Mrkopalj (pronounced [mř̩kɔpaʎ]) is a village and a municipality in the mountainous part of Croatia in the region of Gorski Kotar, located south-east of Delnice and some 50 km east of Rijeka and 831 meters above sea level.

On 11 April 1941, the new NDH authorities made Mrkopalj-born Lovro Sušić [hr], a Frankist, administrator of the kotar of Ogulin.

Upon entering Mrkopalj, they were met by a Croat force belonging to Mačekova zaštita [hr], but the Yugoslav soldiers refused to disarm.

[6] Mrkopalj was once a relatively important trading town in the Gorski Kotar highlands, where timber and sheep are the main resources.

American author Jennifer Wilson's 2011 non-fiction book, Running Away to Home: Our Family's Journey to Croatia in Search of Who We Are, Where We Came From, and What Really Matters, takes place in Mrkopalj.