Wielecki Staw Trail

The Trail through Wielecki Staw is a black, waymarked walking trail 6.0 km long, on the border of Szczecin and Stare Czarnowo municipality. It runs along the floor of the Płonia valley, on the north-eastern edge of the Szczecin Landscape Park “Puszcza Bukowa”, and goes round Wielecki Staw, one of the artificial reservoirs on the former lands of the Cistercians of Kołbacz.

Route

The start (0.0 km) is at the bus terminus in Szczecin-Śmierdnica, at Pyrzycka and Zadumana streets, where the Stanisław Groński and Buczynowe Wąwozy trails begin. At 1.7 km the trail passes a monumental Douglas fir in Sosnówko, at 3.6 km the south-eastern shore of the pond, and at 4.4 km it crosses to the other side of national road no. 3. It ends in Jezierzyce, at Relaksowa Street.

Practical information

• Walking trail, waymarked in black, 6.0 km, a connecting trail.
• The bus termini in Śmierdnica and Jezierzyce (about 5.7 km from the start) allow the route to be shortened.
• Crossing national road no. 3 requires care.
• The route is described according to data from 2007; check the waymarks.