Jim Corbett National Park was established in 1936 as Hailey National Park, situated in the Nainital district of Uttarakhand.
It is part of the larger Corbett Tiger Reserve which was first to come under the Project Tiger initiative launched in 1973.
The park has a high density of tigers (Panthera tigris) and a sizeable population of Asian elephants (Elephas maximus).
In the foothills of the Central Himalayas— 50 km from Ramnagar. It occupies the broad Patlidoon Valley, with beautiful Ramganga River flowing in a westerly direction.