Kartaltepe Nature Park lies in the Kızılcahamam district of Ankara and covers ninety-three hectares. It was declared a nature park by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry in 2011.
The park is about seventy-four kilometres from the centre of Ankara and seven and a half from the centre of Kızılcahamam. The land belongs to the state forests and lies in the transition belt between central Anatolia and the Black Sea, with a semi-humid climate.
About ninety-six per cent of the area is forest ecosystem and four per cent aquatic. There are two natural ponds within it. There are no tourist facilities in the park.
- Designated
- 11.07.2011
When to go
- Climate
- Across Ankara as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 0.4 °C in January to 23.6 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June, July, August and September; rainfall is heaviest in May (52 mm) and lightest in August (13 mm). Long-term means for 1927-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
