Blue Hole (park)

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Coordinates: 17°8′13.80″N, 88°38′40.12″W Blue Hole National Park is a national park located just off the Hummingbird Highway in Cayo District of Belize, near Belmopan, the capital city. It is over 500 acres (2 km²) in area, and contains two cave systems (St. Hermans and Crystal), various natural trails, and the cool jungle pool from which the park gets its name. The park is managed by the Belize Audubon Society.

This inland "blue hole" is not to be confused with the offshore Great Blue Hole, also in Belize.

1 Flora and fauna
2 References
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Flora and fauna

The park has over 200 species of birds, including unusual tropical species such as the Slaty Antbird, Piratic Flycatcher and Red-legged Honeycreeper. Species considered local specialties are Tody Motmot and Northern Nightingale-Wren.

The Ocelot, Jaguarundi, and Jaguar have all been recorded in Blue Hole National Park.

[edit] References

Wheatley, Nigel and Brewer, David. Where to Watch Birds in Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, 2001.

[edit] See also

Cenote

[edit] External links

http://www.belizeaudubon.org/html/parks/bhnp.htm

http://centralamerica.com/belize/parks/bluehole.htm

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tbonesteak/402353543/

A 360 degree view from the observation tower at Blue Hole National Park, Belize CA

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Bacalar Chico · Burdon Canal Nature Reserve · Blue Hole National Park · Great Blue Hole · Caracol · Chiquibul National Park · Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary · Columbia River Forest Reserve · Community Baboon Sanctuary · Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary · Five Blues Lake National Park · Glover's Reef Marine Reserve · Guanacaste National Park · Half Moon Caye Natural Monument · Hol Chan Marine Reserve · Laughing Bird Caye · Marco Gonzales · Mexico Rocks · Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve · Payne's Creek National Park · Rio Bravo Conservation and Management Area · Shark Ray Alley · Shipstern Nature Reserve · Swallow Caye Wildlife Sanctuary · Turneffe Atoll