Kalesar National Park lies at the foothills of the Shiwalik ranges in Yamuna Nagar

Background

Kalesar National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary are situated at the foothills of the Shiwalik ranges.
Administratively the area falls in Yamuna Nagar district of Haryana.
It shares its boundary with three states: Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh; the Yamuna river forms the eastern boundary with Uttar Pradesh.
The area is named after the Kaleshwar (Shiva) temple located in the section-4 area.
The 11570 acres of Kalesar Reserve Forest was declared a Wildlife Sanctuary by a Haryana Government notification dated 18.12.1992.
The whole area of that Wildlife Sanctuary was later declared a National Park by a notification dated 8.12.2003.
The forest is dense with Sal and Khair trees, with patches of grassland.