Rezerwat Sokole Góry

Sokole Góry Nature Reserve - a forest nature reserve located in Jura Krakowsko-Częstochowska, between the villages of Olsztyn, Zrębice and Biskupice in Silesia Province.

The reserve was established in 1953 on the area of 333.27 ha; in 1963 it was reduced to 215.95 ha and it occupies such an area until now. It is the second largest, after Racławka Valley, reserve in Jura Krakowsko-Częstochowska.

The reserve consists of limestone hills. They are built of limestone rocks covered by loess. In many places, bare limestone rocks with rich karst relief forms and numerous caves and shelters are exposed from under the loess. The largest of these are: Olsztyńska Cave, Maurycy Cave, Kordowa Cave, Koralowa Cave, Urwista Cave, Cave in the Courtyard, Fikuśna Cave, Studnisko, Cave under Sokola Góra. The caves are used by numerous species of bats as a place of hibernation. In Studnisko cave there is also a breeding colony of big bats. It is one of only two bat breeding colonies in Poland located underground - north of the Alps and the Carpathians, such colonies are usually formed in the attics of buildings or in tree hollows. Two species of beetles, which are relicts of the last Ice Age, have found their refuge in the Sokolia Góra Cave. They enjoy year-round temperatures of +3 °C. There are also protected forests growing on the slopes of the hills.

Near the reserve in the 70s and 80s of the twentieth century there was a reservoir, to which water was supplied from the iron ore mine in Debowiec. After the mine was closed in 1978, the reservoir dried out.

Two hiking trails lead through the reserve, an educational-natural path and the so-called St. Idzi's Path. There are also two rocks available for climbing. On the road from Olsztyn to Biskupice there are two parking lots, tourist shelters and information boards.