Nawegaon National Park, National park in Gondia district, India.

Nawegaon National Park is a protected area in eastern Maharashtra that covers more than 130 square kilometers of mixed forest, grassland and a large lake. The central lake occupies roughly 11 square kilometers and forms the heart of the landscape, surrounded by wooded hills and open clearings.

The lake at Navegaon was built around 1300 AD by the Kohali brothers Kolhu and Chimna Patil, who resettled inhabitants of 12 villages and paid labourers in conches and mollusc shells. A Hanuman temple was raised during the dam's construction, and a 200-yard sloping waste weir let eels in from the sea to spawn. The government took over the dam in 1951 and replaced that weir with a waterfall; the national park was established on 22 November 1975.

The name Navegaon combines the Marathi words nave (new) and gaon (village), and locals also call the site Navegaon Bandh, bandh meaning dam. The hillock inside the reservoir is named Kolhasur after Kolhu Patil, one of the two Kohali brothers who built the lake in 1300; the tank bund called Sat-Bahini recalls their seven sisters. A Hanuman temple was built alongside the dam, where workers paid obeisance before starting each day.

Seven observation cabins and five watch towers spread across the area offer good opportunities to see birds and other animals. The best chances for wildlife sightings usually come in the early morning or late afternoon, when temperatures are more comfortable.

An island in the middle of the lake called Maldonger once served as a refuge for villagers during raids by Pindari raiders. Today it can only be reached by boat and remains a quiet spot amid the water.