Table Mountains National Park

Infobox protected area
name = Table Mountains National Park
native_name = Park Narodowy Gór Stołowych
iucn_category = II

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caption =
View from Szczeliniec Wielki mountain

location = Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
area = 63.39 km²
established = 1993
governing_body = Ministry of the Environment

The Table Mountains National Park ( _pl. Park Narodowy Gór Stołowych) is a National Park in Poland. It includes the Polish section of the Table Mountains ("Góry Stołowe"), which are part of the Sudetes range. It is located in south-western Poland, in Kłodzko County in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, near the border with the Czech Republic. Created in 1993, the Park covers an area of convert|63.39|km2|sqmi, of which forests accounts for 57.79 km². The area of strict protection is 3.76 km².

The Table Mountains landscape started to form 70 million years ago. The range’s unique shape is a result of hundreds of thousands of years of erosion. There are several notable rock formations, among them "Kwoka" ("Hen"), "Wielblad" ("Camel") and "Glowa wielkoluda" ("Giant’s head"). Also, there is a sophisticated system of corridors which creates rock labyrinths.

Currently plant life is mostly made up of spruce, which was introduced to the area on the turn of the 19th century to replace pristine beech and fir forests, which had been cut. Natural woodland is scarce and covers only around 3% of the forested areas. There are peat bogs, one of which (area 393,000 m²) was listed as a strictly protected area in 1959.

In the forested areas of the park there are deer, red deer, wild pig, squirrels, hedgehogs, many birds and reptiles including lizards and adders.

The history of the Table Mountains is closely connected with the history of the Kłodzko region, located on the borderland of Silesia, Bohemia and Moravia. After Hussite wars of the 14th and 15th century, the area thrived and later on first spas at Kudowa, Duszniki and Polanica were opened. Duszniki is also a center of paper production – one of the first paper mills in Europe was opened there in 1605.