Davies Creek National Park

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{{Infobox Australian place

| type = protected

| name = Davies Creek National Park

| state = qld

| iucn_category = II

| image = Davies creek NP.jpg

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| caption = Waterfall in the national park, 2004

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| nearest_town_or_city = Mareeba

| area = 4.86

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| established = 1971

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| managing_authorities = Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service

| url = nprsr.qld.gov.au/parks/davies-dinden-bare-hill/index.html

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Davies Creek National Park is in Far North Queensland, Australia, 1,392 km northwest of Brisbane, 20 km south west of Cairns. The park is located on the Atherton Tableland within the Barron River water catchment. It lies within the Einasleigh Uplands and Wet Tropics of Queensland bioregions.{{cite web |url=http://wetlandinfo.ehp.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/national-park-davies-creek/ |title=Davies Creek National Park|work=Wetlandinfo |publisher=Department of Environment and Heritage Protection |access-date=25 April 2015 }}

It is picturesque with its granite outcrops, the Davies Creek Falls and open eucalypt woodland. Davies Creek raises in the Lamb Range and eventually flows into the Barron River. The park is important as a preserve of the northern bettong, an endangered species. A total of five rare or threatened species have been identified in the park. One of them is the bettong (rat-kangaroo) whose main population lives in this park.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2011-02-16 |title=About {{!}} Davies Creek National Park, Dinden National Park, Dinden West Forest Reserve and Bare Hill Conservation Park |url=https://parks.des.qld.gov.au/parks/davies-dinden-bare-hill/about |access-date=2022-03-16 |website=Parks and forests {{!}} Department of Environment and Science, Queensland |language=en-AU}} The world's largest bird-eating and barking spiders have been observed here, measuring up to 16 cm in diameter.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2011-02-16 |title=Nature, culture and history {{!}} Davies Creek National Park, Dinden National Park, Dinden West Forest Reserve and Bare Hill Conservation Park |url=https://parks.des.qld.gov.au/parks/davies-dinden-bare-hill/about/culture |access-date=2022-03-17 |website=Parks and forests {{!}} Department of Environment and Science, Queensland |language=en-AU}}