National parks of Ukraine

Template:Short description National nature parks of Ukraine are preservation territories that are part of the Nature-Preservation Fund of Ukraine. The total area protected by national parks is approximately , for an average of but a median of only at Zalissia. The largest national park is Podilski Tovtry in Khmelnytskyi Oblast at and the smallest park is Derman-Ostroh National Nature Park, at less than .

This category of the Nature-Preservation Fund was mainly established after the fall of the Soviet Union. There were very few parks in Ukraine and most of them were in the West.Template:Maplink

List

#	Name	Photo	Location	Official website (Ukrainian)	Area (ha)	Year	Description
1	Azov-Syvash	File:О. Куюк-Тук - 1.jpg	Kherson Oblast	Азово-Сиваський	52154	1993	Located on Byriuchyi Island in the northwestern Azov Sea. The park was created to protect the unique coastal environment of the northwestern Azov. It is particularly important as a stop on the flyway for migratory birds, with over a million birds visiting each year.
2	Bile Ozero	File:«Білоозерський» 2.jpg	Kyiv Oblast	Білоозерський	7014	2009	As of 2014, the park appeared to be closed to the public and the legal status unclear.
3	Boikivshchyna	File:Hnyła Karpatśke.jpg	Lviv Oblast	Бойківщина	12240	2019	Located in the Carpathians, near the border with Slovakia.
4	Bug Gard	File:Ранкова краса Південного Буга.jpg	Mykolaiv Oblast	Бузький Гард	6138	2009	Covers an area along the Southern Bug River in south-central Ukraine. At this point, the Southern Bug River cuts through the southern edge of the Ukrainian Shield (a block of Archean basement rock).
5	Carpathian	File:Карпатский 05.jpg	Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast	Карпатський	50303	1980	Carpathian National Nature Park is the first national park of Ukraine and one of the biggest national parks of this country.
6	Charming Harbor	File:Djangul01.jpg	Crimea	Чарівна гавань	6270	2009	Covers a coastal sector of the Tarkhankut Peninsula (itself a part of the Crimean peninsula) on the Black Sea. The park protects and exhibits steppe landscape as it descends to the seacoast in a semi-arid environment and with dramatic cliffs and rock formations.
7	Cheremosh	File:Дитячі Будні.jpg	Chernivtsi Oblast	Черемоський	7118	2009	A collection of three reserves in the northeastern section of the Carpathian Mountains, located in southwestern Ukraine. The park highlights the highly varied geology of the northeastern Carpathians, as well as the deep spruce forests of the region.
8	Derman-Ostroh	File:Околиці села Буща.jpg	Rivne Oblast	Дермансько-Острозький	1648	2009	Sits in a river valley that separates the southern edge of the Polesian Lowland, and the northern edge of the Podolian Upland in northwestern Ukraine. The terrain is a mixture of pine-oak forest and marshy river lowlands.
9	Desna-Stara Huta	File:Сосновий ліс на березі річки Десна.jpg	Sumy Oblast	Деснянсько-Старогутський	16215	1999	Covers a middle section of the Desna River in northeastern Ukraine, representing the variety of wetland and mixed forest landscapes of the eastern Polesia region. The park contains two sections, one on the floodplains of the Desna, the other in the southern region of the Bryansk forest on the Russian border.
10	Dniester Canyon	File:Острови Інь і Янь.jpg	Ternopil Oblast	Дністровський каньйон	10830	2010	Follows Dniester Canyon, the largest canyon in Ukraine, along the middle course of the Dniester River. It protects a relatively undeveloped portion of the Ukrainian forest-steppe landscape, about 75 km east of the Carpathian Mountains in western Ukraine. The canyon is known for its varied geological formations, including two of the longest caves in the world.
11	Dvorichna	File:Рассвет на меловых склонах 5.jpg	Kharkiv Oblast	Дворічанський	3132	2009	Set on the border of the steppe and forest-steppe on the banks of the river Oskil, the south-east part of Ukraine.
12	Dzharylhach	File:Олень на о. Джарилгач.jpg	Kherson Oblast	Джарилгацький	10000	2009	Covers Dzharylhach Island and the adjacent Karkinit Bay in the northern reaches of the Black Sea. Famous for clean sandy beaches and mineral springs in its many small lakes, Dzharylhach is the largest island in the Black Sea. Portions of the park have been protected nature reserves for almost 100 years.
