Sowa, Tatra National Park

Name: Sowa
Address: Tatra National Park, Poland

#25 among attractions in Tatra National Park

Nature, Natural attraction, Cliff

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Sowa - a crag in the Koscieliska Valley in the Western Tatras. It is located on the western side of the valley, almost opposite the path from the cave Mroźna, below the massif of Stoł. Its steep white walls rise above the forest right next to the Koscieliska Creek to a height of about 1050 m. It is also perfectly visible from the Polana Pisana clearing located 600 m to the south. It is built of limestone and has a distinctive shape, which associated with the creators of the name with an owl. Above the Owl, 200 m from it, rises the much higher Kazalnica.

In the Owl and its immediate surroundings there are several caves, the largest of which is the Cold Gap I. In addition to it, there are also, among others: Shelter before Owl I, Shelter before Owl II, Shelter before Owl III, Owl Den I, Owl Den II, Owl Den III, Cold Gap II, Cold Gap III.

Coordinates: 49°14'51"N, 19°51'53"E

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Sowa – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Kościeliska Valley, Kapliczka Zbójnicka, Adamica, City Hall.

0.4 miN
Valley
Kościeliska Valley, Tatra National Park
12 min walk • The Kościeliska is a valley in Poland, in Tatra Mountains, Western Tatras, Poland. It stretches from the village of Kiry, about 9 km, right up to the main ridge of the Tatras. Halfway up is the Ornak mountain refuge, built in 1948. Is reached by road from Zakopane - 7 km.
0.8 miN
Wayside shrine
Kapliczka Zbójnicka, Tatra National Park
22 min walk • The chapel of zbójnicka - a chapel on the clearing Stare Kościeliska in the Kościeliska Valley in the Western Tatras. It is located just by the road leading through the valley, right at the beginning of the clearing, on its western side, at an...
0.9 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Adamica, Tatra National Park
24 min walk • Adamica dialectically called Jadamica - a completely forested ridge ending the northwestern ridge of Ciemniak in the West Tatra Mountains. It descends from the top of Mt. Uplazianski Wierszyk in north-west direction to the fork of Koscieliska Creek...
0.7 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
City Hall, Tatra National Park
19 min walk • Ratusz - a crag in the Kościeliska Valley in the Tatra Mountains. Together with the Saturn, located near it, are well visible from the Polana Pisana. The name was given by former tourists.
0.9 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Upłaziański Wierszyk, Tatra National Park
23 min walk • Upłazianski Wierszyk - a small hill in the Adamica Ridge forming the end of the northwestern ridge of Ciemniak in the Western Tatras. The elevation of 1203 m is completely forested and is located above the Zahradziska clearing and below the Upłaz...
0.9 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Zadnia Kopka, Tatra National Park
24 min walk • Zadnia Kopka or Zadnia Kopka Kościeliska - one of the three peaks of Kościeliska Kopka, rising in the reglowa range of the Western Tatras, between Kościeliska Valley and Lejowa Valley. Zadnia Kopka is the highest of them.
0.5 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Suchy Wierch, Tatra National Park
12 min walk • Suchy Wierch - the highest peak of the Stoł massif rising on the western side of the Koscieliska Valley in the West Tatra Mountains. Towards the north, its slopes fall to the Przysłop Kominiarski Pass, on the south side to żlebż żeleźniak, on the...
1 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Piec, Tatra National Park
26 min walk • Piec - a very characteristic limestone rock rising in the long northwestern ridge of Ciemniak separating the Kościeliska Valley in the Western Tatras from the Miętusiej Valley. It is located in this ridge above the Wyżnią Upłaziańskiej Równią and...
1.1 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Diabliniec, Tatra National Park
28 min walk • Diabliniec is a reglow peak in the western slopes of the Lejowa Valley in the Polish Western Tatras. It is the farthest east from these slopes. From Wierch Spalenisko Diabliniec is separated by quite a deep pass Kominiarskie Siodlo.
1.2 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Upłaziańska Kopa, Tatra National Park
31 min walk • Upłazianska Kopa - a domed peak in the long northwestern ridge of Ciemniak in the Red Peaks in the Western Tatras. It is located below Chuda Turnia, separated from it by the Kopa Pass.
0.7 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Saturn, Tatra National Park
18 min walk • Saturn is a crag in the Kościeliska Valley in the West Tatra Mountains. It is located in the northwestern ridge of Upłazkowa Turnia, which separates Pisaniarski Żleb from Wąwozu Kraków.

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Which popular attractions are close to Sowa?

Nearby attractions include Kościeliska Valley, Tatra National Park (12 min walk), Suchy Wierch, Tatra National Park (12 min walk), Saturn, Tatra National Park (18 min walk), City Hall, Tatra National Park (19 min walk).