Parco naturale della Pineta di Appiano Gentile e Tradate, Regional park between Como and Varese, Italy.

The Parco naturale della Pineta di Appiano Gentile e Tradate is a protected area of over 48 km² across 15 municipalities in the provinces of Como and Varese, established in 1983. About 3,500 of its 4,800 hectares are woodland: 30% Scots pine, 30% chestnut, 25% black locust and 15% oak, with moorland remnants between Carbonate and Tradate. The terrain is a moraine plateau between 243 and 447 m above sea level, crossed by the Bozzente, Fontanile di Tradate, Gradeluso and Antiga streams.

The park was established as a protected area in 1983 to conserve a landscape shaped by glacial moraine deposits. These formations resulted from successive ice ages in the northern Po Valley and continue to define the area's topography today.

The park spans multiple municipalities, with Castelnuovo Bozzente being the sole town entirely within its boundaries. You can notice how residents use the forest trails as part of daily life and how different communities maintain their own access points to the protected area.

The park's territory touches fifteen municipalities, but only Castelnuovo Bozzente lies entirely within it, and the park authority's headquarters is there. Trails and access points are spread across the different towns, so the starting point depends on which sector you want to reach. A birdwatching pond equipped for observation stands near Cascina Castigliona by the Antiga stream in Limido Comasco.

The park's name comes from its Scots pine woods, planted from the 18th century onward; Count Luigi Castiglioni promoted reforestation with new species such as black locust, red oak and tulip tree after the devastating flood of 1756. Small strips of moorland still survive between Carbonate and Tradate.