13	Grand Meadow	File:Velykyi Luh.jpg	Zaporizhzhia Oblast	Великий Луг	16756	2006	Covers historic steppe terrain in southeast Ukraine. It is on the south bank of the Dnieper River's Kakhovka Reservoir, which was created by the Dnieper Hydroelectric Station. The meadows and reed beds on the shore support one of the largest transmigration spots for birds in Eastern Europe.
14	Halych	File:Лівий берег Бурштинського водосховища.jpg	Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast	Галицький	14685	2004	Highlights forest, steppe, meadow and wetlands of the borderlands between the Ukrainian Carpathians and the southwestern part of the East European Plain.
15	Hetman	File:Белые лилии на Ворскле.jpg	Sumy Oblast	Гетьманський	23360	2009	The park begins at the border with Russia as the Vorskla River runs west and south, and follows the river for all 122 km of its length through Sumy Oblast. There are some short breaks between sectors for roads or built-up villages. There terrain is mostly flat, with some hills and ravines.
16	Holosiiv	File:Orihuvat stav.jpg	Kyiv	Голосіївський	4525	2007	A protected remnant of forest surrounded by the urban area of the city of Kyiv, Ukraine. It is located on the Kyiv Hills, in the Dniester-Dnieper forest-steppe province, North-Dnieper lowland and steppe zone of Left-Bank Dnieper province.
17	Holy Mountains	File:Ніжний ранковий світло.jpg	Donetsk Oblast	Святі Гори	40609	1997	Located along the chalk cliffs and river terraces of the Donets River in Eastern Ukraine. The park's boundaries are a patchwork of forested areas stretching along the banks of the Donets. The Holy Mountains of Ukraine contain many archaeological, natural, historical, and recreational sites.
18	Homilsha Woods	File:Гомільшанські ліси.jpg	Kharkiv Oblast	Гомільшанські ліси	14315	2004	Covers established forests in the Donets River valley. The site has been a protected area for a very long time, beginning with Peter the Great designating local territory as a 'protected ship grove' for wood to build ships. The site also has high ecological value as forest-steppe land.
19	Hutsulshchyna	File:Осінь в Устеріках.JPG	Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast	Гуцульщина	32271	2002	Located in the Western Ukraine's Carpathian Mountains.
20	Ichnia	File:Ich2.jpg	Chernihiv Oblast	Ічнянський	9666	2004	Covers forest-steppe terrain in the Udai River basin, about 120 km northeast of Kyiv.
21	Ivory Coast of Sviatoslav	File:Kinburn sandbar.jpg	Mykolaiv Oblast	Білобережжя Святослава	35223	2009	Ivory Coast of Sviatoslav Park is situated on the north coast of the Black Sea is southern Ukraine. It covers portions of Dnieper–Bug estuary, the Kinburn Peninsula just south of the estuary, and Yahorlyk Bay a shallow bay of the Black Sea itself. Adjacent to the site along the coast is the Black Sea Biosphere Reserve.
22	Kamianska Sich	File:Кам'янська Січ (Республіканець) 04.jpg	Kherson Oblast	Кам'янська Січ	12261	2019	Located on the right bank of the southern part of Kakhovka Reservoir.
23	Karmeliukove Podillia	File:Morning dew drop.jpg	Vinnytsia Oblast	Кармелюкове Поділля	16518	2009	Located in southwest Ukraine on the forested southern slopes of the Ukrainian Shield.
24	Kholodnyi Yar	File:Холодноярський краєвид.jpg	Cherkasy Oblast	Холодний яр	6833	2022	Located in southeastern Cherkasy Oblast. The Maksym Zalizniak oak tree is located on the territory of the park.
25	Khotyn	File:Khotyn Fortress RB.jpg	Chernivtsi Oblast	Хотинський	9400	2010	Covers a segment of the Dniester River Canyon and the Dniester River Reservoir. It is located in the west of the country on the border with Romania. The famous Khotyn Fortress is located within the territory.
26	Kremenets Mountains	File:Дівочі скелі, Кременецькі гори.jpg	Ternopil Oblast	Кременецькі гори	6951	2009	A cluster of mountains and ridges in the Holohoro-Kremenetskyi range of the Podolian Upland in west central Ukraine.
27	Kreminna Woods	File:Непран Вячеслав, Сіверсько-Донецький національний природний парк, 44-216-5001, 48°59'11.2N 38°12'16.4E.jpg	Luhansk Oblast	Кремінські ліси	7269	2019	Located on the basin of Donets River, near the city of Kreminna.
