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Jim Corbett National Park—named after the hunter turned conservationist Jim Corbett who played a key role in its establishment—is the oldest national park in India.

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The Jim Corbett Tiger Reserve is located inside the ecologically valuable Bhabar-Terai Region, a stretch of land in northern India that skirts the southern part of the Shivalik Mountains.

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Jim Corbett National Park was established in 1936 as Hailey National Park, situated in the Nainital district of Uttarakhand.

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It is part of the larger Corbett Tiger Reserve which was first to come under the Project Tiger initiative launched in 1973.

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The park has a high density of tigers (Panthera tigris) and a sizeable population of Asian elephants (Elephas maximus).

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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.