Juquery State Park, State park in Franco da Rocha and Caieiras, São Paulo, Brazil

Juquery State Park covers about 2,058 hectares in Franco da Rocha and Caieiras, 38 km from Praça da Sé in São Paulo. It holds one of the last cerrado remnants in the metropolitan region alongside Atlantic Forest, with rounded "half-orange" hills and an average altitude of 700 m. The Juqueri River and its tributaries drain the area toward the Paulo de Paiva Castro reservoir of the Cantareira System.

The land was purchased by São Paulo state in 1895 and first served as the location for a psychiatric hospital and agricultural colony. These early institutions shaped the site's development for many decades.

The name comes from yu-kery, a riverside plant that indigenous peoples once used to obtain salt for cooking. You can still find similar vegetation growing along the water today.

The park is open Tuesday through Sunday during daylight hours with no entrance fee required. Bring comfortable walking shoes and plenty of water if you plan to explore the trails.

The park's name comes from the yu-kery plant that grows along regional rivers; indigenous peoples extracted salt from it to season food. The plant is also called "Sleeping Mary" because its leaves close for a while when touched.