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IUCN Category II (National Park)
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| Location | Pavlodar Province, Kazakhstan |
| Nearest city | Ekibastuz, Kazakhstan |
| Area | 68 453 hа |
| Established | August 12, 1985 |
Bayanaul National Park (Kazakh: Баянауыл ұлттық паркі; Russian: Баянаульский национальный парк) is a national park of Kazakhstan located in southeastern Pavlodar Province. It was founded in 1985 and comprises an area of 68,453 ha. The park serves as a popular vacation destination for residents of Pavlodar. The park has three freshwater lakes: Toraygir, Sabyndykol, and Jasybay. The first one was named after a Kazakh poet, Sultanmahmut Toraygirov who spent his childhood there.
In the summer of 1993, the first All-Republic Camp (National Jamboree) of the Organization of the Scout Movement of Kazakhstan, named "Jasybay's Arrow", was held at the national camp, Jasybay, named for a Kazakh mythic hero, near Bayanaul National Park.