Popovo Lake, Pirin National Park

Name: Popovo Lake
Address: Pirin National Park, Bulgaria

#1 among attractions in Pirin National Park

Natural attraction, Nature, Top attraction, Lake

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The Popovo Lake is a glacial lake situated in the northern section of the Pirin mountain range, south-western Bulgaria. It is one of the eleven Popovi Lakes. The lake and its surroundings are among the most popular places for summer tourism in Pirin National Park. It is situated at the bottom of the Popovski cirque and is surrounded by the peaks Sivria, Dzhano, Kralev Dvor, Momin Dvor and Dzhengal. ()

Local name: Попово езеро Area: 30.54 acres (0.0477 mi²)Length: 1575 ftWidth: 1102 ftMaximum depth: 97 ftElevation: 7346 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 41°42'27"N, 23°30'30"E

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Popovo Lake – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Kralev Dvor, Dzhano, Malak Polezhan, Momin Dvor.

1.1 miSW
Mountain
Kralev Dvor, Pirin National Park
28 min walk • Kralev Dvor is a 2,680 m high peak in the Pirin mountain range, south-western Bulgaria. It is located on the southern part of the main mountain ridge. It is a pyramidal peak formed by cirque erosion by the glaciers in the cirques of Demir Kapia, Kralev Dvor and Belemeto.
1 miS
Mountain
Dzhano, Pirin National Park
26 min walk • Dzhano is a 2,668 m high peak in the Pirin mountain range, south-western Bulgaria. It is located in the northern part of Pirin on the mountain's main ridge between Demirkapia Saddle and the summit of Chengelchal in the south.
1.4 miNW
Mountain
Malak Polezhan, Yulen
37 min walk • Malak Polezhan is a peak in the northern section of the Pirin mountain range, south-western Bulgaria. Its height is 2,822 m which places it among the top ten summits of Pirin. The peak is built up of granite.
1 miSW
Mountain
Momin Dvor, Pirin National Park
25 min walk • Momin Dvor is a 2,723 m high peak in the Pirin mountain range, south-western Bulgaria. It is located in the northern part of Pirin on its main ridge between the summits of Kralev Dvor and Dzhengal.
0.6 miSW
Lake
Samodivski Lakes, Pirin National Park
15 min walk • The Samodivski Lakes is a small group of lakes in Pirin, southwestern Bulgaria, part of the larger group of Popovski lakes. They are situated very close to each other in a small cirque to the south west of the Popovo Lake between the peak Dzhengal, Momin Dvor and Kralev Dvor.
0.5 miE
Mountain
Sivria, Pirin National Park
14 min walk • Sivria is a 2,591 m high peak in the Pirin mountain range, south-western Bulgaria. It is located in the northern part of Pirin on the Dzhangalitsa ridge that stems from Pirin's main ridge at the summit of Dzhano.
0.9 miSE
Lake
Kremenski Lakes, Pirin National Park
24 min walk • Kremenski Lakes are a lake group in the Pirin mountains, southwestern Bulgaria composed of two larger and two smaller lakes situated in a narrow but salient cirque of the same name. They are surrounded by the peaks Sivriya and Dzhano and the Kremenski elevation which ends with Kremenski peak.
1 miS
Mountain
Chengelchal, Pirin National Park
26 min walk • Chengelchal is a 2,709 m high peak in the Pirin mountain range, south-western Bulgaria. It is located in the northern part of Pirin on the mountain's main ridge to the south of the summit of Dzhano, with which it is linked via a narrow and rocky saddle known as Malkoto Konche.
0.5 miW
Natural attraction, Nature, Mountain
Dzhengal, Pirin National Park
14 min walk • Dzhengal is a peak on the Bulgarian Pirin mountain range. It is situated in one of the external ridges of the mountain, the Polejan Ridge, between the Dzhengal Gate and Momin Dvor Peak and towers to the west of the Popovo Lake.

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Which popular attractions are close to Popovo Lake?

Nearby attractions include Dzhengal, Pirin National Park (14 min walk), Sivria, Pirin National Park (14 min walk), Samodivski Lakes, Pirin National Park (15 min walk), Kremenski Lakes, Pirin National Park (24 min walk).