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The
Natural Park of Sierra de Andújar is located in the
northeast of the Jaén province, in the heart of Sierra
Morena mountains, it borders on the west with the natural
park of Cardeña and Montoro in the province of Córdoba
and on the North with Ciudad Real.
 Because
of its location of middle high mountains, it constitutes
and example of Mediterranean ecosystem and hoards a rich
cultural history with many adventures in the mountain landscapes,
the natural shelter of bandits that English travellers told
during the XIX century. It was declared Natural Park in
1989. It has over 40.000 inhabitants and covers four municipalities
of Jaén. It presents a varied morphology and an altitude
of in between 500 metres and the 1.290 of the Burcio del
Pino Peak in the Quintana mountain chain. The economic resources
of the inhabitants of the park are based on the profit of
olive groves, cotton, cereal, wild herd and big game. Most
of the reserves are private properties and coexist with
two national reserves, that of Selladores-Contadero and
that of Lugar Nuevo.
 The
heart of this mountain chain houses the Sanctuary of Nuestra
Señora de la Cabeza (Our Lady of the Head), patron
saint of the huntsmen, who assembles thousands of people
during the annual pilgrimage in the month of April. it locates
in a place called Cerro del Cabezo from where one can admire
breathtaking views. The activities available in the park
are the observation of birds, botanical excursions, trekking,
mountain cycling and speology.
The Jandula and Encinarejo reservoirs lie in the East boundary
and attract many tourists for they have a recreation area.
The most interesting routes are that of the pilgrim, that
of the bull, that from Andujar to Baños de la Encina
and that of Fontanejo.
 Location:
Baños de la Encina, Marmolejo, Andujar y Villanueva
de la Reina (Jaén).
Area: 60.800
hectares.
Most common animal species:
Imperial eagle, black vulture, tawny vulture; wolf and lynx;
deer, roe deer, boar, buck and European mouflon, as well
as 14 species of amphibian, 21 kinds of reptiles, 178 birds
and 49 mammals.
Most common vegetation:
Holm oaks, cork oak, and gall oak, forest of common pine,
nut pine, Spanish pine, mastic tree, cherry tree and rosemary.
Access: free.
How to arrive:
From Ciudad Real, road J-5000 and from the rest of Spain,
highway of Andalucia and J-5010 or N-IV. 
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