Machiara National Park

 Machiara National Park is a Pakistani national park near Muzaffarabad.

Established in 1996, the park is located at 34' -31’ N latitude and 73' -37’ E longitude. River Neelum, and Neelum valley are on its eastern side while the Kaghan Valley is on the west.

The park covers an area of 33,437 acres. It contains evergreen broadleaved forests and deciduous broad-leaved woodlands and forms a part of Western Himalayan Broadleaf forest region; a Global 200 Ecoregion. The average rainfall is 1526.7 mm per year. The month receiving most rainfall is July, November is the one with the least rainfall.

It was notified in 1996 as a National Park.

Biodivesity
Machiara National park has a high biodiversity and is home to many significant of animals, birds and plants. The species include snow leopard, Kashmir musk deer, western tragopan, cheer pheasant, lammergeier, Himalayan vulture, Himalayan quail, hoary-throated barwing, white-cheeked bushtit, white-throated bushtit, wren-babbler, orange bullfinch and Kashmir nuthatch.