page_title: National parks of Scotland
section_title: List of Scottish national parks
hierarchical_section_title: National parks of Scotland / List of Scottish national parks
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Parcs nationaux d’Écosse English: National Parks of Scotland&#160;:1.Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park2. Cairngorms National Park
context_page_description: The national parks of Scotland are managed areas of outstanding landscape where some forms of development are restricted to preserve the landscape and natural environment. At present, Scotland has two national parks: Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park, created in 2002, and the Cairngorms National Park, created in 2003.
  Unlike the national parks of many other countries, the national parks of Scotland are not areas of uninhabited land owned by the state. The majority of the land is in the ownership of private landowners, and people continue to live and work in the parks. Although the landscapes often appear "wild" in character, the land is not wilderness, as it has been worked by humans for thousands of years. Like their English and Welsh counterparts the national parks of Scotland are effectively "managed landscapes", and are classified as IUCN Category V Protected Landscapes because of this. National parks are only one of a number of designations used to protect and conserve the landscape and natural environment of Scotland.
caption: Map of national parks of Scotland
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