This page lists 45 place records whose province name matches Tak in the website’s saved dataset. The source is TAT Data API; listings display their recorded source dates, which may not reflect current conditions. Search or choose another province to browse.
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Bhumibol Dam is described as Thailand’s first multipurpose concrete dam and its tallest dam. It has a large curved crest and stands 154 metres from base to crest. The dam crosses the Ping River at Khao Kaeo in Sam Ngao District and is used for electricity generation and irrigation. The Ping River runs 207 kilometres from the dam to Hod District in Chiang Mai. The area around the dam is used for recreation and fish breeding.
Umphang is a protected forest area set aside to conserve natural resources. Much of the landscape consists of rugged high mountains, with evergreen and deciduous forest. It was declared Umphang Wildlife Sanctuary in 1989 (B.E. 2532).
The park covers parts of Mae Tho Forest in Mae Tho and Phawo Subdistricts of Mueang Tak District, as well as Mae Lamao Forest in Mae Sot District. Its forest types include hill evergreen, pine, tropical evergreen, dry dipterocarp and mixed deciduous forest. The weather is cool throughout the year.
The bridge is in Tha Sai Luat Subdistrict at the end of Highway 105, the Tak–Mae Sot route. It crosses the Moei River between Mae Sot District in Tak Province and Myawaddy, Myanmar.
Pong Kham Ram is a mineral spring in Tak Province.
Doi Soi Malai Petrified Wood National Park is in Tak Ok Subdistrict, within the Mae Salit–Pong Daeng National Forest Reserve. Most of the forest is relatively intact dry dipterocarp forest, with trees growing fairly densely across the area. The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation surveyed the site and found dozens of petrified logs. Excavations and studies at seven pits uncovered eight large pieces of petrified wood between B.E. 2546 and B.E. 2548. The site was then developed as a tourist attraction and nature learning centre for Tak Province.
No sufficiently verified historical information is currently available for Mon Mok Tawan (Sea of Mist at Ban Pa Wai).
The park covers Phop Phra and Mae Sot districts. Most of the area consists of mixed deciduous forest, mountain pine forest and natural fields of Siam tulip, a wildflower.
Mae Moei National Park is in Mae Usu and Mae Song Subdistricts. The area around the park office is landscaped with flowering and ornamental plants. The surrounding mountains and forests create a peaceful, shady setting, and many kinds of wildlife are found in the area.
There is not yet enough verified historical information about this shrine. The source invites the community or caretakers to add information with references.
The centre is in Ban Musoe, Village No. 6, Mae Tho Subdistrict. It offers agro-tourism and agricultural learning for visitors and the public, alongside horticultural experiments and research.
Pha Sam Ngao is in Yan Ri subdistrict. From Mueang district, take Route 1107 (Chedi Yutthahatthi–Bhumibol Dam); the site is about 25 km past the turnoff to Chedi Yutthahatthi.
This spacious cave is naturally decorated with stalactites and stalagmites. It is in Ban Mae Klong Mai, approximately 3 kilometres from Umphang.
This page does not currently provide a place description for Doi Hua Mot.
Also called the Shwedagon Pagoda in the source description, Wat Phra Boromthat is located in Ko Kha Subdistrict, in the center of old Tak town, Ban Tak District. It is a chedi associated with the Year of the Horse, presented as an alternative to travelling to pay respects at the Shwedagon Pagoda in Myanmar.
Thi Lor Su Waterfall is in Umphang Wildlife Sanctuary. It is a large limestone waterfall, described in the source as one of the most beautiful in Thailand.
Wat Phra Phutthabat Doi Lon is in Thong Fa Subdistrict, Moo 3. It is a meditation-focused forest temple on a hill surrounded by woodland. A notable feature within the grounds is the image named Somdet Maha Sakayamuni Sri Sanphet.
Wat Khao Tam has naturally formed rocks arranged in complex layers. The hill at the cave entrance is about 70 metres high. The ordination hall houses a replica Buddha footprint, Phra Sangkajai, Guanyin and Luang Pho Thanjai.
On the Mae Sot–Mae Sariang Highway (No. 1085) at kilometres 95–96, this cave contains striking natural formations of stalactites and stalagmites. The source advises against visiting during the rainy season because the visitor entrance is reached through Mae Usa stream.
The source describes the area as having the largest rose-growing area in northern Thailand, with many varieties, especially thornless roses. Visitors are said to be able to visit in every season. For details, the source lists the Tourism Authority of Thailand Northern Region Office 4 at 0 55514341–3.
The full stretch is a public park where residents of Tak can relax. In the evening, visitors can watch the sun set behind the mountain ridge. The site also hosts the traditional Loi Krathong Sai Lai Prathip 1,000 Lights festival.
At Wat Phra That Hin Kio at Don Din Chi, a relic is enshrined in a small Mon-style chedi on a mountain, locally known as “Phaya Long.” The site is in Ban Wang Takian, Village 5, Tha Sai Luat Subdistrict.
Manibanphot Swamp is beside Highway 1 (Phahonyothin Road), near Wat Mani Banphot Worawihan and Somdet Phra Chao Taksin Maharat Hospital. The large wetland covers more than 60 rai.