28	Kuialnyk	File:Kuyalnik landscape.jpg	Odesa Oblast	Куяльницький	10800	2022	Located in and near the Kuialnyk Estuary.
29	Lower Dnieper	File:Zbur Kut 1.JPG	Kherson Oblast	Нижньодніпровський	80177	2015	Consists of the islands in the Dnieper River delta. The entire park was flooded on June 7-8, 2023, due to the Kakhovka dam collapse.
30	Lower Dniester	File:Лабіринти Дністра — Турунчука.jpg	Odesa Oblast	Нижньодністровський	21311	2008	A large portion of the Dniester River Estuary where it enters the Black Sea in southwestern Ukraine. The floodplains and waterways are important to nesting and wintering waterfowl. They are also important for spawning fish: over 70 species of fish in 20 groups are recorded in the park.
31	Lower Polissia	File:Святе озеро. 1.jpg	Khmelnytskyi Oblast	Мале Полісся	9515	2013	A section of the Polissia region, the park includes several lakes and wetland areas as well as parts of river valleys Horyn, Viliia, Hnylyi Rih.
32	Lower Sula	File:Світанок у полі.jpg	Poltava Oblast	Нижньосульський	16879	2010	Covers the lower reaches of the Sula River as it enters the Kremenchuk Reservoir, 120 km southeast of Kyiv. The extensive marshes, swamps, and other wetlands of the area are important habitats for fish, waterfowl, and floodplain plants.
33	Meotyda	File:Меотида, Крива коса.jpg	Donetsk Oblast	Меотида	20720	2009	A stretch of coastline, and interior estuaries and coastal lands, on the northern edge of the Sea of Azov in Ukraine. The administration of the park itself has been disrupted by hostilities in the area. Previously, the protected regions of the park supported important populations of migratory waterfowl and over 100 species of nesting birds.
34	Mezyn	File:Мезинський НПП, Десна, світанок img2.jpg	Chernihiv Oblast	Мезинський	31035	2006	Forest and floodplain terraces of the Desna River in the northern part of the country. The park was created to balance the protection of sensitive ecological and archaeological sites, recreation, and rural agriculture.
35	Nobel	File:Захід сонця на озері Нобель.jpg	Rivne Oblast	Нобельський	25318	2019	Located in northwestern Rivne Oblast.
36	Northern Podillia	File:Olesko Pond.JPG	Lviv Oblast	Північне Поділля	15588	2010	Covers a variety of individual protected sites in the northwest Podolian Upland of Ukraine. The park provides protection to, and recreation in, representative ecological and cultural sites of the area, including Hornbean-Beech forested uplands, swamp-marsh floodplains, geologically significant karst features, and historical sites that include three castles and a number of WW1 and WW2 sites.
37	Oleshky Sands	File:Kherson Desert.jpg	Kherson Oblast	Олешківські піски	8020	2010	The largest desert in Ukraine, located close to the Dnieper River delta.
38	Podilski Tovtry	File:Каньйон Тернави.JPG	Khmelnytskyi Oblast	Подільські Товтри	80178	2015	Representative of the natural landscape of the Podillia region.
39	Pryazovia	File:Побережье в районе села Новопетровка 16.jpg	Zaporizhzhia Oblast	Приазовський	78127	2010	The second largest national park of Ukraine, covering the estuaries, coastal plains seaside landforms around the Molochna River estuary the Utlyuksky estuary, in Pryazovia on the northwest coast of the Sea of Azov.
40	Prypiat-Stokhid	File:Фронтовий Нобель.jpg	Volyn Oblast	Прип'ять-Стохід	39316	2007	Created in 2007 to protect and unify a series of natural complexes of the Pripyat River and Stokhid River valleys in northwestern Ukraine. The park provides protection, research areas, and recreation related to the meadows and wetlands of the Polissia region.
41	Pushcha Radzivila	File:Пущарадзивіла.jpg	Rivne Oblast	Пуща Радзівіла	24265	2022	Covers the basin of Stvyha River.
42	Pyriatyn	File:Велика круча. Заплава Удаю.JPG	Poltava Oblast	Пирятинський	12028	2009	Covers a portion of the Udai River valley in the north central part of the country. It provides nature conservation and recreation on the terraces and floodplains of the river.
43	Royal Beskids	File:Voloshynovo.JPG	Lviv Oblast	Королівські Бескиди	8997	2020	Covers the left-bank portion of the Dniester River basin from Staryi Sambir to Strilky, and also the basins of rivers Yablunka, Linynka, and Tysovychka.
44	Shatsk	File:Озеро Світязь. 05.JPG	Volyn Oblast	Шацький	32515	1983	Established in 1983 to preserve, reconstitute and to use effectively Volyn Polissia natural complexes and objects of special environmental, recreational, educational and aesthetic value.
