Gryżyna Landscape Park

Gryżyński Landscape Park is covered with forests in 86.6%, with surface waters in 6.6% and in 2.6% with pastures and meadows and marshy wasteland.

To the east of the central and the western vales there are eskers, the kettle holes and kames with the dominant Border Mountain.

In the beautiful landscape of the northern part of the park a 7,5- kilometre path of nature has been marked up with ten stands described by means of seventeen tables.

The avenues are grouped in the area of Gryżyna village, they gather about 300 trees and with its longevity (150–200 years) and size (20 –25 metres high and 180-400 centimetres of circumference) they are considered an amazing natural phenomenon.

Another natural monument is the deepest and the most beautiful ravine, which was created by water after the glacier had retreated.

The Rashes of Gryżyna cover 32,86 hectares and are located in the postglacial valley near the springs of Gryżyński Potok.

[citation needed] Among trees of Gryżyński Landscape Park the following species can be found : pines, European and red beeches, oaks, alders and hornbeams.

Common leptosporangiate ferns and umbellate wintergreen represent interesting and rare species in the park.

Other insects are a European pine processionary and a moaning cloak – the biggest butterfly in Poland.

The Rushes of Gryżyna
A tree cut by the beaver
A pond inhabited by beavers
The cataracts on the river Gryżynka
A ravine carved by the waters after the glacier had retreated
The lake Kałek