Poloniny National Park

Beech forests, mountain meadows and wooden churches in easternmost Slovakia

Poloniny protects the highest concentration of old-growth forest in Slovakia, with beech and beech-fir woods covering about 80% of the park. Grass meadows called poloniny run along the main ridge of the Bukovské vrchy and give the park its name.

1KremenecHighest point in the park, on the meeting point of three national borders.

2StužicaOld-growth beech and fir forest with trees around 400 years old.

Things to do

On footHike from Nová Sedlica to the summit of Kremenec, where the borders of Slovakia, Poland and Ukraine meet
On footWalk to the Stužica primeval beech forest, the only one of the three World Heritage forests open to the public
HeritageVisit the 18th-century wooden churches in Topoľa, Uličské Krivé and Ruský Potok
In the snowSki cross-country on the winter trails, or head to the Čertíž Ulič ski area

Slovakia · Prešov Est. 1997 Size 298 km² Highest 1,208 m Protected area category: IUCN V

Also worth seeing

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Wooden church at Topoľa
Greek Catholic church from 1700 with a colourful 18th-century iconostasis.

Where it is

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