The natural area of the Sierra de Guadarrama has great ecological and cultural wealth that advises that its conservation be declared of general interest and its protection regime be raised, declaring it a National Park.
The National Park occupies 33,960 hectares of the Sierra de Guadarrama in the Central System, a mountainous massif that divides the Castilian plateau in two and separates the hydrographic basins of the Duero and the Tagus and the provinces of Segovia and Madrid. Most of its surface is occupied by peaks dominated by rocky outcrops and tall grasses and scrubs.
Cercedilla has more than 1,000 hectares within the National Park, and more than 2,000 hectares in the Peripheral Protection Zone. It also has one of the Visitor Centers and one of the Entrance Gates to the National Park.
