Czechia canyon rim
Macocha Gorge
You can see 37 km from here, looking south-west.
Calculating the panorama…
Drag to turn around. The relief is drawn 2.2 times taller so the ridges can be read; far ridges are paler, as in the real air.
The view
Up to 37 km away.
Calculated on the relief one degree at a time, up to 250 km, with the curvature of the Earth and the refraction of the air: what stands above the horizon from here.
Our own rating, from the relief and the climate only: open horizon (35 points), how far you see (25), sea and named peaks in view (20) and clear months (20).
- 37 kmFarthest ridgelooking south-west
- 98%Open horizonof the circle where the horizon is below your eyes
- 12Peaks in viewnamed summits that rise above the relief in front
- 505 mAltitudeabove the sea, at the highest point of the viewpoint
The 12 peaks you can name from here
From west to east as you turn around: height, distance and direction. Each one links to its guide on Peakyas, our mountain atlas.
From the relief only: buildings, trees and haze are not in the model. On a hazy day you see much less; 250 km is the limit of our calculation.
The sun
The best sunsets are in April and from August to September.
When the sun really disappears from this viewpoint — behind the relief or into the sea — and in which direction, on the 15th of each month, in local time.
- Jansouth-west6 min before the sea-level sunset19%
- Febwest8 min before the sea-level sunset22%
- Marwest12 min before the sea-level sunset31%
- Aprwest14 min before the sea-level sunset39%
- Maynorth-west16 min before the sea-level sunset34%
- Junnorth-west20 min before the sea-level sunset33%
- Julnorth-west16 min before the sea-level sunset36%
- Augwest12 min before the sea-level sunset41%
- Sepwest12 min before the sea-level sunset38%
- Octwest12 min before the sea-level sunset30%
- Novsouth-west6 min before the sea-level sunset20%
- Decsouth-west6 min before the sea-level sunset18%
- Time: when the sun goes behind the horizon you see from here.
- Minutes: how much earlier the relief hides the sun.
- %: share of clear sky that month (NASA, 2001–2020).
The highlighted months are the clearest. Golden hour starts about an hour before.
The place
Macocha Gorge.
Cave in Czech Republic
Macocha Gorge is a canyon rim in Czechia, 505 m above the sea.
On a clear day the farthest ridge you can see is 37 km away, looking south-west.
12 named peaks rise above the relief in front; the most prominent is Babí Lom (562 m), 13 km away.
The horizon is open, below your eyes, over 98% of the circle.
The skies are clearest in April and from August to September.
Get there and stay
- Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site↗
- Tyršova Osadacampsite · 4.8 km · 8 within 10 km
- Ubytovani u Macochyplace to stay · 1.2 km · 40 within 10 km
- Ostrov u Macochynearest town · 2.6 km in a straight linePlaces to stay in Ostrov u MacochyBooking.com · sponsored link↗
- Brno-Tuřany Airport (BRQ)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 25 km in a straight lineCar hire at BRQ airport (Brno)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided tour, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The viewpoint and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the viewpoint, with what OpenStreetMap shows nearby.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 26other viewpoints within 5 kmDolní můstek, rozhledna Podvrší u Veselice, Horní můstek and 23 more
- 12named peaks within 5 kmHřebenáč, Chobot, Indie and 9 more
- 2cable car and funicular stations within 5 kmPunkevní jeskyně, Macocha
- 16marked trails within 3 km[Č] Luleč - Macocha - Brno Mokrá Hora (MHD), [Z] Vilémovice - Ochoz u Brna, odbočka k rozhledně Podvrší and 13 more
- 34shelters and huts within 5 kmPosezení U Huberta and 33 more
- 12car parks within 3 km
- 6visitor centres within 5 kmTuristické informačné centrum Ostrov u Macochy, Informační centrum Macocha, Turistické informační centrum and 3 more
- 6restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 8campsites within 10 kmTyršova Osada, Camp Olšovec Jedovnice, Relaxa and 5 more
- 40places to stay within 10 kmUbytovani u Macochy, Penzion U Ježků, Macocha and 37 more
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
What you see from Macocha Gorge, and what is near.
Everything around this viewpoint — mountains, water, forests, birds, caves and the night sky — in the family's atlases.
Peakyas194 mountains within 25 km
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 km
Forestyas7 forests and trees within 15 km
Darkskyas1 dark-sky places within 30 km
Cascadyas6 waterfalls within 15 km
Riveryasthe river nearbyFigures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap, GBIF). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The view, as people saw it.
Other viewpoints nearby.
Macocha Gorge
Czechia
- 57Viewyas Score
- 37 kmFarthest ridge
- 12Peaks in view
- 505 mAltitude
Alexandrova rozhledna
Czechia · 9 km
- 76Viewyas Score
- 219 kmFarthest ridge
- 594Peaks in view
- 482 mAltitude
Babí lom
Czechia · 13 km
- 77Viewyas Score
- 193 kmFarthest ridge
- 812Peaks in view
- 519 mAltitude
Akátová věž
Czechia · 37 km
- 77Viewyas Score
- 193 kmFarthest ridge
- 775Peaks in view
- 349 mAltitude
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q673317) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Sun | J. Meeus, Astronomical Algorithms |
| Peaks in view | Peakyas (Wikidata, CC0) |
| Panorama and altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-90 / GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Clouds | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Lakeyas, Forestyas, Darkskyas, Canyonyas, Cavernyas, Cascadyas, Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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