Gorce Mountains, Gorce National Park

Name: Gorce Mountains
Address: Gorce National Park, Poland

#2 among attractions in Gorce National Park

Top attraction, Park, Relax in park

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The Gorce Mountains are part of the Western Beskids mountain range spreading across southernmost Poland. They are situated in Małopolska Province, at the western tip of the long Carpathian range extending east beyond the Dunajec River for some 1,500 kilometres. The Gorce are characterized by numerous ridges reaching in all directions for up to 40 kilometres east–west with a series of higher elevations cut by deep river valleys. ()

Local name: Gorce Maximum elevation: 4298 ftElevation: 4298 ftCoordinates: 49°34'0"N, 20°10'0"E

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Gorce Mountains – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Suhora, Turbacz, Muzeum Biograficzne Władysława Orkana "Orkanówka" w Porębie Wielkiej, Bulandowa Kapliczka.

4.4 miW
Observatories and planetariums
Suhora, Gorce National Park
113 min walk • The Mount Suhora Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by the Astronomy department of the Pedagogical University of Cracow. It is located on Mount Suhora in the Gorce Mountains within the Gorce National Park, 50 km south of Kraków.
3.3 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Turbacz
84 min walk • Turbacz is the highest peak of the Gorce Mountains, a mountain range located in southern Lesser Poland. It lies in the middle of the range, and according to most sources, it is 1310 meters high.
4 miNW
Museum
Muzeum Biograficzne Władysława Orkana "Orkanówka" w Porębie Wielkiej
101 min walk • Władysław Orkan Biographical Museum - a museum in Poreba Wielka collecting and preserving memorabilia related to the writer Władysław Orkan.
1.2 miS
Wayside shrine
Bulandowa Kapliczka, Gorce National Park
32 min walk • Bulanda's chapel - a chapel in the clearing of Jaworzyna Kamienicka on Jaworzyna Kamienicka - the second highest peak in the Gorce Mountains. It was founded in 1904 by Tomasz Chlipała, the most famous shepherd from Gorce, called Bulanda, who for...
4.5 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Tobołczyk, Gorce National Park
114 min walk • Tobołczyk - an unexplored peak in the Gorce Mountains. It is located in the side ridge departing from Obidowiec to the north. In this ridge there are successively: Suchora, Tobołów, Tobołczyk and Bórczane.
1.3 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Jaworzyna Kamienicka, Gorce National Park
35 min walk • Jaworzyna Kamienicka - a peak of the Gorce Mountains, second in height after Turbacz and the highest peak of the Gorce National Park. It is one of the many arms of Turbacz. By the highlanders it was also called Jaworzyna Bulandowa.
0.6 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Kudłoń, Gorce National Park
15 min walk • Kudłoń - the fourth highest peak in the Gorce, located northeast of Turbacz, in the ridge connecting Turbacz with the Beskid Wyspowy. It is the highest peak of the Gorce National Park. Its name derives from the surname Kudeł or Kudła.