Lakes
an endorheic lake in the Beech Forest with a beach and trails from Binowo
Lakes
lake on the edge of the Beech Forest with a stronghold site and a junction of two trails
Lakes
endorheic lake in the heart of the Beech Forest with viewpoints and two trails
Parks and nature
spring beech woodlands, commemorative boulders and an educational path with 12 stops
Parks and nature
a fungi reserve in Beech Forest, crossed by the green Czwójdziński Trail
Free things to do in Stare Czarnowo: three lakes in the Bukowa Forest and two woodland reserves with trails, a nature path and viewpoints.
The Stare Czarnowo municipality lies next to the Bukowa Forest, where a walk among trees takes the place of an entrance ticket. All five places here carry the free tag in the catalogue. That does not apply to private services such as the holiday centres by the lakes, so check their rules separately. The other places of the municipality are listed under things to do in Stare Czarnowo, and more ideas from across the region are in free places in West Pomerania.
The woods and the water offer the most: three lakes in the Bukowa Forest and two nature reserves. All lie within the Szczecin Landscape Park "Puszcza Bukowa" and are linked by forest trails. They are places for a whole day of walking, with nothing to buy.
Glinna Wielka covers 75.6 hectares at the forest's southern fringe. Descriptions call it the largest lake on the southern rim of the Bukowa Forest. Its shoreline forms five bays, and by the water there is a hillfort and the Łużec glade where trails cross. Beside the village of Binowo, on its western side, spreads Jezioro Binowskie (Lake Binowskie), about 52 hectares in area. It offers a beach and holiday centres, and trails reach it from Binowo. Its western shores are dry and wooded, the north-eastern ones boggy and overgrown with reeds.
Piasecznik Duży, also called Kizik's Lake, is smaller at 14.8 hectares. It hides in the middle of the Bukowe Hills, a little north of Binowo. There are viewpoints here and a holiday centre close by.
Rezerwat przyrody Źródliskowa Buczyna (the Źródliskowa Buczyna reserve) protects 155 hectares of woodland on the southern slopes of the Bukowe Hills, partly beside Lake Glinna. It was created in 1956. A trail junction and a nature path with twelve stops run through it, so it makes a good first walk. Farther east, near Kołbacz, lies Rezerwat przyrody Osetno (the Osetno reserve). It protects woodland important for fungi and was among the earliest Polish reserves of that kind. A green trail passes through.
The simplest plan is one lake and one reserve. For example, a morning walk round Glinna Wielka and then the nature path in Źródliskowa Buczyna, since the two sit side by side. Choose Lake Binowskie when you want a beach, and Osetno when you prefer a green trail and woods without water.
Yes. The three lakes and two reserves in the Bukowa Forest carry the free tag in the catalogue. Private holiday centres have their own rules, so check them separately.
Lake Binowskie by Binowo has one. Holiday centres stand next to it.
In Źródliskowa Buczyna. The path has twelve stops, and trails also cross inside the reserve.
Because it is a reserve devoted to fungi, one of the first of its kind in the country. A green trail lets you walk round it.
