This is the first national park of Russia. It is the third largest forest in a city on the World. The total area of the national park in 2001 was 116.21 km², forest occupied 83%. Cca. 27% is open for restricted visits along established routes, 26% is open for mass entry. The park occupies the joint of the Meshchera Lowlands and Klin-Dmitrov chine, which is the watershed of the Moskva River and Klyazma River. The most picturesque locality is on the southwest of the park, where the above-floodplain terraces of the Yauza River are clearly expressed with the sufficiently steep slopes to its floodlands. – It is possible to observe coniferous forests of taiga shape, broad-leaved forests, birch boskets, grasslands, wetlands of different types, as well as artificially created forests, glades, meadows, and ponds. Excursion Department +7 (903) 744-58-55, Tours: 2.5-3h long