Landscape
A large portion of the national park is taken up by Gribskov, Denmark's 4th largest forest, covering some 5600 hectares ca 14.000 acres, the landscape here is undulating with varied vegetation, but mostly pine, beech and some majestic old oak trees. The forest is bordered by Esrum Sø to the east, Denmark's 3rd largest lake by area, and largest by water volume, at the southern corner is a protected bay rich on birds, further east through an area of farms and fields lies the shallow, 2 km2Gurre Sø surrounded by relatively untouched forest. South of Gribskov is the expansive deer garden Store Dyrehave where the star shaped trail system used for the royal Par force hunts still dominates. To the north you will find Tisvilde hegn Arresø
Flora and fauna
While not exactly rich on fauna by most standards, for a densely populated area like Denmark - and Zealand in particular, the range of animals to be spotted here is richer than most everywhere else in the country outside the wadden sea. Mammals living in the park includes many species of deer red-, roe-, fallow- and sika deer which constituted a large part of the royal interests in the northern forests. You can also see foxes as well as the European Badger, and if you are extremely lucky you can sometimes spot Osprey or the White Tailed Eagles, but more common sightings up in the air includes the Common Buzzard and to some extend the Honey Buzzard and Sparrow Hawk.