Mountains
a cone-shaped hill covered with beech forest, with the ruins of the medieval castle of Nowy Dwór on its summit
forested peak of the Wałbrzyskie Mountains with traces of medieval silver ore mining on its slopes
Mountains
a 590-metre peak separating the Wałbrzych Foothills from the Wałbrzych Basin, with traces of former ore extraction
Mountains
a forested peak in the Wałbrzych Mountains with relics of an 18th-century coal mine
Mountains
a 526-metre peak at the northern end of the Wałbrzych Mountains ridge, formerly known as Schwarze Lehne
Mountains
a 562-metre peak on the ridge of the Wałbrzych Mountains, between Borowa and Czarnota
Parks and nature
rocky gorges of two streams and monumental yews in the forest right below Książ Castle
Nature in Wałbrzych means wooded peaks of the Wałbrzych Mountains and a reserve on the Pełcznica. See what the hills are made of.
Zamkowa Góra (618 m) is built of effusive rock, Permian melaphyre. It is a cone with steep slopes and a flat summit, and the Pełcznica flows below it on the north-west side. The whole area lies in the Wałbrzych Sudetes Landscape Park. Barbarka (635 m) consists of porphyries and their tuffs, and its slopes are formed of sandstones, conglomerates and shales with coal seams. Ptasia Kopa (590 m) is made mainly of conglomerates and greywacke, and its slopes hold traces of lead and silver mining from the 14th and 15th centuries.
The summit of Lisi Kamień (613 m) is covered with spruce forest mixed with deciduous trees. On the slopes are traces of old silver ore mining and erratic boulders left by the reach of an ancient glacier. Almost the whole summit of Barbarka is forested today too, though in the mid-18th century Baron von Czettritz-Neuhaus opened the Ernestine coal mine on its northern slope. Czarnota (526 m) ends the northern part of the ridge, and Czarnuszka (562 m) lies in its middle.
The Przełomy pod Książem nature reserve was created in 2000 and protects the landscape of the rocky Pełcznica and Szczawnik valleys, with their forests and the species living there. It now covers 230.95 hectares and lies in Książ Landscape Park, within Wałbrzych and the municipality of Świebodzice. The slopes of both valleys are steep and rocky. All these places carry the "Przyroda" (nature) tag, and most also "Piękne widoki" (beautiful views).
For a walk in a city park, see parks and nature. The whole of Wałbrzych is on attractions in Wałbrzych, and nature across the region is on nature in Lower Silesia.
