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Jardin Exotique
Jardin Exotique (Jardin Exotique de Monaco), a cliffside botanical garden of over 1,000 succulent species opened 13 February 1933 under Prince Louis II; distinct from the 1949 Jardin Exotique d'Èze; reopened 30 March 2026 after six years of works.
Jardin méditerranéen de la Paix
Jardin méditerranéen de la Paix, a 900 m2 Mediterranean peace garden in walled Quimper, Brittany, opened 12 April 2013 above the Jardin de la Retraite, planted only with Mediterranean species and marked by an Albert Camus peace plaque.
Jardin Zoologique (Algeria)
Jardin Zoologique (حديقة الحيوانات), the Algiers zoo founded in 1900 by Joseph d'Ange inside the Jardin d'Essai du Hamma; about one hectare, closed 2001, rehabilitated from 2004.
Jeju Herb Dongsan
Jeju Herb Dongsan (제주허브동산), a themed herb garden in Pyoseon-myeon, Seogwipo-si, Jeju, with about 150 herb and wildflower species, a Golden Foot Bath, and a nighttime LED light display from 6 p.m.
Jeju Stone Park
Seolmundae-Halmang Park, officially Jeju Stone Park (제주돌문화공원), is a 3.3 km² museum and ecological park in Jocheon, Jeju, opened 2006 and themed on the giant creator goddess Seolmundae Halmang and the Five Hundred Generals, with a dedicated exhibition hall opened June 2025.
Jevremovac Botanical Garden
Jevremovac Botanical Garden (Botanička bašta "Jevremovac"), the University of Belgrade's botanical garden in Stari Grad, founded 1874, moved 1889 to King Milan Obrenović's donated estate; 4.82 ha, 1892 greenhouse, natural monument since 1995.
Jigokudani Monkey Park (地獄谷野猿公苑)
Jigokudani Monkey Park (地獄谷野猿公苑) is an unfenced 1964 park in Yamanouchi, Nagano, where a wild troop of about 160 Japanese macaques, drawn by regulated feeding, famously bathes in a natural hot spring.
Jim Corbett National Park
Jim Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand, India: established 1936 as Hailey National Park, India's first national park and Project Tiger's 1973 launch site; core of Corbett Tiger Reserve with India's highest tiger abundance (260 in 2022).
Jindai Botanical Gardens
Jindai Botanical Gardens (東京都神代植物公園, Jindai Shokubutsu Kōen), Tokyo's only metropolitan botanical garden, opened 1961 in Chōfu on a former street-tree nursery; about 4,800 species, 30 themed blocks, a 5,200-bush rose garden, and a Plant Diversity Center for endangered plants.
Jinzho Zoo
Jinzho Zoo (锦州动物园, Jinzhou Zoo) is a public medium-sized zoo in Linghe District, Jinzhou, Liaoning, China, founded 1974 as Beihu Park, holding 50+ species including Northeast tigers and a white-browed gibbon famously off exhibit during gaokao.
Jiuzhaigou (九寨沟)
Jiuzhaigou (九寨沟), a UNESCO World Heritage valley of travertine lakes and waterfalls in Sichuan, China, inscribed 1992, a 1997 biosphere reserve, hit by the 2017 Ms 7.0 earthquake, capped at 41,000 visitors daily.
Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park
Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park, Reynolds County, Missouri, where the Black River cuts Precambrian rhyolite into pools and rapids; camping, Ozark Trail access, and the 2005 Taum Sauk reservoir flood.
Jones Beach State Park
Jones Beach State Park, Wantagh, New York: Robert Moses's 1929 Atlantic Ocean barrier-island park with 6.5 miles of beach, about 8 million annual visitors, and the 2026-restored East Bathhouse learn-to-swim pool.
Joshua Tree National Park
Joshua Tree National Park, a 795,000-acre southern California park where the Mojave and Colorado Deserts meet, monument in 1936, national park in 1994, named for Yucca brevifolia, with about 870,000 Joshua trees, threatened desert tortoises, and rising heat and drought.