45	Skole Beskids	File:Beskydy autumn.jpg	Lviv Oblast	Сколівські Бескиди	35684	1999	Covers the Skole Beskids Range of the Carpathian Mountains on the western edge of Ukraine. It 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.
46	Sloboda	File:Світанок на болоті.jpg	Kharkiv Oblast	Слобожанський	5244	2009	Covers a forest-steppe region at the confluence of the Merla and Merchik Rivers in the East Poltava Highlands of eastern Ukraine. The park features an extensive complex of marshes, swamps, and other wetlands.
47	Synevyr	File:Synevyr lake 1.jpg	Zakarpattia Oblast	Синевир	40400	1989	Located in Zakarpattia Oblast, in the southwest of the country.
48	Syniohora	File:Синьогора.JPG	Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast	Синьогора	10866	2009	Transition to full National Park status was uncertain as of 2017, with portions of the park are closed to the public.
49	Tsumanska Pushcha	File:Цуманська Пуща 1.jpg	Volyn Oblast	Цуманська пуща	33475	2010	Located in southeastern Volyn Oblast.
50	Tuzly Lagoons	File:Alibey Lagoon.jpg	Odesa Oblast	Тузловські лимани	10866	2009	Includes the group of Tuzly Lagoons: which consist of parts of the larger lagoons Shahany, Alibey, Burnas; and the small lagoons Solone Ozero, Khadzhyder, Karachaus, Budury, Martaza, Mahala, Malyi Sasyk, and Dzhantshei.
51	Uzh	File:Uzhanskyi NPP.jpg	Zakarpattia Oblast	Ужанський	39159	1999	Also part of the East Carpathian Biosphere Reserve. The park was created to protect pristine beech forest of the Carpathians.
52	Verkhovyna	File:Полонина біля Дземброні.jpg	Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast	Верховинський	12023	2010	Covers the highest reaches of the Cheremosh River, in the Carpathian Mountains.
53	Vyzhnytsia	File:NPP Wyzhnytsky 02.jpg	Chernivtsi Oblast	Вижницький	7928	1995	Located in the Ukrainian Carpathians, Vyzhnytsia Park represents a lowland part of the Carpathians with a fairly mild climate. The area is forested in beech and fir trees.
54	Yavoriv	File:Path in the Yavoriv National Park.JPG	Lviv Oblast	Яворівський	7079	1998	A narrow range of hills long, which rises sharply to the north of the Lesser Polissya.
55	Zacharovanyi Krai	File:Зачарована долина.jpg	Zakarpattia Oblast	Зачарований край	6101	2009	Located in Khust Raion in Ukrainian Carpathians.
56	Zalissia	File:Frozen field.jpg	Kyiv Oblast	Залісся	14836	2009	Covers a large forest on the left bank of the Desna River about 20 km northeast of Kyiv. As of 2017, the area is open for limited public access, but is primarily administered as a protected area for the "reception and stay of senior officials", other state uses, and the protection of plant and animal life.

Proposed parks

#	Name	Photo	Location	Official website (Ukrainian)	Area (ha)	Year proposed	Description
1	Berezan	File:Novoselivka village. Новоселівка. Березанський лиман. Сасицька затока. - panoramio (3).jpg	Mykolaiv Oblast	Березанський		2023	Covers the Berezan Estuary, Beikul Estuary, and the valleys of Berezan and Sasyk rivers.
2	Berezhany Opillia	File:Дуб Велетень.jpg	Ternopil Oblast	Бережанське Опілля	11800	2021
3	Budzhak Steppes	File:Ковила і чина Тарутинського степу.jpg	Odesa Oblast	Буджацькі степи	9729.7	2023	Covers steppe and forest areas of Budjak.
4	Chaikovychi	File:IMGP9245-канали Чайковицького.jpg	Lviv Oblast	Чайковицький	up to 10000	2013	Covers the wetlands near the right bank of Dniester River to the south of Chaikovychi village.
5	Black Forest-Dmytrivka	File:Black Forest Preserve 08 (YDS 2083).jpg	Kirovohrad Oblast	Чорнолісько-Дмитрівський	48000	2009	Covers the Black Forest (Chornyi Lis), Dmytrivka-Chuta Forest, and a part of Inhulets River valley.
6	Darnytsia	File:Біла діброва, Деснянський район 010.jpg	Kyiv	Дарницький			Covers multiple forested areas in eastern Kyiv.
7	Divychky	File:Дніпро поблизу Стайок.JPG	Kyiv Oblast	Дівички	16648	2012	Covers a forest-steppe and swamp region on the left bank of the Dnieper, to the southwest of Pereiaslav.
