National Park · Costa Rica
Barra Honda National Park
Barra Honda National Park is a national park in Costa Rica, established in 1974.
Photo: Shamhain via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. Cropped and resized for display.
Park facts
| Park type | National Park |
|---|---|
| Location | Costa Rica |
| Established | 1974 |
| Coordinates | 10.1750° N, 85.3333° W |
Every fact above is taken from the sources listed below; anything no source states is left blank rather than guessed.
About Barra Honda National Park
Barra Honda National Park is a national park in the western part of Costa Rica, which forms part of the Tempisque Conservation Area about 12 km (7.5 mi) from the Tempisque River. The national park was created in 1974 to protect its famous cave systems, under the Barra Honda Peak which was formed when islets from the Miocene Era were raised above the plains of the river. The caves and waterways there today were then carved out by the action of rain filtering through the limestone over 70 million years or more. The park receives an annual rainfall of 1,970 mm and has an average annual temperature of 28 °C (82.4 °F).
Description from the park's Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), linked in the sources below.
Airports near this park
The airports a visitor would actually fly into, nearest first — each link opens its profile on our sister site AirportProfiles.
- Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport (LIR) · Liberia, Costa Rica · 32.3 miles away
- Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) · San José (Alajuela), Costa Rica · 77.5 miles away
- Augusto C. Sandino (Managua) International Airport (MGA) · Managua, Nicaragua · 147.2 miles away
Parks nearby
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Frequently asked questions
Where is Barra Honda National Park?
Barra Honda National Park is in Costa Rica (10.1750° N, 85.3333° W).
When was Barra Honda National Park established?
Barra Honda National Park was established in 1974, per the source listed at the foot of this page.
Sources
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1968749 — Wikidata (CC0) — name, country, coordinates, area, established year, highest point where stated.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barra_Honda_National_Park — Wikipedia article — description (CC BY-SA).