Across from the Tourism Authority of Thailand’s Northern Region Area 4 office, Krathong Sai is a public park showcasing Tak’s distinctive Loi Krathong Sai tradition. The page describes the festival as a source of local pride and unique to Thailand.
The hot spring is part of Namtok Pha Charoen National Park. Its naturally occurring hot water is recorded at 60°C, and the source says the site can be visited year-round.
Wat Mani Banphot is a third-class royal monastery, the royal temple of the province and a model development temple.
The site is also called Wat Phra Chao Tak or Wat Siang Thay Barami Phra Chao Tak. It is beside the bypass road in Mae Tho Subdistrict, about 250 metres from the west bank of the Ping River.
Mae Tuen Wildlife Sanctuary is in the Mae Tuen forest area and extends into Mae Ramat and Sam Ngao districts in Tak Province.
Wat Bot Manee Siboonrueng is in Ban Rummanee on Taksin Road, Nong Luang Subdistrict. It was built in B.E. 2401 (1858) and restored in B.E. 2533 (1990). A Mon-style chedi contains relics; the chedi’s umbrella finial was restored and relics were placed in its upper section. The viharn houses the principal Buddha image, known locally as Luang Pho Phutthamon, described as a beautiful image from the Sukhothai period, around the beginning of the 19th Buddhist century.
The shrine is on the right-hand side of Highway 105 (Tak–Mae Sot), between kilometre markers 70 and 71. The source says it was completed and opened in late B.E. 2523 (1980).
Mae Kasa Waterfall is in Mae Kasa Subdistrict. It is a large waterfall with a trail leading up a high mountain. There is also a cave and a stream about 5 metres wide that runs from the cave entrance to the waterfall.
This newly opened national park is in Ban Nong Luang, Village No. 3, Sam Muen Subdistrict, beside the Mae Ramad–Ban Tak Highway. It is about 18 kilometres from the Mae Ramad District intersection and covers about 380 square kilometres. Formerly called Mae Kasa National Park, it was later renamed Khun Phawo National Park.
Doi Soi Malai is in Mae Tuen Wildlife Sanctuary and rises approximately 1,600 metres above sea level. The page highlights salamanders, referred to in Thai as water lizards.
Namtok Thi Lo Re is described as a newly developed tourist attraction in Umphang Wildlife Sanctuary, which the source says UNESCO declared a World Heritage site in 1999.
Trok Ban Cheen is on Taksin Road near Wat Sitalaram in Rahaeng Subdistrict. It was once a thriving trading community. A Chinese merchant known as Chin Teng migrated to Bangkok and traded as far as Chiang Mai before expanding his business to Tak. He partnered with two other Chinese merchants, Chin Boonyen and Chin Thongyu.
Theppitak Park is about 28 km from Mae Sot on the Tak–Phop Phra route, then about 1 km after turning left. Its garden began planting and developing new pomegranate varieties under Phairat and Buppha Chaiyanok. Check this place’s eligibility for a donation tax deduction through the Revenue Department’s e-Donation system.
This 97-tiered waterfall is between kilometres 36 and 37 on Highway 1090. Near the kilometre 36–37 markers, turn left from the highway onto a dirt road and continue for another 700 metres to reach the waterfall.
Wat Chumphon Khiri is in Mae Sot Subdistrict Municipality and is more than 200 years old. Its newer chedi is modeled on Myanmar’s Shwedagon Pagoda.
The Si Maharat City Pillar Shrine is at the foot of Kitti Khachon Bridge, before entering Tak city. Historical evidence cited on the page says Tak predates the Sukhothai period and that four great kings of the past came to assemble their armies in Tak.
It was first called Phoe Pha Waterfall, then renamed Phop Phra Waterfall, and later named Naang Cruan Waterfall. It is a medium-sized waterfall that flows down in a series of small tiers.
Wat Si Talaram has a shaded setting, an ordination hall and wooden buildings in a European style. Its original ordination hall was destroyed by fire and later rebuilt. A carved wooden cloister in front of the hall houses an Ayutthaya-period Buddha image.
Wat Mongkhon Khiri Khet is beside the Mae Sot–Tha Song Yang–Mae Sariang Highway at kilometer 136, in Moo 1, Tha Song Yang Subdistrict, next to Huai Mae Chuang stream.
The shrine stands opposite Mae Sot Municipal Stadium. It was built in B.E. 2545 (2002) to honor King Naresuan’s declaration of independence at Mueang Kaeng in the Union of Myanmar, as described by the source. The source says he passed through Mae Lamao checkpoint, with Mae Sot District as the first place along the route.
Wat Pho Thi Khun is in Mae Pa Subdistrict, Mae Sot. This forest meditation temple is shaded by many kinds of plants, with a carefully arranged layout, landscape and buildings.
The chedi is also known as the memorial chedi honoring King Ramkhamhaeng the Great and locally as the Elephant Battle Chedi. It stands on Doi Chang, a small earthen hill in Ko Tapo Subdistrict.