Jaworzyna Kamienicka, Gorce National Park

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.

Just before World War I the forests on Jaworzyna Kamienicka and in the vicinity of Polana Gabrowska were completely cleared and the wood harvested from them was sent to Prussian and Hungarian factories. In 1914. Kazimierz Ignacy Sosnowski wrote: It is wild here, deaf and desolate, and the forests that decorated it lay under the axe. Currently, the slopes of Jaworzyna Kamienicka are overgrown by the spruce forest of the upper reglave. The peak itself is not prominent, poorly distinguished from the flat plateau. Because of the flat terrain, the mountain is wet in many places. However, the mountain is one of the most scenic in the Gorce, thanks to the fact that on its north-eastern slopes, slightly below the top, there is a clearing called Jaworzyna. It offers views of the nearby Kudłonia and Gorce summits with their peaks, the deep valley of the Kamienica creek and the peaks of the Beskid Wyspowy and Sadecki. By the tourist trail in the clearing there is an information board with a panorama of the peaks and the description of the clearing. In the upper corner of the clearing there is the so-called Bulanda's chapel, dating from 1904. It is the oldest monument of sacral art located within the boundaries of the Park. It was built by the legendary Gorce shepherd and sorcerer, Tomasz Chlipała, known as Bulanda. He grazed sheep and oxen in this clearing for over 50 years. Legend has it that he left the shepherd's hut at the age of 100, owing his excellent health to a recipe for a drink of happiness and longevity.

On the western edge of Jaworzyna there is a slot cave in Jaworzyna in the Gorce Mountains, which, according to legend, was the hideout of many local bandits. Supposedly, the area is haunted by the chopped-off head of the deputy head of the bandits. As he was much better than the leader, the latter deceitfully killed him and threw his head into a ravine. According to legend, when someone finds it, it will return to its place, because it is so attached to Jaworzyna.

Jaworzyna Kamienicka used to be a sanctuary for wolves. Sebastian Flizak in 1936 wrote a story about how a shepherd picked wolfdogs from a burrow and kept them in a hut, which was later besieged by a pack of wolves.

Through Jaworzyna Kamienicka runs the border between the villages Zasadne in Limanowski district and Ochotnica Górna in Nowy Targ district.