Phu Hin Rong Kla National Park

Phu Hin Rong Kla National Park
IUCN category II (national park)
Location within Thailand
Location	Loei, Phitsanulok and Phetchabun Provinces, Thailand
Coordinates	16°58′36″N 101°02′24″E / 16.97667°N 101.04000°E / 16.97667; 101.04000Coordinates: 16°58′36″N 101°02′24″E / 16.97667°N 101.04000°E / 16.97667; 101.04000
Area	307 km2
Established	1984
Visitors	131,472 (in 2007)

Phu Hin Rong Kla National Park is a national park located in the Loei, Phitsanulok and Phetchabun Provinces of Thailand. The protected area is located in the forested mountains of the Luang Prabang Range close to the border with Laos and is part of the Luang Prabang montane rain forests ecoregion.The park is the base of operations of the long fight of Thai combatant in communist war of Thailand.

The park landscape is generally dominated by mountainous terrain. Phu Thap Boek, also known as Phu Man Khao, the highest mountain of the Phetchabun Range, is located within the park area. The northern part of the park stretches to the border with Laos. The southern part of the park extends into the Phetchabun Province. Mountain peaks include Phu Phang Ma, Phu Lom Lo and Phu Hin Rong Kla. The second tallest is Phu Lomlo at an elevation of 1,664 meters. Within the park are the sources of the Mueat Don and Luang Yai Rivers.

In 1968 - 1982, Phuhinrongkla or Phurongkla is a dense jungle and the red area because it is a battle field between Communist of Thailand party and Security Forces. At the end of the fight, there was no winner because the Security Force announced a temporary policy. They gave a chance to students and people who escaped into the jungle come back to the city and help them develop the country.

The park is generally cool all year round, with temperatures rarely rising above 25° Celsius. The temperature occasionally drops below freezing.

The park has mixed deciduous, dry dipterocarp, hill evergreen and pine forests.

The lower Mekong Dry Forest Ecoregion is characterized by a mosaic of habitats. The main forest type is deciduous forest. On higher quality soils or at higher elevation, areas of mixed deciduous forest and semi-evergreen forest occur. This mosaic of forest type is one of the reasons why such a large quantity and diversity of species are home to this landscape - the diverse forest patches act as key resource areas and refugia for a lot of wildlife.