Gorce National Park

Forested arched peaks and mountain glades in Poland's Western Beskids

Gorce is a park of rounded, arched peaks where forest covers about 95% of the area and Alpine and Subalpine plants grow on the meadows. There are no lakes or big rivers, only streams cutting valleys into the range.

1Jaworzyna KamienickaSecond-highest peak of Gorce, with a glade among the most beautiful in the range.

Things to do

  • On footClimb Turbacz, the highest peak at 1310 metres
  • On footWalk to the Jaworzyna Kamienicka glade and see the Bulanda Chapel
  • UndergroundLook for Zbójnicka Jama, the best-known cave in Gorce, near Jaworzyna Kamienicka
  • On footClimb the soft peaks to look across to the Tatra and the Pieniny Mountains
Jaworzyna Kamienicka
Jaworzyna Kamienicka
Poland · Lesser Poland Est. 1981 Size 70 km² Highest 1,310 m Protected area category: IUCN II

Also worth seeing

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    Bulanda Chapel

    Historic chapel funded by the shepherd Tomasz Chlipała in the early 20th century.
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    Zbójnicka Jama

    The best-known cave in Gorce, close to Jaworzyna Kamienicka.

Where it is

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