Pilancones Natural Park, Natural park in San Bartolomé de Tirajana, Gran Canaria, Spain

Pilancones Natural Park is a protected area in San Bartolomé de Tirajana covering volcanic terrain with deep ravines, narrow plateaus, and pine forests in higher elevations. The landscape displays layers of rock shaped by past eruptions and varies significantly in height and vegetation throughout the park.

The park's volcanic rocks are about 9.6 million years old and have seen almost no volcanic activity since; they belong to the southern phonolite fan of Gran Canaria, with phonolite lava flows stacked between pumice and ignimbrite deposits. Small basalt outcrops of the Roque Nublo and Recent cycles appear in the west. Torrential water has since cut the ravines of Vicentillos, Vicentes, Ayagaures, Chamoriscán and Excusabaraja into these layers.

The name Pilancones comes from the pilancones, small hollows scoured in the ravine beds by torrential water where pools linger after runoff. The park was designated Parque Natural de Ayagaures y Pilancones in 1987 and classified as a parque natural in 1994. Its public montes de utilidad include La Plata, San Bartolomé y Maspalomas and Montaña del Rey.

The park is accessible via the GC-60 road connecting Maspalomas to San Bartolomé de Tirajana, with several marked hiking trails of varying difficulty. Bring sturdy footwear and plenty of water, as the terrain can be steep and exposed to strong sun.

The park's name comes from pilancones, natural water pools that form in rock crevices as water drains after rainfall, creating isolated living spaces for specialized plants and animals. These small reservoirs sustain delicate ecosystems found nowhere else in the region.