High Chaparral Theme Park, Western theme park in Småland, Sweden

High Chaparral is a Wild West theme park near Hillerstorp in Gnosjö Municipality, on the border with Värnamo and close to Store Mosse. Around 265 buildings stand on a 50-hectare former bog, largely raised from demolition material: a fort, a western street, a Mexican town, a Karelian-inspired church and a harbour district. A narrow-gauge railway circles the park and a paddle steamer runs on a dug river.

Bengt Erlandsson bought 200,000 creosote-treated telephone poles from Televerket in the early 1960s and used them to build Fort Erlandsson on his Kulltorp farm, bought in 1957. He opened the fort to the public in 1966, charging five kronor for a stunt show, and renamed it High Chaparral after the Western TV series. A Western street followed in the early 1970s, then a 200-room hotel built in three months for the 1970s Formula 1 races at Anderstorp. The park railway opened in 1977.

Live shows throughout the grounds bring characters such as Lucky Luke, Zorro and the infamous Dalton Brothers to life through stunts and dialogue. Each performance translates elements of the American West onto Swedish soil and draws children and adults alike.

The park lies near Hillerstorp in Gnosjö Municipality, by the border with Värnamo Municipality and close to Store Mosse and the E4 motorway. A narrow-gauge railway, 1,435 metres long with 750 mm track, runs from Main Street to Old Mexico, where riders can get off. The paddle steamer Natchez calls at River City and Old Mexico. Next to the park are a campground with cabins and trailers and a lake for swimming.

The park holds a bronze statue of Lenin expelled from Nowa Huta, and a steam locomotive bought from Polish State Railways; one engine, no. 1705, was sold to a private buyer in Målilla before being bought back. The narrow-gauge line is 1,435 metres long with a 750 mm track gauge.