Prírodný park Svratecká hornatina, Nature park in Blansko District, Czech Republic
Prírodný park Svratecká hornatina is a nature park in Czech Republic spanning across multiple districts. It contains valleys, open grasslands, and forest edges that form the park's varied landscape.
The park was first declared in 1990 on an area of 100.7 km², then re-declared and enlarged in 1995 to its present 371 km². It lies in the Hornosvratecká vrchovina on the Svratka basin between Bystřice nad Pernštejnem, Polička, Bystré, Kunštát and Tišnov, and adjoins the Žďárské vrchy Protected Landscape Area.
The park's name comes from the Svratka River, which flows through its middle course between Borovnice and Předklášteří. Within its bounds stand Pernštejn Castle and the Vír I reservoir, and the village of Korouhev in the Svitavy District is often drawn inside the park on maps, though no park is declared there.
The park lies between Bystřice nad Pernštejnem, Polička, Bystré, Kunštát and Tišnov, around the middle course of the Svratka. It borders the Žďárské vrchy Protected Landscape Area to the northwest and the Údolí Křetínky Nature Park to the northeast. Note that the Svitavy District overlap near Korouhev is marked on many maps but is not actually declared park territory.
The park's highest point is Horní les near Rovečné at 772 m above sea level. Its bedrock is mostly gneiss, with crystalline limestone appearing in places, and the territory spans the 4th beech to 5th fir-beech vegetation tiers.
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