory of Mexico.^[1]

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Name	Year opened	Area (km²)	Location	Note
Arrecife Alacranes National Park	1994	3,337	Yucatán
Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park	1996	119	Quintana Roo
Arrecife de Puerto Morelos National Park	1998	90	Quintana Roo
Arrecifes de Xcalak National Park	2000	179	Quintana Roo
Bahía de Loreto National Park	1996	2,065	Baja California Sur
Barranca del Cupatitzio National Park	1938	3	Michoacán
Basaseachic Falls National Park	1981	58	Chihuahua
Benito Juárez National Park	1937	27	Oaxaca
Bosencheve National Park	1940	104	Michoacán; Estado de México
Cabo Pulmo National Park	1995	71	Baja California Sur
Cañón del Río Blanco National Park	1938	556	Veracruz
Cañón del Sumidero National Park	1980	217	Chiapas
Cerro de Garnica National Park	1936	9	Michoacán
Cerro de la Estrella National Park	1938	11	Distrito Federal (Ciudad de México)
Cerro de Las Campanas National Park	1937	0.58	Querétaro
Cofre de Perote National Park	1937	117	Veracruz
Constitution 1857 National Park	1962	50	Baja California
Costa Occidental de Isla Mujeres National Park	1996	86	Quintana Roo	includes Punta Cancún y Punta Nizuc
Cumbres del Ajusco National Park	1936	9	Distrito Federal (Ciudad de México)
Cumbres de Majalca National Park	1939	47	Chihuahua
Cumbres de Monterrey National Park	2000	1,773	Nuevo León
Desierto del Carmen National Park	1942	5	Estado de México	also known as Nixcongo
Desierto de los Leones National Park	1917	15	Distrito Federal (Ciudad de México)
Dzibilchantún National Park	1987	5	Yucatán
El Chico National Park	1982	27	Hidalgo
El Cimatario National Park	1982	24	Querétaro
Gogorrón National Park	1936	250	San Luis Potosí
El Histórico Coyoacán National Park	1938	5	Distrito Federal (Ciudad de México)	see also Viveros de Coyoacán
El Potosí National Park	1936	20	San Luis Potosí
El Sabinal National Park	1938	0.08	Nuevo León
El Tepeyac National Park	1937	15	Distrito Federal (Ciudad de México)
El Tepozteco National Park	1937	232	Morelos; Distrito Federal (Ciudad de México)
El Veladero National Park	1980	36	Guerrero
Fuentes Brotantes de Tlalpan National Park	1936	1	Distrito Federal (Ciudad de México)
General Juan N. Álvarez National Park	1964	5	Guerrero
Grutas de Cacahuamilpa National Park	1936	16	Guerrero
Huatulco National Park	1998	118	Oaxaca
Insurgente José María Morelos y Pavón National Park	1939	43	Michoacán
Insurgente Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla National Park	1936	15	Distrito Federal (Ciudad de México)	Commonly known as La Marquesa National Park
Isla Contoy National Park	1998	51	Quintana Roo
Isla Isabel National Park	1980	1.9	Nayarit
Islas Marietas National Park	2005	13	Nayarit
Iztaccíhuatl–Popocatépetl National Park	1935	398	Estado de México; Morelos; Puebla	includes Zoquiapan and annexed areas in Edo. de México, Morelos, and Puebla
La Malinche National Park	1938	457	Puebla	also known as Matlalcuéyatl
Lago de Camécuaro National Park	1941	0.1	Michoacán
Lagunas de Chacahua National Park	1937	141	Oaxaca
Lagunas de Montebello National Park	1959	60	Chiapas
Lagunas de Zempoala National Park	1936	47	Morelos; Estado de México
Lomas de Padierna National Park	1938	6	Distrito Federal (Ciudad de México)
Los Marmoles National Park	1936	231	Hidalgo	composed of Barranca de San Vicente y Cerro de Cangando
Los Novillos National Park	1940	0.4	Coahuila
Los Remedios National Park	1938	4	Estado de México
Molino de Flores Nezahualcóyotl National Park	1937	0.5	Estado de México
Nevado de Toluca National Park	1936	467	Estado de México
Palenque National Park	1981	17	Chiapas
Pico de Orizaba National Park	1937	197	Veracruz; Puebla
Rayón National Park	1952	0.25	Michoacán
Sacromonte National Park	1939	0.45	Estado de México
San Lorenzo Marine Archipelago National Park	2005	584	Baja California
Sierra de Órganos National Park	2000	11	Zacatecas
Sierra de San Pedro Mártir National Park	1947	719	Baja California
Sistema Arrecifal Veracruzano National Marine Park	1992	522	Veracruz
Tula National Park	1981	1	Hidalgo
Tulum National Park	1981	6	Quintana Roo
Volcán Nevado de Colima National Park	1936	96	Colima
Xicoténcatl National Park	1937	6	Tlaxcala

List of national parks of Mexico

List of national parks

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