Gressåmoen National Park

Gressåmoen National Park is the name of a former national park in Norway. It was established in 1970 on the territory of the municipality in Nord-Trøndelag Snåsa to protect a spruce forest with primeval forest, which is typical for this area of Norway. In 2004, the National Park in the newly established Blåfjella - Skjækerfjella National Park. The name of 181.5 km ² national park comes from an old mountain farm, which is just outside the former National Park boundary today.

Topographically, the National Park was divided into three parts:

  • To the north is the Lurudal, which runs in an east-west direction through the Park. At the end of this valley the summit of Gamstuguhaugane rises 992 m high in the sky. The highest point of the park is located in the north 1009 m high Bugvassfjell.
  • To the south and west, the fells and Nordre Søre Gauptjørnaksla raise.
  • In the southeast the landscape drops to a broad valley with numerous waters, all of which drain east toward Sweden.

The dominant forest type in the national park is coniferous forest. This covers approximately an area of 13 km ². In the low-lying areas of Moore are the defining element of the landscape.

In the National Park there are no marked trails still lodging options.

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