Mount Buffalo National Park

Mount Buffalo National Park Victoria
IUCN category II (national park)
Mount Buffalo plateau as seen from below The Horn.
Mount Buffalo National Park
Nearest town or city	Porepunkah
Coordinates	36°44′18″S 146°46′30″E / 36.73833°S 146.77500°E / -36.73833; 146.77500
Established	1898[1]
Area	310 km2 (119.7 sq mi)[1]
Visitation	circa 200,000 (in 1996)[1]
Managing authorities	Parks Victoria
Website	Mount Buffalo National Park
See also	Protected areas of Victoria

The Mount Buffalo National Park is a national park in the alpine region of Victoria, Australia. The 31,000-hectare (77,000-acre) national park is located approximately 350 kilometres (220 mi) northeast of Melbourne in the Australian Alps. Within the national park is Mount Buffalo, a moderately high mountain plateau, with an elevation of 1,723 metres (5,653 ft) above sea level.

On 4 November 1898 an area of 1,166 hectares (2,880 acres) was reserved around the plateau and Eurobin Falls as Mount Buffalo National Park, making it one of the oldest national parks in Australia. In 1908 a road was opened to the plateau and the park was expanded to 10,406 hectares (25,710 acres); and in 1980 to its current size to take in most of the surrounding foothill country.^[2]

On 7 November 2008, the park was added to the Australian National Heritage List as one of eleven areas constituting the Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves.^[3]