Poiana Ruscă Mountains

The nearest large towns are Lugoj, Hunedoara, and Caransebeș.

The Poiana Ruscă Mountains cover an area of about 2,640 square kilometres (1,020 sq mi), having mean altitudes from 700 to 1,000 metres (2,300 to 3,300 ft).

The highest summit is the Padeș Peak [ro], at 1,382 metres (4,534 ft).

The mountains contain resources such as magnetite, iron, thorium and lead, and as such are the site of many mines.

In the nineteenth century, the mountains were also centers of gold, silver, and salt mining and production.