Top 20 Natural Monuments around gmina Bielice

The Heart Boulder, also known as the Mill Stone, is an erratic. Made of granite, its shape resembles a heart. It is entered in the register of natural monuments. It is also colossal in terms of size: impressive dimensions: circumference 14.5 m, and length over 4 m.

The reserve is located on the slopes of moraine hills, diversified by ravines, streams, and springs. The Utrata stream flows through this area, which appears and disappears from the surface. The aim of the protection is to preserve the Pomeranian beech forest in various typological variations with rich herbaceous plant communities in the undergrowth. Over a hundred-year-old beeches reach a height of up to 40 m. Rare and endangered plants occur here, including forest fescue, fumewort, one-flowered pearl grass, lanceolate spleenwort, and common madder. Among the protected plants are, for example, broad-leaved helleborine, blue helleborine, guelder rose, common buckthorn, and sweet woodruff. The bottom of the ravine is occupied by spring beech forest. The reserve is named after engineer Józef Lewandowski, an outstanding forester, a pioneer in the development of the forests of Western Pomerania. A glacial erratic boulder with a plaque commemorating this man, who was distinguished for the forests, is located in the southeastern part of the reserve, at the crossroads of roads from Szczecin-Śmierdnica and from Kołowo. For those who want to get to know the landscape of the Kołowskie Ravines better, two tourist trails are available. The Red Trail named after Stanisław Pawelski runs from Szczecin Kijewo to Glinna. The Blue Trail named after Stanisław Groński runs from Szczecin Zdroje to Zdunowo.

The Kołowskie Parowy nature reserve is a small but very charming protected area located near Gryfice, which delights with deep gorges and steep slopes covered with beech forest. This is an ideal place for cyclists looking for peace and contact with nature, although you need to be prepared for short but intense climbs and sandy sections. Forest paths lead through the reserve, which are best covered by a trekking or cross bike with solid tires. It is worth taking provisions with you, because there is no tourist base in the area, and it is a great place for a quiet rest away from busy routes.

A great place for mtb. It reminds me a lot of the Tricity Landscape Park from where I live.

Lake Binowskie is a lake with no outflow, its area covers 52.4 ha. The reservoir is 1,300 m long and 730 m wide, and the total length of the coastline is 4,125 m. It is a fairly shallow body of water, with an average depth of 5.5 m and a maximum depth of 9.4 m. You can dive in it, but from 5 m below the water surface it is know the muddy bottom about yourself. The western shores are dry and forested. The eastern and northern ones are marshy with reed beds and rushes. In the past, the lake had perfectly clean water and very rare plant species lived there, including: flexible lake, perennial whorl and single-flowered brine. The reservoir was also a habitat for many species of lake fish and crayfish. There was even a nature reserve to be established here. Unfortunately, progressive water pollution causes irreversible changes to occur in this reservoir. The waters are class II cleanliness, anglers can still fish here.

Three Brothers Pass (German: Drei Brüder) - a small pass (approx. 130 m above sea level), between three hills: Bukowiec (148.3 m above sea level) - the highest elevation of the Szczecin Lowland, Klasztorny (133.7 m above sea level) and Kopytnik (132 0 m above sea level), in the main range of high moraine hills, called the Beech Mountains (Hills). The pass is associated with a legend about three brothers-robbers. The brothers attacked travelers, looting and killing them, until after one of the attacks they met a girl with whom they fell in love. Of course, after some time there was a fight in which the brothers killed each other. The unfortunate girl buried them under three stones (now there are three nearby hills), and not wanting to return to "civilization" after these traumatic experiences, she turned into a tree (the current Frater oak at the fork of Droga Kołowska and Klucka).

Very nice bathing lake

The Three Brothers Pass (German: Drei Brüder) - a small pass (approx. 130 m above sea level), between three hills: Bukowiec (148.3 m above sea level) - the highest elevation of the Szczecin Lowlands, Klasztorny (133.7 m above sea level) and Kopytnik (132 0 m above sea level), in the main range of high moraine hills, known as the Bukowe Mountains (Hills). There is a legend related to the pass about three bandit brothers. The brothers attacked the travelers, looting and killing them, until after one of the attacks they met the girl they fell in love with. Of course, after some time there was a fight in which the brothers killed each other. The unfortunate girl buried them under three stones (these are currently three surrounding hills), and not wanting to return to "civilization" after these traumatic experiences, she turned into a tree (the present Frater oak at the fork of the Kołowska and Klucka Roads).