National Park

National Park しぜんこうえん Nature Park "Wild Missingno. appeared!"
Map description:	A spacious and beautiful park. It's connected to the Pokéathlon Dome.
Location:	Between Routes 35 and 36
Region:	Johto
Generations:	II, IV
Location of National Park in Johto.
Pokémon world locations

The National Park (Japanese: しぜんこうえん Nature Park) is a location in Johto. It is located to the north of Goldenrod City, between Route 35 and Route 36. The Bug-Catching Contest takes place there every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.

Geography

The park is separated into two main areas. The southern part contains several benches and a patch of flowers. Several people rest in this area, including a Teacher with a Persian that gives a Quick Claw to the player.

The northern part is circular and resembles a Poké Ball, with a fountain in the center, a semi-circular patch of tall grass to the south and another of long grass to the north, the first instance of this type of grass that is encountered in the games. Trainers can be battled only within these patches of grass, though there are no Trainers to battle during a Bug-Catching Contest.

In Generation II, most of the people talk about printing pictures off from the Pokédex, in order to promote the games' connectivity to the Game Boy Printer that was released two years before them. In Generation IV, they instead talk about using the Pokéwalker.

Items

Item		Location	Games
	Quick Claw	Gift from the woman with a Persian in the southeast	G  S  C  HG  SS
	Parlyz Heal	Behind the fence, near the east gate	G  S  C
	Soothe Bell	Behind the fence, near the east gate	HG  SS
	TM28 (Dig)	Behind the fence, in the southwest	G  S  C  HG  SS
	Full Heal	Behind the fence, between the two flowers at the end of the path near the south gate (hidden)	G  S  C  HG  SS
	Full Heal	Two tiles north and two tiles east of the northeastern corner of the small fountain near the south gate (hidden)	HG  SS
	Shiny Stone	Behind the fence, on a cliff in the northeast (requires Rock Climb)	HG  SS
	Nugget	Sometimes given out by Pokéfan Beverly if the player has her number (number obtainable with Marill in their partyC)	C  HG  SS
	Sport Ball ×20	From the Contest Helper in either gate, to be used in the Bug-Catching Contest, cannot be keptTuThSa	G  S  C  HG  SS

Bug-Catching Contest prizes

For the prizes received by competing in the Bug-Catching Contest, see Bug-Catching Contest → Prizes.

Pokémon

Generation II

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Caterpie	G		S		C		Grass	10-12	50%	0%	0%
Caterpie	G		S		C		Grass	10	0%	30%	0%
Caterpie	G		S		C		Grass	10	5%	5%	0%
Metapod	G		S		C		Grass	10	30%	30%	0%
Weedle	G		S		C		Grass	10-12	50%	0%	0%
Weedle	G		S		C		Grass	10	0%	30%	0%
Weedle	G		S		C		Grass	10	5%	5%	0%
Kakuna	G		S		C		Grass	10	30%	30%	0%
Pidgey	G		S		C		Grass	10-14	20%	0%	0%
Pidgey	G		S		C		Grass	12-14	0%	15%	0%
Pidgey	G		S		C		Grass	13	10%	10%	0%
Nidoran♀	G		S		C		Grass	12	30%	30%	0%
Nidoran♂	G		S		C		Grass	12	30%	30%	0%
Venonat	G		S		C		Grass	10-12	0%	0%	10%
Psyduck	G		S		C		Grass	12	0%	0%	30%
Hoothoot	G		S		C		Grass	10-14	0%	0%	100%
Hoothoot	G		S		C		Grass	13-15	0%	0%	40%
Ledyba	G		S		C		Grass	14	20%	0%	0%
Spinarak	G		S		C		Grass	14	0%	0%	20%
Sunkern	G		S		C		Grass	11-13	0%	25%	0%
Sunkern	G		S		C		Grass	14	0%	20%	0%
Bug-Catching Contest
Caterpie	G		S		C		Grass	7-18	20%
Metapod	G		S		C		Grass	9-18	10%
Butterfree	G		S		C		Grass	12-15	5%
Weedle	G		S		C		Grass	7-18	20%
Kakuna	G		S		C		Grass	9-18	10%
Beedrill	G		S		C		Grass	12-15	5%
Paras	G		S		C		Grass	10-17	10%
Venonat	G		S		C		Grass	10-16	10%
Scyther	G		S		C		Grass	13-14	5%
Pinsir	G		S		C		Grass	13-14	5%
Fishing
Krabby	G		S		C		Fishing Super Rod	40	100%
Note: The water is inaccessible without the use of a cheating device.
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

