Sakunothayan Botanical Garden

Sakunothayan Botanical Garden
สวนพฤกษศาสตร์สกุโณทยาน
Type	Botanical garden and Urban forest
Location	Wang Thong, Phitsanulok, Thailand
Coordinates	16°50′30″N 100°31′53″E / 16.84167°N 100.53139°E / 16.84167; 100.53139
Area	1.3 km2 (0.50 sq mi)
Created	1955
Operated by	Forest and Plant Conservation Research Office

Sakunothayan Botanical Garden (Thai: สวนพฤกษศาสตร์สกุโณทยาน) is an botanical garden in Wang Thong District, Phitsanulok Province, northern Thailand. The park, at kilometer 33 of Phitsanulok-Lomsak Road, has 164 species of plants.^[1]

In 1955 "Wang Nok Aen Forest park" was established, with a total area of approximately 130 ha (320 acres). Royal Forest Department has changed its name to "Sakunothayan Forst Park" in 1958 and to "Sakunothayan Arboretum" in 1961.
On 4 February 2018 Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation upgraded it to "Sakunothayan Botanical Garden".^[2][3]

Wang Nok Aen or Sakunothayan Waterfall, within the arboretum, is a 10 metres (33 ft) elevation drop of the Wang Thong River.^[4]

• Office of the Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department

16°50′17″N 100°31′56″E / 16.83806°N 100.53222°E / 16.83806; 100.53222

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