Parki i przyroda: Ińsko

Parks and nature in Ińsko: the Głowacz, Kamienna Buczyna and Wyspa Sołtyski reserves in Ińsko Landscape Park. Three free places to walk.

Three nature reserves around Lake Ińsko: a hill with a short trail, a beech forest on the shore and an island open to visitors. All lie in Ińsko Landscape Park and are tagged as free.

Which Ińsko reserve should you pick for a short walk?

Rezerwat przyrody Głowacz (Głowacz nature reserve) covers 78.12 ha and was created in 1985. It lies in a terminal moraine zone, with a raised bog, erratic boulders and the Głowacz hill, 180 m above sea level, the highest in the Ińsko Lakeland. A short trail leads to the top.

Rezerwat przyrody Kamienna Buczyna (Kamienna Buczyna Nature Reserve) lies on the north-eastern shore of Lake Ińsko, about 2 kilometres from the town centre. It is a landscape reserve of 11.67 ha with moraine hills, erratic boulders and beech forest. A green trail runs through it.

Rezerwat przyrody Wyspa Sołtyski (Wyspa Sołtyski nature reserve) is a forest reserve of 22.71 ha, set up in 1994 on an island at the eastern end of Lake Ińsko. It protects old beech and oak woodland and dead wood, and it is open to visitors.

What else is there to see around Ińsko?

The lakes of the area get an article, Lubie, Ińsko, Wielimie i Woświn, and the little town another, Ińsko: jezioro, rezerwaty i lato filmowe. Every place in Ińsko is gathered on Ińsko, and for protected nature elsewhere in the region try Parki i przyroda.

Frequently asked questions

How much does it cost to enter the Ińsko reserves?

All three carry the free tag in the portal's description, but check the visiting rules on site.

Where is the highest hill of the Ińsko Lakeland?

In the Głowacz reserve, at 180 m above sea level.

Which reserve lies on an island?

Wyspa Sołtyski, in the eastern part of Lake Ińsko.