The second-largest mountain in the Bystrzyckie Mountains, with the Solna Jama cave and an observation tower opened in 2021.
Czerniec is the second-largest mountain in the Bystrzyckie Mountains, rising to 891 metres above sea level, about 1.5 kilometres north-east of Niemojów. It has a dome-like shape and steep slopes with a clearly marked summit, rising around 300 metres above the Wild Orlice Valley at its western foot.
The mountain is built of metamorphic rocks, mainly crystalline calcite and dolomite limestones. The summit area and the northern and southern slopes are covered by a monoculture spruce forest with a small admixture of birch, beech, sycamore and larch. Lower down, below 700 metres, the western and eastern slopes are occupied by mountain meadows and partly by farmland.
On the eastern slope, above the Gołodolnik stream, at a height of 500 metres above sea level, lies the Solna Jama cave. Lower down, by the Diabelskie Skały rocks above the Głownia stream, lie the ruins of Szczerba Castle.
The observation tower on Czerniec was officially opened on 28 June 2021, as part of the development of the Glacensis Euroregion, a programme developing less popular summits on the Polish-Czech border.
About 7 kilometres further on lies Jagodna, the highest-rated summit in this part of the Bystrzyckie Mountains.
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