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Russell River National Park
Queensland
Russell River National Park; Queensland
IUCN category II (national park)
	Russell River National Park
Nearest town or city	Innisfail
Coordinates	17°13′29″S 145°56′20″E / 17.22472°S 145.93889°E
Established	1969
Area	41 km2 (15.8 sq mi)
Managing authorities	Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service
Website	Russell River National Park
See also	Protected areas of Queensland

Russell River is a national park in North Queensland, Australia, 1352 km northwest of Brisbane. The park protects a coastal strip between the sea and the Russell River.^[1] It is part of the Coastal Wet Tropics Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International because of its importance for the conservation of lowland tropical rainforest birds.^[2]

Camping is allowed with a camping permit, but the park itself has no visitor facilities.

References edit

^ "About | Russell River National Park". Parks and forests | Department of Environment and Science, Queensland. 9 October 2006. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
^ BirdLife International. (2011). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Coastal Wet Tropics. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 2011-12-16.

Russell River National Park at Queensland's Department of National Parks, Recreation, Sport and Racing