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Knyszyn Forest Landscape Park

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Puszcza Knyszyńska Landscape Park
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
LocationPodlachian Voivodeship
Area744.47 km²
Established1988

Puszcza Knyszyńska (Knyszyn Forest) Landscape Park (Park Krajobrazowy Puszczy Knyszyńskiej) is a protected area (Landscape Park) in north-eastern Poland, established in 1988, covering an area of 744.47 square kilometres (287.44 sq mi).

The Park lies within Podlachian Voivodeship: in Białystok County (Gmina Czarna Białostocka, Gmina Gródek, Gmina Michałowo, Gmina Supraśl, Gmina Wasilków), Mońki County (Gmina Knyszyn) and Sokółka County (Gmina Sokółka, Gmina Janów, Gmina Krynki, Gmina Szudziałowo).

Within the Landscape Park are 20 nature reserves.