Top 4 Natural Monuments around gmina Biecz

From the Wapienne side, there's a fairly long ascent, while from the other side, from Niżne, there's a much shorter but steeper ascent. Currently, in winter, there's knee-deep snow in places, so hiking poles are recommended. Despite the good markings, a GPS or a map on your phone is recommended.

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The Kornuty Reserve is an inanimate nature reserve located in the Magura Wątkowska range, beneath the Kornuty peak (830 m above sea level). Established in 1953, it protected the rock outcrops of the Magura Nappe, natural communities of fertile Carpathian beech forests, acidic mountain beech forests, and relict and rare vegetation. It covers an area of 11.9 hectares. Among the local fissure caves, the largest is the Mrocza Cave, which is 198 m long and 15.5 m deep. The name Kornuty comes from the Romanian word "cornut," meaning "horned."

Many consider it the best place in the Ciężkowice area. Although in summer it is a small stream of water, it turns out that in winter it freezes and turns into a large icefall! The huge rocks surrounding it are also impressive - maybe that is why there were legends about witches (hence the name of this waterfall/icefall) who held a sabbath here (those were the days, eh?)

There are very nice views of the barb animals

witches waterfall Ciężkowice waterfall

Even without a lot of water it's an impressive place - rocks all around you! Magnificent!

The Liwocz nature reserve was established in 2004 to protect plant communities typical of the higher parts of the Więcwice Foothills and the sites of protected plants and animals. We will mainly see the Carpathian beech forest here. Within the reserve, there is a nature trail with information boards that leads to Mount Liwocz (562 m above sea level), where from the viewing platform we can admire the view of the foothills with the Wisłoka flowing below.