Veľká Fatra National Park

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Veľká Fatra National Park is a National Park in Slovakia. Most of it lies in the southern part of the Žilina Region and a small part in the northern part of Banská Bystrica Region. The national park and its protective zone comprise most of the Greater Fatra Range which belongs to the Outer Western Carpathians. ()

Local name: Národný park Veľká Fatra Established: 1 April 2002 (22 years ago)Area: 155.87 mi²Elevation: 3885 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 49°1'0"N, 19°7'0"E

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ŽilinskýSlovakia

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Veľká Fatra National Park – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Rakytov, Blatné Lake, Borišov, Gader Valley.

4.8 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Rakytov
123 min walk • Rakytov is a mountain in the Liptov Ridge of the Greater Fatra Range in Slovakia measuring 1,567 m. It has a regular pyramidal shape; the top of the mountain is deforested, in places with secondary Mountain Pine.
2.3 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Blatné Lake
58 min walk • Blatné is a lake in Slovakia. It covers an area of 1.55 hectares.
5.3 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Borišov
136 min walk • Borišov is a mountain in the Greater Fatra Range in Slovakia measuring 1,508.5 m. Its summit is deforested, covered in grass. On the southern side there is one of the largest avalanche slopes in Slovakia.
7.1 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Gader Valley
182 min walk • Gader Valley is a long valley in the Greater Fatra Range in Central Slovakia. It is accessible from the village of Blatnica. The valley is the gateway to the peaks of Tlstá and Ostrá.
5.4 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Tlstá
137 min walk • Tlstá is a mountain in the Bralná Fatra part of the Greater Fatra Range, measuring 1,373.3 m. It is located over the Turiec Valley, rising steeply nearly 1,000 m above the valley bottom.
5.3 miS
Hiking, Alpine hut, Mountain
Chata pod Borišovom
136 min walk • Chata near Borišovom - a tourist hostel under the Borišov peak in Wielka Fatra, Slovakia. In various sources, a different height of the shelter is given: 1300 m, 1312 m, 1366 m.
5.1 miNW
Forts and castles
Sklabinský hrad
131 min walk • Sklabinia Castle - the ruins of the castle, rising at the top of the hill west of the village of Sklabińskie Podzamcze in the Martin poviat in the Żyliński country in Slovakia, on the eastern edge of the Turczańska Valley, at the outlet of the exchange valley at the western foot of the great Fatra.