Suhora, Gorce National Park

Name: Suhora
Address: Gorce National Park, Poland

#1 among attractions in Gorce National Park

Top attraction, Observatories and planetariums

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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. ()

Local name: Obserwatorium astronomiczne na Suhorze Established: 1987 (38 years ago)Coordinates: 49°34'9"N, 20°4'6"E

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

Nearby attractions include: Muzeum im. Władysława Orkana, Turbacz, Gorce Mountains, Muzeum Biograficzne Władysława Orkana "Orkanówka" w Porębie Wielkiej.

6.2 miNW
49°36'41"N • 19°56'50"E
Muzeum im. Władysława Orkana, Rabka-Zdrój
157 min walk • Specialty museum, Museum
2.4 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Turbacz
62 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.
4.4 miE
Park
Gorce Mountains, Gorce National Park
113 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.
2.4 miNE
Museum
Muzeum Biograficzne Władysława Orkana "Orkanówka" w Porębie Wielkiej
61 min walk • Władysław Orkan Biographical Museum - a museum in Poreba Wielka collecting and preserving memorabilia related to the writer Władysław Orkan.
4.3 miE
Wayside shrine
Bulandowa Kapliczka, Gorce National Park
109 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...
5.4 miNW
49°36'21"N • 19°57'41"E
Park Zdrojowy, Rabka-Zdrój
138 min walk • Scenic walking areas, Park
5.4 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Bania, Rabka-Zdrój
139 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.
3.1 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Góra Maciejowa
79 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.
0.7 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Tobołczyk, Gorce National Park
19 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.
4.5 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Jaworzyna Kamienicka, Gorce National Park
115 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.
3.2 miSW
Hiking, Alpine hut
Schronisko na Łapsowej Polanie
83 min walk • "Koliba" on Łapsowa Polana - an accommodation facility located at 860 m above sea level on Niżna Łapsowa Polana in the Gorce Mountains, on the southern slopes of Bukowina Obidowska.