Val Grande National Park
| Parco Nazionale della Val Grande | |
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| Val Grande National Park | |
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IUCN category II (national park)
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The view on the park from Pian Cavallone
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 Val Grande
Location of Val Grande National Park
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| Location | Piedmont |
| Coordinates | 46°1′48″N 8°27′0″E / 46.03000°N 8.45000°ECoordinates: 46°1′48″N 8°27′0″E / 46.03000°N 8.45000°E |
| Area | 150 km2 (58 sq mi) |
| Established | 1992 |
| Governing body | Ministero dell'Ambiente |
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Val Grande National Park (Italian: Parco Nazionale della Val Grande) is a protected area located in Piedmont, in the north of Italy, at the border with Switzerland. It is most notable for landscapes of the High Alps.
The park is located in Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola and is shared between ten municipalities: Aurano, Beura-Cardezza, Caprezzo, Cossogno, Cursolo-Orasso, Intragna, Malesco, Miazzina, Premosello-Chiovenda, San Bernardino Verbano, Santa Maria Maggiore, Trontano, and Vogogna.
The park lies entirely in the drainage basin of the Po River. It is located between the valley of Vigezzo in the north, the valley of Cannobina in the northwest, the valley of Ossola in the southwest, and Lake Maggiore in the southeast. The park is not populated and is often described as "the largest wilderness in the Alps".
Val Grande and Val Pogallo, two principal valleys inside the park, with the former running southeast and the latter running south, drain almost the majority of rivers in the park. These valleys combine into Torrente San Bernardino, a tributary of Lake Maggiore. The majority of the area of the park is forested.
Val Grande and Lake Maggiore seen from Bocchetta di Scaredi
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