Meshchyorsky National Park (Russian: Национальный парк «Мещерский») covers extensive wetlands (swamps, peat bogs, rivers and lakes) and pine/birch woodlands in the Meshchera Lowlands on the East European Plain in the northern section of Ryazan Oblast, Russia, about 120 km east of Moscow.

[4] The wetlands experience floods in the spring, and low-water levels and dryness during the summer dry season.

Many fish from the Oka River system move through the parks to the lakes, including perch, pike, chub, bream, roach, and others.

[4] The Russian painter Abram Arkhipov lived in a village in the territory and painted extensively of the peasant life of the area in the late 1800s.

The Russian Soviet writer Konstantin Paustovsky also lived in the area, writing about the natural surroundings of Meshchersky.

"[8] The park is highly popular for outdoor recreation - hiking, cycling, camping, boating, fishing, collecting berries and mushrooms, etc.

The park strongly emphasizes ecological education, with children's camps, festivals, and scientific participation.