Muzeum Biograficzne Władysława Orkana "Orkanówka" w Porębie Wielkiej

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Władysław Orkan Biographical Museum - a museum in Poreba Wielka collecting and preserving memorabilia related to the writer Władysław Orkan.

The house is located by the green trail from Niedzwiedz to Turbacz, 3.5 km from the village, in the hamlet Zagronie on the slope of Pustka. The museum is located on the Wooden Architecture Trail of the Małopolska province, the Beskid Foothills region.

Coordinates: 49°35'57"N, 20°5'38"E

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Muzeum Biograficzne Władysława Orkana "Orkanówka" w Porębie Wielkiej – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Suhora, Turbacz, Gorce Mountains, Bulandowa Kapliczka.

2.4 miSW
Observatories and planetariums
Suhora, Gorce National Park
61 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.
3.9 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Turbacz
101 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 miSE
Park
Gorce Mountains, Gorce National Park
101 min walk • 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.
4.5 miSE
Wayside shrine
Bulandowa Kapliczka, Gorce National Park
115 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...
5.9 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Luboń Wielki
151 min walk • Luboń Wielki - the most outstanding mountain peak in the Beskid Wyspowy, called Biernatka by the locals.
5.6 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Bania, Rabka-Zdrój
143 min walk • Bania - a hill within the town of Rabka-Zdrój. According to the scientific regionalization of Poland developed by Jerzy Kondracki Bania is located on the border of two mesoregions: Rabczańska Basin and the Gorce.
5.7 miNW
Park
Rezerwat Luboń Wielki
145 min walk • Luboń Wielki Nature Reserve - an inanimate nature reserve on Luboń Wielki in the Beskid Wyspowy. It is located in the cadastral district of Raba Niżna, in the municipality of Mszana Dolna, in Limanowa county, in the Małopolska province.
4.2 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Góra Maciejowa
107 min walk • Maciejowa - a peak in the Gorce Mountains. It is located in the long ridge running from Turbacz west to Rabka-Zdrój. It is located in this ridge between the Tatary peak and Przysłop Glade.
5.4 miN
49°40'36"N • 20°4'51"E
Urząd Miasta w Mszanie Dolnej, Mszana Dolna
138 min walk • City hall
1.7 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Tobołczyk, Gorce National Park
45 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.
4.7 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Jaworzyna Kamienicka, Gorce National Park
121 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.