Generation IV

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Caterpie	HG			SS			Grass	10, 12	50%	0%	0%
Caterpie	HG			SS			Grass	10	0%	30%	0%
Metapod	HG			SS			Grass	10	30%	30%	0%
Weedle	HG			SS			Grass	10, 12	50%	0%	0%
Weedle	HG			SS			Grass	10	0%	30%	0%
Kakuna	HG			SS			Grass	10	30%	30%	0%
Pidgey	HG			SS			Grass	10, 12, 14	20%	0%	0%
Pidgey	HG			SS			Grass	12, 14	0%	15%	0%
Hoothoot	HG			SS			Grass	10, 12, 14	0%	0%	100%
Sunkern	HG			SS			Grass	10, 12	0%	25%	0%
Headbutt
Exeggcute	HG			SS			Headbutt	10-15	20%
Hoothoot	HG			SS			Headbutt	10-15	50%
Ledyba	HG			SS			Headbutt	13-15	30%
Spinarak	HG			SS			Headbutt	13-15	30%
Pineco	HG			SS			Headbutt	10-12	30%
Headbutt (Special Tree) The group of trees are located at the top of a hill, behind the fence at the north-east section of the National Park. It is accessible through Rock Climb.
Exeggcute	HG			SS			Headbutt	18-20	65%
Cherubi	HG			SS			Headbutt	18-25	35%
Special Pokémon
Plusle	HG			SS			Hoenn Sound	10	20%
Minun	HG			SS			Hoenn Sound	12	20%
Shinx	HG			SS			Sinnoh Sound	10, 12	40%
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

Bug-Catching Contest (pre-National Pokédex)

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Caterpie	HG			SS			Grass	7-18	20%
Metapod	HG			SS			Grass	9-18	10%
Butterfree	HG			SS			Grass	12-15	5%
Weedle	HG			SS			Grass	7-18	20%
Kakuna	HG			SS			Grass	9-18	10%
Beedrill	HG			SS			Grass	12-15	5%
Paras	HG			SS			Grass	10-17	10%
Venonat	HG			SS			Grass	10-16	10%
Scyther	HG			SS			Grass	13-14	5%
Pinsir	HG			SS			Grass	13-14	5%
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

Bug-Catching Contest (post-National Pokédex)

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Tuesday Contest
Caterpie	HG			SS			Grass	24-36	20%
Metapod	HG			SS			Grass	26-36	10%
Butterfree	HG			SS			Grass	27-30	5%
Weedle	HG			SS			Grass	24-36	20%
Kakuna	HG			SS			Grass	26-36	10%
Beedrill	HG			SS			Grass	27-30	5%
Paras	HG			SS			Grass	27-34	10%
Venonat	HG			SS			Grass	25-32	10%
Scyther	HG			SS			Grass	27-28	5%
Pinsir	HG			SS			Grass	27-28	5%
Thursday Contest
Scyther	HG			SS			Grass	27-28	5%
Pinsir	HG			SS			Grass	27-28	5%
Wurmple	HG			SS			Grass	24-36	20%
Silcoon	HG			SS			Grass	24-32	10%
Dustox	HG			SS			Grass	25-32	5%
Nincada	HG			SS			Grass	26-36	20%
Volbeat	HG			SS			Grass	26-36	10%
Kricketot	HG			SS			Grass	27-30	10%
Kricketune	HG			SS			Grass	27-30	10%
Combee	HG			SS			Grass	27-34	5%
Saturday Contest
Scyther	HG			SS			Grass	27-28	5%
Pinsir	HG			SS			Grass	27-28	5%
Wurmple	HG			SS			Grass	24-36	20%
Beautifly	HG			SS			Grass	25-32	5%
Cascoon	HG			SS			Grass	24-35	10%
Nincada	HG			SS			Grass	26-36	20%
Illumise	HG			SS			Grass	26-36	10%
Kricketot	HG			SS			Grass	27-30	10%
Kricketune	HG			SS			Grass	27-30	10%
Combee	HG			SS			Grass	27-34	5%
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

Trainers

Generation II

Trainer	Pokémon
Pokéfan Beverly メグミ Megumi Reward: $1120	Snubbull♀ Lv.14 Berry
Pokéfan William アキヒト Akihito Reward: $1120	Raichu♂ Lv.14 Berry
Schoolboy Jack シュウイチ Shūichi Reward: $480	Oddish♂ Lv.12 No item
	Voltorb Lv.15 No item
Lass Krise ユキ Yuki Reward: $360	Oddish♀ Lv.12 No item
	Cubone♀ Lv.15 No item
Rematch
Pokéfan BeverlyGS メグミ Megumi Reward: $1440 After reaching Mahogany Town	Snubbull♀ Lv.18 Berry
Pokéfan BeverlyGS メグミ Megumi Reward: $2400 After the Goldenrod Radio Tower incident	Granbull♀ Lv.30 Berry
Schoolboy Jack シュウイチ Shūichi Reward: $544 After reaching Olivine City and defeating the previous teamC	Oddish♂ Lv.14 No item
	Voltorb Lv.17 No item
Schoolboy Jack シュウイチ Shūichi Reward: $992 After the Goldenrod Radio Tower incident and defeating the previous teamC	Gloom♂ Lv.28 No item
	Electrode Lv.31 No item
Schoolboy JackC シュウイチ Shūichi Reward: $1056 After becoming Champion and defeating the previous team	Gloom♂ Lv.30 No item
	Growlithe♂ Lv.33 No item
	Electrode Lv.33 No item
Schoolboy JackC シュウイチ Shūichi Reward: $1184 After returning the Machine Part and defeating the previous team	Electrode Lv.35 No item
	Growlithe♂ Lv.35 No item
	Vileplume♂ Lv.37 No item
Trainers with a telephone symbol by their names will give their Pokégear number to the player, and may call or be called for a rematch with higher-level Pokémon.

