Editing Ben Halls Gap National Park

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{{Infobox Australian place
| type                   = protected
| name                   = Ben Halls Gap National Park
| state                  = nsw
| iucn_category          = Ia
| iucn_ref = <ref name=CAPAD2018>{{cite web|title= Terrestrial Protected Areas of South Australia (refer 'DETAIL' tab ) |url= https://www.environment.gov.au/system/files/pages/f329f2b1-6945-43df-9e96-f68ec893b116/files/capad2018-terrestrial-nsw.xlsx |work=CAPAD 2018|publisher=Australian Government, Department of the Environment and Energy) |access-date=21 October 2019|date=2018}}</ref>
| image                  = Ben Halls Gap National Park.jpg
| caption                = Ben Halls Gap National Park, October 2013
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| coordinates            = {{coord|31|37|11|S|151|11|06|E|display=inline,title}}
| relief                 = yes
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| area                   = 30.18
| area_footnotes         = <ref name="ParkAreas">{{cite journal|title=Department of Environment Climate Change and Water Annual Report 2009-10|journal=Annual Report|publisher=Department of Environment Climate Change and Water|date=November 2010|issn=1838-5958|pages=274–275|url=http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/whoweare/deccwar10.htm}}</ref>
| established            = 1995
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| managing_authorities   = National Parks and Wildlife Service (New South Wales)
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'''Ben Halls Gap National Park''' is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 251&nbsp;km<ref name=DistfromSyd>{{cite web|url=http://www.ga.gov.au/bin/distancedraw2?rec1=106819&placename=ben+halls+gap&placetype=0&state=NSW&place1=SYDNEY&place1long=151.209595&place1lat=-33.873199|title=Great Circle Distance between SYDNEY and BEN HALLS GAP NATIONAL PARK|access-date=11 August 2011|publisher=Commonwealth of Australia|work=Geosciences Australia website|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020195905/http://www.ga.gov.au/bin/distancedraw2?rec1=106819&placename=ben+halls+gap&placetype=0&state=NSW&place1=SYDNEY&place1long=151.209595&place1lat=-33.873199|archive-date=20 October 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> north of Sydney.

Near the national park are villages like Nundle and Murrurundi and the town of Quirindi.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Map of Ben Halls Gap National Park in New South Wales – Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia|url=http://www.bonzle.com/c/a?a=p&p=58054&cmd=sp|access-date=2021-07-26|website=bonzle.com}}</ref>

One of the main features of the park are the extraordinary ancient eucalyptus forests.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ben Halls Gap Nature Reserve Needs Protecting {{!}} Hills of Gold Preservation Inc|url=https://hillsofgoldpreservation.net.au/ben-halls-gap-nature-reserve-needs-protecting/|access-date=2021-07-26|language=en-AU}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Protected areas of New South Wales]]

==References==
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{{National Parks of New South Wales}}
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[[Category:National parks of New South Wales]]
[[Category:Protected areas established in 1995]]
[[Category:1995 establishments in Australia]]


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