Diabelskie Pustacie Nature Reserve

The Diabelskie Pustacie floristic reserve covers 932.53 ha and lies in Borne Sulinowo municipality, 2 km north of Kłomino and 8 km south-south-east of Borne Sulinowo. It was established on 26 November 2008. It includes part of the Kłomino Heathlands (Wrzosowiska Kłomińskie), regarded as the largest in Poland and among the largest in Europe, which arose on the site of a former military training ground.

The landscape of the reserve

The aim of protection is the landscape of two outwash channels, the younger outwash channel and the Plitnica channel, together with kettle-hole depressions and hills in the nature of erosional remnants. The reserve lies in the Natura 2000 site Diabelskie Pustacie. It covers the land of the Borne Sulinowo and Czarnobór forest districts. According to the protection plan established in 2013, the area is under active protection.

Trail, paths and tower

A yellow hiking trail runs through the reserve. Two educational trails have also been laid out here: the Ladybird Loop (Pętla biedronki), 9.15 km long, and the Bee Loop (Pętla pszczoły), 5.35 km long. They can be followed on foot, by bike, and in winter also on skis. On the highest rise in the reserve, at 175 m above sea level, stands a wooden viewing tower. Next to the rise, by the road crossing the area of the reserve (the road itself is not part of the reserve), there is a parking place for cars.

Practical information

• Location: 2 km north of Kłomino, Borne Sulinowo municipality.
• Routes: the yellow trail, the Ladybird Loop (9.15 km) and the Bee Loop (5.35 km).
• Viewing tower on the rise at 175 m above sea level and a parking place by the road. Check the rules for moving around the reserve with the Borne Sulinowo and Czarnobór forest districts.