Discover 7 hidden attractions, cool sights, and unusual things to do in Stołowe Mountains National Park (Poland). Don't miss out on these must-see attractions: Szczeliniec Wielki, Stołowe Mountains, and Narożnik. Also, be sure to include Niknąca Łąka in your itinerary.
Below, you can find the list of the most amazing places you should visit in Stołowe Mountains National Park (Lower Silesian).
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Szczeliniec Wielki
Peak in Poland. Szczeliniec Wielki - the highest peak at Table Mountains, in the Table Mountains National Park. It belongs to the Crown of Polish Mountains and is one of the biggest tourist attractions of the Sudetes, the landscape reserve and viewing terraces with panoramic views of the Sudetes. The highest point is a rock called "Armchair of Great Grandfather".[1]
Stołowe Mountains
Also known as: Góry Stołowe
Mountain range in Poland. The Stołowe Mountains are mountain range in Poland and the Czech Republic, part of the Central Sudetes. The Polish part of the range is protected as the Stołowe Mountains National Park. The highest peak of the range is Szczeliniec Wielki at 919 metres a.s.l.[2]
Narożnik
Corner - a peak in the Table Mountains, 849 m above sea level.
The corner lies south-east of the Lisia Przełęcz, separating it from the Skalniak massif. It is built of thrust sandstones (the youngest layer of the Table Mountains), overgrown with spruce forest of the lower regla.
To the west and south the Corner descends with vertical walls, which makes it a popular place for climbing - there are more than 100 routes. The top is a view point on the Table Mountains, the Duszniki Depression, the Bystrzyckie Mountains and the Orlickie Mountains.
The blue tourist trail from Duszniki-Zdrój to Karłów leads through the peak. Two tourists, students of the Wroclaw University of Agriculture, were shot in 1997 at the trail leading through the Corner. A plaque on the summit and two crosses in the place of the crime commemorate the incident.
After the crime, the perpetrators headed towards Le¿yce, which was evidenced by the victims' backpacks abandoned about 2 km from the Corner.
Niknąca Łąka
Niknąca Łąka - an area in the Central Sudetes in the Table Mountains in Lower Silesia Province located between Praski Trakt and Krzywa Drogą. Currently it is a mid-forest clearing in Table Mountain National Park crossed by the educational path "Niknąca Łąka". "Niknąca Łąka". Before the establishment of the national park in 1993, this area was protected as a nature reserve.
Fort Karola
Fort Charles - remnants of a fort on Mount Bird near Lisie Pass. The fort was built in 1790 by order of King Frederick William II of Prussia as a small watchtower on the border between Prussia and Austria with a garrison of a few people, guarding the road to Radkow.
Skalne Grzyby
Skalne Grzyby - a cluster of rocks in the Table Mountains, in the Central Sudetes, in southwestern Poland.
Schronisko Pasterka
PTTK shelter "Pasterka" - PTTK shelter in Pasterka, in the Central Sudetes, in the Table Mountains, in Lower Silesia Province.
The hostel is located at an altitude of 700 m above sea level in the Table Mountains National Park, in the north-western part of the Table Mountains at the foot of Szczeliniec Wielki (919 m).
It was established in the 1960s in the building of the former WOP watchtower. The building itself dates back to 1926. In 2010, it was completely renovated. Previously undeveloped basement was used as an entertainment space and a cross-country ski rental. In the attic, a concert hall was arranged.
The hostel is located on the tourist trail connecting the Table Mountains on both sides of the Polish-Czech border. Through Pasterka there are hiking trails to Kudowa-Zdrój (through Błędne Skały) and to Karłów. From the hostel the panorama of Szczeliniec Wielki and Szczeliniec Mały spreads.
Pasterka was ranked fourth in the II PTTK ranking of Polish mountain hostels, announced in August 2011 by the N.p.m. magazine.
Address: Pasterka 17, Stołowe Mountains National Park