Akdağ National Park straddles a provincial boundary, lying partly in Sandıklı district of Afyonkarahisar and partly in Çivril district of Denizli. It was declared a national park by Presidential Decision no. 8107, published in the Official Gazette of 17 January 2024; before that change of status the site was a nature park.
The directorate describes the park's value as a combination of mountains, forest, water sources, a canyon, caves, high pastures and cultural remains, and gives the annual visitor number as 71,487. The activities it lists follow that terrain: mountaineering, bird and wildlife watching, photo safari, caravan and tent camping, cave trips, canyon crossings, and walking, cycling and riding.
One caution about camping. The directorate states that the tent and caravan camping area has neither an approved site plan nor infrastructure, and that the park's analytical survey and long-term development plan are still being prepared. Existing site plans date from when the area was a nature park and cover the Kocayayla day-use area, the country houses and the Sığırkuyruğu day-use area. What is in place is ten country houses, three day-use units, one tent camping area and one caravan camping area, together with children's play areas, day-use grounds, a country restaurant, local produce outlets, a prayer room and toilets. Stated visitor capacity is 12,000.
The park is 95 kilometres from Afyonkarahisar city and some thirty-five kilometres from Sandıklı. It is approached by the Sorkun village road, the Sandıklı-Menteş village road, or the road from Çivril in Denizli. Sandıklı Municipality holds the concession at the Wildlife Training Centre.
- Designated
- 17.01.2024
Visiting hours
- Visiting hours
- 08:30 - 17:30
When to go
- Climate
- Across Afyonkarahisar as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 0.4 °C in January to 22.2 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June, July, August and September; rainfall is heaviest in May (56 mm) and lightest in August (14 mm). Long-term means for 1929-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
