Ayazmapınarı Nature Park lies within the bounds of the village of Evciler in the Bayramiç district of Çanakkale, on the northern skirts of the Kaz mountains at an altitude of 490 metres. The area was registered as a recreation ground in 1986 and declared a nature park on 11 July 2011, covering 5.85 hectares.
The plant life here is shaped by the Kaz mountains to the south. In the wooded part of the park grow mock privet, oak, black pine, lime, terebinth, hornbeam, beech and chestnut. Of the park's flora, twenty-six per cent belongs to the Mediterranean element, 17.6 per cent to the Euro-Siberian and 1.3 per cent to the Irano-Turanian.
Fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, insects and butterflies all live in the park. The large-spotted brown trout, found particularly in cold water, is among the notable species.
The park holds several sources of water — the Çınarcık and Ayazma streams and the Ayazma spring — and these do much for the life of the place.
It lies about 99.9 kilometres from the centre of Çanakkale, 29.1 kilometres from Bayramiç and about six kilometres from the village of Evciler. There is no direct public transport, so coming by car is advised.
For visitors there are picnic grounds, walking paths, fountains, lavatories and children's playgrounds. Camping and lighting fires are forbidden.
- Designated
- 11.07.2011
Entry fee
- Marmara group 3 · category 1 · Per person
- 65 ₺
When to go
- Climate
- Across Çanakkale as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 6.4 °C in January to 25.2 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June, September and October; rainfall is heaviest in December (105 mm) and lightest in August (11 mm). Long-term means for 1929-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
