Maryland-Nationalpark

The Maryland - National Park is a national park in the far northeast of the Australian state of New South Wales, 604 kilometers north of Sydney, 60 km north of Tenterfield and 30 kilometers south of Warwick, directly on the border with Queensland.

The park is located on the crest of McPherson Ridge, a mountain range in the course of the Great Dividing Range .. The park is part of the granite belt of the table-land of New England and the peaks reach heights between 770 m and 920 m. The annual rainfall amounts to 800-1000 mm. The mountain is covered with eucalyptus forest; usually, the New England Blackbutt (Eucalyptus andrewsii ), the Forest Red Gum (Eucalyptus treticornis ), the Grey Gum (Eucalyptus pnuctata ), the Grey Ironbark (Eucalyptus paniculata ), the Rough Barked Apple ( Angoflora floribunda ) and the find round- leafed Gum (Eucalyptus deanei ). 40 % of the park are classified as primary forest. In the forests there are 31 endangered species.

Before his elevation to the National Park, the area was called Maryland State Forest and was used for logging and cattle grazing.

There are no roads in the park.