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{{Short description|National park in New South Wales, Australia}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Infobox protected area
| name            = Yengo National Park
| photo           = Mount Yengo.jpg
| photo_caption   = Mount Yengo, or Big Yengo, a {{convert|668|m|ft|0|adj=mid|-high}} mountain, located in the national park.
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| iucn_category   = Ib
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| coordinates     = {{coord|33|02|32|S|150|47|10|E|display=inline,title}}
| map             = New South Wales
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| map_width       = 200px
| relief          = 1
| label           = Yengo National Park
| label_position  = left
| location        = [[New South Wales]]
| established     = {{start date|1988|3|11|df=y}}<ref name=oeh/>
| area_ha         = 
| area_km2        = 1543.28
| area_ref        = <ref name=oeh>{{cite web|title=Yengo National Park: Park management|url=http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/NationalParks/parkManagement.aspx?id=N0068|work=Office of Environment and Heritage|publisher=[[Government of New South Wales]]|access-date=3 October 2014}}</ref>
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| nearest_city    = {{NSWcity|Wollombi}}
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| governing_body  = [[National Parks and Wildlife Service (New South Wales)|NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service]]
| website         = {{official|1=http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/yengo-national-park}}
}}

The '''Yengo National Park''' is a [[state park|protected]] [[national park]] that is located in the [[Hunter Region|Lower Hunter]] region of [[New South Wales]], in eastern [[Australia]]. The {{convert|154328|ha|adj=on}} park is situated {{convert|213|km}} northwest of [[Sydney]], {{convert|40|km}} south of {{NSWcity|Cessnock}}, {{convert|121|km}} northwest of {{NSWcity|Gosford}}, and {{convert|91|km}} southwest of {{NSWcity|Newcastle}}.<ref name="oeh" /><ref name="oehgetthere">{{cite web|title=Yengo National Park: How to get there|url=http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/NationalParks/parkGetThere.aspx?id=N0068|work=Office of Environment and Heritage|publisher=[[Government of New South Wales]]|access-date=3 October 2014}}</ref> The average elevation of the terrain is 309 metres.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Yengo National Park topographic map, elevation, relief|url=https://en-au.topographic-map.com/maps/smn1/Yengo-National-Park/|access-date=2022-01-22|website=topographic-map.com|language=en}}</ref>

The Yengo National Park is one of the eight protected areas that, in 2000, was inscribed to form part of the [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Site|World Heritage]]{{endash}}listed [[Greater Blue Mountains Area]].<ref name=whl>{{cite web|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/917|title=Greater Blue Mountains Area|work=World Heritage List|date=2014|publisher=[[UNESCO]]|access-date=31 August 2014}}</ref> The Yengo National Park is the most north{{endash}}easterly of the eight protected areas within the World Heritage Site. The national park forms part of the [[Great Dividing Range]].

==Features==
The [[National Parks and Wildlife Service (New South Wales)|NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service]] (NPWS) opened their depot in [[Bucketty]] in 1993 and commenced managing the newly established Yengo National Park. A helipad, known as 'Bucketty International' was established and in 1995 a fire tower was built, following severe fires in the area. In 1999 the NPWS acquired parts of the Crown land that lay between Bucketty and the Yengo National Park. This new area also included the Convict Wall and the amphitheatre used by the community.

[[File:Aerial perspective of Grey Gum International Cafe.jpg|thumb|Aerial perspective of the Grey Gum International Cafe, nestled between the Yengo and Wollemi national parks on an autumn morning. February 2018.]]

The Bucketty community asked NPWS to recognise their custodianship of the place and in early 2000, the community, together with the NPWS, developed a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly manage the site.