Judge C. R. Magney State Park
Judge C. R. Magney State Park, formerly Brule River State Park, is a Minnesota state park near Grand Marais on Lake Superior's North Shore, home to the Devil's Kettle waterfall, whose vanishing half of the Brule River was shown by 2016 flow measurements to rejoin the river downstream.
Kaa-Iya del Gran Chaco National Park and Integrated Management Natural Area
Kaa-Iya del Gran Chaco (Parque Nacional y ANMI Kaa-Iya) is Bolivia's largest protected area, about 3.4 million hectares of Gran Chaco dry forest created by decree in 1995 at the initiative of the Izoceño-Guaraní people and long co-managed with CABI.
Kabetogama, Minnesota
Kabetogama (Minnesota) is an unincorporated community in St. Louis County, serving as a gateway to Kabetogama Lake, a 25,700-acre lake located entirely within Voyageurs National Park.
Kabokuen
花木園 (kabokuen), Japanese flowering tree gardens; notable examples in Showa Kinen Park (about 200 tree and 200 herb species), Yokohama, Saitama, Ome, and Iizuka, planted for seasonal blossom viewing.
Kaduri Cactus Garden
The Kaduri Cactus Garden is a 2,000-square-meter cactus and succulent garden on the Weizmann Institute of Science campus in Rehovot, Israel, opened in 2019 and named for Hannah and Amnon Kaduri.
Kaen Makrut Botanical Garden
Kaen Makrut Botanical Garden (สวนพฤกษชาติแก่นมะกรูด), Ban Rai District, Uthai Thani, Thailand: highland garden at about 600 m, nicknamed coldest in central Siam, hosting an annual winter tulip and lily flower festival with the local Karen community.
Kahiltna Glacier
The Kahiltna Glacier is the largest glacier in the Alaska Range, flowing about 45 miles from Denali and Mount Foraker and serving as a major climbing route on Denali.
Kaisaniemi Botanical Garden
Kaisaniemi Botanical Garden (Kaisaniemen kasvitieteellinen puutarha), University of Helsinki botanic garden in central Helsinki since 1829, founded in Turku 1678, with 10 greenhouses, the 1889 Palm House, and Finland's national living plant collection.
Kakadu National Park
Kakadu National Park is Australia's largest terrestrial national park, covering almost 20,000 square kilometers east of Darwin, with Aboriginal rock art and World Heritage listing.
Kalba Bird of Prey Centre
Kalba Bird of Prey Centre (مركز كلباء للطيور الجارحة), EPAA-run raptor centre in Kalba, Sharjah, UAE; opened January 2014, first of its kind in the UAE and Middle East; 46 species at opening, free-flying shows, Egyptian vulture breeding.
Kam Shan Country Park
Kam Shan Country Park (金山郊野公園), designated 24 June 1977 in Sha Tin District north of Kowloon, covers 339 hectares with four reservoirs, wild macaques on Monkey Hill, and Gin Drinkers' Line wartime bunkers.
Kamegaoka Square
Kamegaoka Square (亀ヶ岡広場) is a public plaza near the summit of Enoshima island, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan, with Sagami Bay views, a wood deck, restaurant, kiosk, and access via the Enoshima Escar.
Kamolot park
Kamolot park (Kamolot bogʻi), public parks in Uzbekistan named after the Kamolot youth movement; chiefly a culture and recreation park in Davlatobod district, Namangan (rebuilt 2025-2026 as Yoshlar bogʻi, 7.8 billion soum) and a theme park in Andijan, temporarily closed, rated 4.3.
Kanha Tiger Reserve
Kanha Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh (also Kanha National Park): 2,074 sq km Satpura reserve famous for saving the hard-ground barasingha (66 to ~750 animals) and for 105+ tigers, first nine Project Tiger reserves.
Karoo Desert National Botanical Garden
Karoo Desert National Botanical Garden, Worcester, Western Cape: SANBI's second-oldest national botanical garden, founded 1921 at Whitehill near Matjiesfontein, moved to Worcester in 1945, renamed 2001; 154 ha garden for arid and succulent flora.
Kata Tjuta
Kata Tjuta, also called the Olgas or Mount Olga, is a group of 28 conglomerate rock domes 32 km west of Uluru in Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park, sacred to Aṉangu and jointly managed since the 1985 handback.