Top 4 Natural Monuments around gmina Biłgoraj

On the Polish side, the battle was fought by a unit commanded by Colonel Marcin Lelewel Borelowski (700-800 people) and a unit led by Kajetan Ćwiek Cieszkowski (400 people). Both of these units had taken part in the Battle of Biłgoraj the day before; after the clash, they merged into one unit. On the Russian side, Major Mikołaj Sternberg commanded; his forces numbered – according to various sources – from 3 to 4 thousand soldiers. The Russian units consisted of 5 infantry companies, a squadron of dragoons and two Cossack sotnias. The Russians also had four cannons. Borelowski commanded the Polish forces from Polak Hill, where a monument to the insurgents currently stands and there are boards with descriptions in Polish and Hungarian.

Piaseczna Góra is a hill in Roztocze, 298 m above sea level, located within the Roztocze National Park.

The route has recently been subject to a toll, which is almost unaffordable for foreigners. The app cannot be used.

Battlefield of 1863

Las Centar is located between Szczebrzeszyn and Kawęczynek, in the Szczebrzeszyński Landscape Park. A beautiful nature and historical trail "Szczebrzeszyn - Kawęczynek", marked in red, runs through here. There are several information boards along the route.

Porytowe Wzgórze is a place commemorating soldiers who died here in battle on June 14, 1944. It is located in the Janowskie Forests nature reserve. The reserve itself was created in 1984 to protect mixed forests in a place commemorating the largest battle of Polish and Soviet partisans against the Nazi invader on Polish lands.

Polak Hill (318 m), from which there is a panorama of the Sandomierska Valley. You can also see the edge zone of Roztocze, cut by narrow strips of fields. You will reach the hill from road 858 through a beautiful beech alley. On the hill there is a tourist shelter with benches, a monument to the January insurgents in Panasówka and an obelisk commemorating Poles and Hungarians fighting in the unit of Marcin Borelowski codename Lelewel, commanding the Polish unit in the victorious battle against the Russians near Panasówka in 1863.

A viewpoint on the path to Piaseczna Góra, from which there is a wonderful panorama of the western part of Zwierzyniec and the surrounding hills. An ideal place for bird watching enthusiasts.