Generation IV

Trainer	Pokémon
Pokéfan Beverly メグミ Megumi Reward: $1024	Snubbull♀ Lv.16 No item
Pokéfan William アキヒト Akihito Reward: $1024	Raichu♂ Lv.16 No item
School Kid Jack シュウイ Shūichi Reward: $300	Oddish♂ Lv.12 No item
	Voltorb Lv.15 No item
Lass Krise ユキ Yuki Reward: $272	Oddish♀ Lv.14 No item
	Cubone♀ Lv.17 No item
Rematch
Pokéfan Beverly* メグミ Megumi Reward: $2170	Snubbull♀ Lv.31 No item
Pokéfan Beverly メグミ Megumi Reward: $3010/3710	Granbull♀ Lv.43/53 No item
Lass Krise* ユキ Yuki Reward: $496	Oddish♀ Lv.21 No item
	Cubone♀ Lv.31 No item
Lass Krise* ユキ Yuki Reward: $608	Gloom♀ Lv.32 No item
	Marowak♀ Lv.38 No item
Lass Krise* ユキ Yuki Reward: $864	Vileplume♀ Lv.53 No item
	Marowak♀ Lv.54 No item
School Kid Jack* シュウイ Shūichi Reward: $340	Gloom♂ Lv.29 No item
	Voltorb Lv.17 No item
School Kid Jack* シュウイ Shūichi Reward: $620	Vileplume♂ Lv.38 No item
	Electrode Lv.31 No item
School Kid Jack* シュウイ Shūichi Reward: $1040	Electrode Lv.43 No item
	Vileplume♂ Lv.52 No item
	Arcanine♂ Lv.52 No item
Trainers with a telephone symbol by their names will give their Pokégear number to the player, and may call or be called for a rematch with higher-level Pokémon.

Preview

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  Morning (Pidgey)

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  Day (Sunkern)

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  Evening (Sunkern)

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  Night (Hoothoot)

Layout

Gold	Silver	Crystal	HeartGold	SoulSilver

In the anime

The National Park gate in the anime

National Park appeared in The Bug Stops Here, where Ash and his friends came by it just in time to see the Bug-Catching Contest starting. Ash and Casey, who also appeared at the site, decided to participate the contest. Casey ended up catching a Weedle that Ash was trying to catch, but eventually Ash caught himself a Beedrill. After dealing with Team Rocket's latest scheme, during which Casey's Chikorita evolved into a Bayleef, Ash was declared the winner of the contest, earning him a Sun Stone and allowing him to keep the Pokémon he had caught. Before the group parted ways with Casey, Ash decided to give Beedrill to Casey, knowing her love of yellow-and-black-striped Pokémon.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Gold, Silver & Crystal arc

In Smeargle Smudge, a bicycle race between Gold and Whitney was mentioned to pass through the National Park.

In the Chuang Yi translation, the National Park was referred to as "Nature Reserve".

Trivia

• School Kid Jack is the only Trainer here not to have his Pokémon's levels increase between Generations II and IV.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 自然公園 Jihyìhn Gūngyún Mandarin 自然公園 / 自然公园 Zìrán Gōngyuán Finnish Huvipuisto European French Parc Naturel German Nationalpark Italian Parco Nazionale Korean 자연공원 Jayeon Gongweon Polish Park Rozrywki Brazilian Portuguese Parque Nacional European Spanish Parque Nacional Vietnamese Công viên Thiên Nhiên

Johto
Settlements New Bark Town • Cherrygrove City • Violet City • Azalea Town • Goldenrod City • Ecruteak City Olivine City • Cianwood City • Mahogany Town • Blackthorn City • Safari Zone Gate • Frontier Access Routes 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 Landmarks Dark Cave • Sprout Tower • Ruins of Alph • Union Cave • Slowpoke Well • Ilex Forest • Radio Tower • Global Terminal Goldenrod Tunnel • National Park • Pokéathlon Dome • Bell Tower • Bellchime Trail • Burned Tower • Moomoo Farm • Olivine Lighthouse Battle Tower (Crystal • HGSS)/Frontier • Cliff Edge Gate • Cliff Cave • Embedded Tower • Safari Zone • Whirl Islands Mt. Mortar • Lake of Rage • Team Rocket HQ • Ice Path • Dragon's Den • S.S. Aqua • Mt. Silver (Cave) Access to Sinjoh Ruins • Kanto

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