Gauja National Park
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Gauja National Park
LATVIA
The Gauja National Park is the largest national park in Latvia, with an area of 917.45 square km running from northeast of Sigulda to southwest of Cēsis along the valley of the Gauja River, from which the park takes its name. The park is particularly noted for the Devonian sandstone cliffs, in some places as high as 90 m, along the banks of the Gauja. In the southwest, it is mainly used by the inhabitants of Riga as a leisure facility, while it is more strictly protected further to the northeast. Some 47% of the park's territory is forest, mostly spruce and pine, but with some deciduous growth. Of the numerous lakes in the park, the largest is Lake Ungurs.
