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a Karkonosze peak reachable by cable car, with a viewpoint and a shelter dating from the 1920s
Viewpoints
a sharp bend on the Sudetes Road with a panorama of the Karkonosze, hiding former miners' tunnels
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the highest peak of the Jizera Mountains, treeless since the ecological disaster of the 1980s
Museums
a private collection of minerals and dinosaur fossils in an 1885 villa, with the Gibeon meteorite
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minerals and fossils from the Karkonosze (Giant Mountains) in the historic Walloon Watchtower, including a collection of minerals that glow under UV light
doll collections, Hot Wheels and LEGO bricks in zones where you can build and play yourself
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a 1047-metre hill in the Izera Mountains, also known as Wieczorny Zamek (Evening Castle)
Museums
a wooden villa from the late 19th century with exhibitions of the Karkonosze Museum and museum lessons
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a rise 1084 metres high in the Wysoki Grzbiet range of the Izera Mountains
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a thousand-metre peak in the Grzbiet Wysoki ridge of the Izera Mountains, formerly known by the German name Theisenhübel
Museums
a collection of historic power engineering equipment in the building of a former hydroelectric power station
an educational centre of the Karkonosze National Park with an exhibition on the mountains' nature in four languages
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a summit in the Karkonosze, in the Silesian Ridge range, at a height of just under a thousand metres
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a summit of the Silesian Ridge with hanging peat bogs, lying right on the border with the Czech Republic
Historic sites
disused open-pit mine at an altitude of 1050 metres, the highest-situated mine of its kind in Central Europe
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granite rock blocks on the summit of an Izera Mountains peak above Szklarska Poręba
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a granite peak of the Silesian Ridge above the Kamieńczyk valley, with rock groups on its slopes
a granite, partly forested summit of the Karkonosze, formerly known by the German name Scheundelhübel
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a summit of the Izera Mountains covered in spruce forest, with a group of rocks on top
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a granite peak above Szklarska Poręba, with the Main Sudetes Trail running at its foot
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granite rocks from the Upper Carboniferous with 28 rock shelters, on the Wysoki Grzbiet of the Izera Mountains
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a small rock formation in the Izera Mountains built of hornfels, with an upper part resembling a human head
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a forested peak of the Izera Mountains, 965 metres high, with rock formations and a view of the Karkonosze
Szklarska Poręba solo means peaks of the Karkonosze and the Izera Mountains, a few intimate museums and a disused quartz mine. Choose a plan for yourself.
The list holds two kinds of places: peaks and rocks you walk to at your own pace, and small museums where nobody rushes you. All of them carry the solo tag. You can combine them: mountains in the morning and an exhibition in the afternoon, or the other way round when the weather changes.
The Mineralogical Museum is in a villa from 1885 and shows fossils, including trilobites, and the Carboniferous Forest, while the mineral collection includes calcites and stalactites from Wojcieszów and metal ores from Trepča. The Juna Earth Museum occupies the Walloon Watchtower and presents minerals from the Karkonosze. The House of Carl and Gerhart Hauptmann is a wooden villa from the late 19th century, a branch of the Karkonosze Museum. The Karkonosze Centre of Ecological Education describes the nature of the mountains and has a tactile model of the Karkonosze, large-format panoramas and captions in four languages.
It is more playful in the Toy Museum, where you build with LEGO bricks yourself and play retro games. Unusual is the Cheap Wine Museum in the Walloon Cottage, with over a hundred bottles and several hundred labels, and technology is shown by the Jelenia Góra Power Industry Museum in a former water-powered plant. All of them are described under museums in Szklarska Poręba.
Start with Szrenica (1,362 m). A cable car runs to the top, where you will find a viewpoint and a mountain hut. Wysoka Kopa (1,127.6 m) is the highest peak of the Izera Mountains. Among the lower ones are Zwalisko (1,047 m), Izerskie Garby (1,084 m), Cicha Równia (1,001 m) and Babiniec (998 m). Czarna Góra (965 m) has scenic rocks and walking trails, just northwest of the centre. Czerwone Skałki are granite formations at 952 m, between Jakuszyce and Szklarska Poręba.
When planning a hike on your own, check the trails. No marked trail leads to the top of Kozi Grzbiet, Krogulec, Kobyła or Tkacka Góra. Calmer goals are Danek (755 m), Warzelnia (662 m), Gonciarek (631 m) and Kocierz (929 m).
The "Stanisław" quartz mine is a disused open-pit mine at 1,050 m, considered the highest of its kind in central Europe. Milky and pink quartz was extracted here from a vein deposit 60 to 100 metres thick, containing 97 to 100 percent silica, and it went to the glass, metallurgical and electronics industries. The pit also held pyrite, fluorite, amethyst and other minerals. Zakręt Śmierci on the Sudeten Road is a viewpoint with a panorama of the Karkonosze and the Jelenia Góra Valley. For views elsewhere see scenic views in Szklarska Poręba, and wider ideas for solo travellers are in solo attractions across the region. An overview of the peaks is in mountains in Szklarska Poręba.
Yes. The list includes peaks, rocks, a viewpoint, a disused mine and several museums, and every place carries the solo tag.
The Mineralogical and Juna Earth museums for rock lovers, the Hauptmann house for history, and the Ecological Education Centre for mountain nature.
A cable car runs up Szrenica. At the top there is a viewpoint and a mountain hut.
Check the trails beforehand. For several peaks, including Kozi Grzbiet and Kobyła, no marked trail leads to the top.
