It is located in the Świętokrzyski National Park and there is an abbey below it, on a site that might have been a pagan temple in the times before Christianization of Poland.

Łysica, which is also called Góra Świętej Katarzyny (St. Catherine's Mountain) lies in western part of the Łysogóry range, near the village of Święta Katarzyna.

Łysica has two peaks - western (613 m) and eastern Skała Agaty (eng.

The mountain is made of quartzite and slate, its northern and southern slopes are marked by the stone run.

Most of Łysica is covered by a forest, near the peak there are fir trees, below which are beeches.