Petrified City – Entrance – Petrified City loop from gmina Ciężkowice

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Lesser Poland Voivodeship

powiat tarnowski

gmina Ciężkowice

Petrified City – Entrance – Petrified City loop from gmina Ciężkowice

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Petrified City – Entrance – Petrified City loop from gmina Ciężkowice

01:41

5.82km

150m

Hiking

Easy hike. Easily walkable paths.

Last updated: November 2, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

Please check local regulations for:

Ciężkowicko-Rożnowski Park Krajobrazowy

Waypoints

Start point

Restaurant

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829 m

Petrified City – Entrance

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The parking lot directly in front is subject to a charge and has a barrier. On the other side of the street, there is another small parking lot where you …

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1.11 km

Skamieniałe Miasto Nature Reserve

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It consists of a dozen or so rocks with their names and legends assigned to them. The passage of the reserve, along the blue trail, takes about 45 minutes. On …

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1.55 km

Shelter overlooking Skamieniałe Miasto

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A shelter in the Skamienniane Miasto reserve

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2.76 km

Witch Waterfall (Wodospad Czarownic)

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Many consider it the best place in the Ciężkowice area. Although in summer it is a small stream of water, it turns out that in winter it freezes and turns into a large icefall!

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3.76 km

Bat Trail (Szlak Nietoperza) – Skamieniałe Miasto Nature Reserve

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An alternative route back to the car park from the Rock with the Cross. "Due to the rich chiropterofauna of the reserve, the path was named the Bat Trail" /information board/

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5.82 km

End point

Restaurant

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

3.57 km

1.14 km

909 m

207 m

Surfaces

2.64 km

1.23 km

909 m

891 m

162 m

Elevation

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Highest point (350 m)

Lowest point (250 m)

Weather

Thursday 5 November

6°C

-3°C

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Comments

May 29, 2023,Rozharcowanie nogi - część 2

Feeling unsatisfied after the morning walk to Devil's Rocks, I decide to take advantage of the excellent weather a bit more before I set off on my way back home. So I call at Ciężkowice to visit the Skamieniałe Miasto reserve. I start from the parking lot on the road no. 977 and climb the steep slopes of the reserve, …

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