Bukowiec Mountain Trail

The Bukowiec Mountain Trail is a black, waymarked walking trail 3.8 km long, within the Szczecin Landscape Park “Puszcza Bukowa”. It leads through the wooded Beech Hills to Bukowiec (148.3 m above sea level), the highest elevation of the Beech Hills and the Szczecin Coastland.

Route

The trail begins at the bus terminus on the Bukowe estate, at Kolorowych Domów Street, together with the red Trail through Słupi Głaz named after Wojciech Lipniacki. After 0.3 km it passes the school hostel, after 1.0 km the monumental Groński Boulder, and after 2.5 km the natural monument “Mill Stone” (Młyński Kamień), known as the Heart Boulder. At 3.1 km is the Siodło Zielawy saddle, and at 3.8 km the summit of Bukowiec. In the area lies the Bukowe Zdroje Nature Reserve.

Practical information

• Start: bus terminus Szczecin-Bukowe, Kolorowych Domów Street.
• Walking trail, waymarked in black, 3.8 km. It joins three other trails, so a longer variant can be chosen.
• The route is described as it stood in 2007; check the waymarks.