8	Dnieper Islands	File:«Дніпровські острови» 014.jpg	Kyiv	Дніпровські Острови	8444.62	2004	Covers most of Kyiv's islands and some peninsulas on the Dnieper and a part of Horbachykha.
9	Dnieper-Teteriv	File:Kutoczok-miszanogo-lisu.jpg	Kyiv Oblast	Дніпровсько-Тетерівський	30402.3	2008	Covers the Teteriv Estuary and the forested area nearby.
10	Hirskyi Tikych	File:71-231-5007 Buky canyon DSC 4877.jpg	Cherkasy Oblast	Гірський Тікич	4908	2017	Covers the entire Hitskyi Tikych River valley and some surrounding areas, including Buky Canyon and 11 sites of Cucuteni–Trypillia culture (such as Talianky and Maidanetske).
11	Hromokliia	File:Ставок на Громоклії (Возсіятське).JPG	Mykolaiv Oblast	Громоклійський		2023	Covers the steppe landscape of Hromokliia River basin and parts of the right bank of Inhul River
12	Izium Meadow	File:River Siversky Donec.jpg	Kharkiv Oblast	Ізюмська Лука		2021	Covers territories by the Siverskyi Donets River near Izium that currently blong to Izium Meadow Regional Landscape Park.
13	Kremenchuk Reedbeds	File:Кременчуцькі плавні07.jpg	Kirovohrad Oblast, Poltava Oblast	Кременчуцькі Плавні	around 10000	2008	Covers islands and parts of the Dnieper River near Kremenchuk. The park will include areas that belong to Kremenchuk Reedbeds and Biletskivski Reedbeds regional landscape parks in Poltava Oblast, as well as some regions of Kirovohrad Oblast.
14	Lower Vorskla	File:Долина ріки Ворскли 2.jpg	Poltava Oblast	Нижньоворсклянський	23200	2006	Covers the Vorskla River estuary and nearby areas that currently belong to Lower Vorskla Regional Landscape Park.
15	Nadbuzhzhia in the name of Eminent Liubomyr Huzar	File:Tudorkovychi Sokalskyi Lvivska-Fedorivka reserve-view from road from Lytovezh.jpg	Lviv Oblast	Надбужжя ім. Блаженнішого Любомира Гузара	3294	2018	Covers floodplains of Western Bug and other rivers around Sokal.
16	Opillia	File:Starytsi Dnistra Reserve RB.jpg	Lviv Oblast	Опілля	16790.6	2023	Covers forests and other territories around Dniester River in Lviv and Stryi raions.
17	Podesinnia	File:Desna River 2.jpg	Chernihiv Oblast, Kyiv Oblast	Подесіння		2008	Covers most of the Desna River valley in Chernihiv and Kyiv oblasts.
18	Pryirpinnia and Chernechyi Forest	File:Над джерелом.JPG	Kyiv Oblast	Приірпіння та Чернечий ліс	17932.4	2018	Covers forests near Irpin River to the southwest of Kyiv and the Chernechyi Forest.
19	Saksahan Sich	File:Saksahan in Krywyj Rih 4.JPG	Dnipropetrovsk Oblast	Саксаганська січ	7957	2016	Covers the Saksahan River basin.
20	Sviatoshyn-Pushcha-Vodytsia	File:Річка Любка 20.jpg	Kyiv	Святошинсько-Пуща-Водицький			Covers protected areas in the Sviatoshyn-Bilychi forest massif in Kyiv, including the Golden Forest preserve and some areas that currently belong to Holosiiv National Park.
21	Upper Pobuzhzhia	File:Medzyboz Zamek IMG 2090 68-230-0055.JPG	Khmelnytskyi Oblast	Верхнє Побужжя	108000	2013	Covers the upper Southern Bug basin. As of 2015, the park was projected to be created by 2021. As of January 2024, the park has not been created.
22	Western Pobuzhzhia	File:Zarichchia Vol-Volynskyi Volynska-Luga zakaznyk-view from Fedorivka-1.jpg	Volyn Oblast	Західне Побужжя	17423.4	2018	Covers floodplains of Western Bug and Luha rivers within southwestern Volyn Oblast.
23	Zhdymyr	File:Потік Оса (Боржава) 03.JPG	Zakarpattia Oblast	Ждимир	21600		Covers Polonyna Borzhava in the Carpathians.

See also

• List of nature reserves of Ukraine
• Nature park
• Categories of protected areas of Ukraine