ATLAS · NATIONAL PARKS · COSTA RICA
National Parks in Costa Rica
Costa Rica has 30 national parks on the map. Each is drawn from OpenStreetMap (ODbL), a snapshot taken 2026-06-23. This is a count of where parks are mapped, not a ranking.
PARKS MAPPED30
NAMED IN SAMPLE30
WITH IUCN CATEGORY29
By protection category
Among the named sample below, the IUCN protection category OpenStreetMap records for Costa Rica’s parks. Many parks carry no category in the data, and are not counted here.
IUCN II · National park28
IUCN Ib · Wilderness1
A sample of parks
All 30 of Costa Rica’s mapped national parks, alphabetically.
- Arenal Volcano National ParkIUCN II · National park
- Ballena National Marine ParkIUCN II · National park
- Barra Honda National ParkIUCN II · National park
- Braulio Carrillo National ParkIUCN II · National park
- Carara National ParkIUCN II · National park
- Chirripó National ParkIUCN II · National park
- Corcovado National ParkIUCN II · National park
- Guanacaste National ParkIUCN II · National park
- Irazú Volcano National ParkIUCN II · National park
- Juan Castro Blanco National ParkIUCN II · National park
- La Cangreja National ParkIUCN II · National park
- Las Baulas National Marine ParkIUCN II · National park
- Los Quetzales National ParkIUCN II · National park
- Manuel Antonio National ParkIUCN II · National park
- Miravalles National ParkIUCN II · National park
- Palo Verde National ParkIUCN II · National park
- Parque Internacional La AmistadIUCN II · National park
- Parque Nacional BarbillaIUCN II · National park
- Parque nacional CahuitaIUCN II · National park
- Parque Nacional DiriáIUCN II · National park
- Parque nacional Isla del Coco
- Parque Nacional Isla San LucasIUCN II · National park
- Parque Nacional Santa RosaIUCN II · National park
- Parque Nacional Tapantí - Macizo Cerro de la MuerteIUCN II · National park
- Parque Nacional Volcán PoásIUCN II · National park
- Parque Nacional Volcán TurrialbaIUCN Ib · Wilderness
- Piedras Blancas National ParkIUCN II · National park
- Rincón de la Vieja Volcano National ParkIUCN II · National park
- Tenorio Volcano National ParkIUCN II · National park
- Tortuguero National ParkIUCN II · National park