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Silesian Voivodeship

Palowice Lake District – Garbocz Ponds loop from Żory

Bike touring routes & trails

Silesian Voivodeship

Palowice Lake District – Garbocz Ponds loop from Żory

Hard

4.7

(34)

98

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Palowice Lake District – Garbocz Ponds loop from Żory

02:10

30.2km

190m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 30, 2026

Tips

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 0 m for 265 m

After 30.0 km for 265 m

Waypoints

A

Start point

Train Station

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1

2.75 km

Gichta Tower of the Former Waleska Ironworks in Palowice

Highlight • Monument

A few kilometers north of the center of Żory, in the forest, by the Gichta pond, there is a brick hoist tower operating here in the first half of the …

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2

2.86 km

Palowice Lake District

Highlight • Lake

3

5.34 km

Węglornik Pond

Highlight • Lake

7.21 km

Garbocz

Lake

5

7.93 km

Garbocz Ponds

Highlight • Lake

The areas between Żory and Orzesze are among the most picturesque in Upper Silesia. The luminous forests hide the blue eyes of the ponds, arranged in ancient centuries by the …

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6

9.38 km

Drinking Water Spring

Highlight • Natural

Gazebo by the spring

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7

16.0 km

Pond in the Cistercian Landscape Compositions of Rud Wielkie Landscape Park

Highlight • Lake

Once upon a time, there were ponds here ...

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8

16.5 km

Wieczerowiec Ponds 1 and 2

Highlight • Lake

9

19.3 km

Wooden church in Palowice

Highlight • Religious Site

The parish church of the Holy Trinity was built at the end of the 16th century.

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B

30.2 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

16.6 km

7.68 km

4.21 km

975 m

490 m

167 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

10.2 km

8.26 km

8.24 km

2.75 km

426 m

240 m

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Saturday 4 July

21°C

13°C

88 %

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