Access to Yengo National Park is via Yengo Creek Road off the [[Great North Road (New South Wales)|Great North Road]], near {{NSWcity|Laguna}}. The park is bounded in the east by the small settlements of Bucketty and {{NSWcity|Broke}}; in the north by [[Wollombi Brook]]; in the west by the [[Putty Road]], the settlements of {{NSWcity|Putty}} and {{NSWcity|Mellong}}, and the Mellong Range; and in the south by the Parr State Conservation Area, the settlement of {{NSWcity|St Albans}}, Webbs Creek, [[Mogo Creek]], the Hawkesbury River, and the [[Dharug National Park]].<ref name=pom>{{cite book|title=Yengo National Park, Parr State Conservation Area, and Finchley Aboriginal Area: Plan of Management|url=http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/resources/parks/pomfinalparryengo.pdf#58 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110320200959/http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/resources/parks/pomfinalparryengo.pdf |archive-date=2011-03-20 |url-status=live|type=PDF |work=[[National Parks and Wildlife Service (New South Wales)|NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service]]|publisher=[[Government of New South Wales]]|date=12 January 2009|isbn=978-1-74232-156-1|page=56|access-date=3 October 2014}}</ref>

The [[Watercourse|course]] of the [[Macdonald River (St Albans)|Macdonald River]] flows from the northwest of the national park towards the southeast, where it reaches its [[confluence]] with the Hawkesbury River.<ref name=pom/>

== Bushfires of 2019/2020 ==
In the summer of 2019/2020, Yengo National Park was engulfed in the largest bushfire from a single ignition point that Australia has known; this fire became known as the Gospers Mountain Fire.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Moir|first=Harriet Alexander, Nick|date=20 December 2019|title='The monster': a short history of Australia's biggest forest fire|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/the-monster-a-short-history-of-australia-s-biggest-forest-fire-20191218-p53l4y.html|access-date=6 January 2021|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en}}</ref> Nearly all the national park was burnt.<ref>{{Cite web|date=29 January 2020|title='Remarkable' behaviour: Experts stunned by photo of lyrebirds uniting under bushfire threat|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-01-30/lyrebirds-band-together-to-avoid-approaching-bushfire/11910666|access-date=6 January 2021|website=www.abc.net.au|language=en-AU}}</ref>

== Wildlife ==
This is a place of great biodiversity. The park is home to over 50 species of [[Mammal|mammals]], such as [[Wombat|wombats]], [[Wallaroo|wallaroos]], [[Koala|koalas]] and [[Gliding possum|gliding possums]] and over 200 species of birds.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Yengo National Park {{!}} Learn more|url=https://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/visit-a-park/parks/yengo-national-park/learn-more|access-date=2022-01-21|website=NSW National Parks|language=en}}</ref>

==See also==
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* [[Protected areas of New South Wales]]

== References ==
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==External links==
{{Wikivoyage}}
*{{cite web|url=http://www.colongwilderness.org.au/RedIndex/NSW/yengo99.htm|title=History of the Yengo National Park|publisher=Colong Foundation for Wilderness|access-date=15 August 2006|archive-date=19 August 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060819035310/http://www.colongwilderness.org.au/RedIndex/NSW/yengo99.htm|url-status=dead}}
*{{cite book|title=Yengo National Park, Parr State Conservation Area, and Finchley Aboriginal Area: Plan of Management|url=http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/resources/parks/pomfinalparryengo.pdf|type=PDF |work=[[National Parks and Wildlife Service (New South Wales)|NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service]]|publisher=[[Government of New South Wales]]|date=12 January 2009|isbn=978-1-74232-156-1}}
*{{cite book|title=Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area: Strategic Plan|url=http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/resources/parks/StategicPlanNPWS.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090615212431/http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/resources/parks/StategicPlanNPWS.pdf |archive-date=2009-06-15 |url-status=live|type=PDF|work=[[National Parks and Wildlife Service (New South Wales)|NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service]]|publisher=[[Government of New South Wales]]|date=January 2009|isbn=978-1-74122-960-8}}

{{National Parks of New South Wales}}
{{Blue Mountains topics}}
{{Hunter Region places and items of interest}}

[[Category:National parks of the Hunter Region]]
[[Category:Protected areas established in 1988]]
[[Category:1988 establishments in Australia]]
[[Category:Hunter Region]]
[[Category:Great Dividing Range]]
[[Category:Blue Mountains (New South Wales)]]


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