Poland observation tower
Observation tower on Grodziszcze
You can see 67 km from here, looking 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 67 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).
- 67 kmFarthest ridgelooking west
- 98%Open horizonof the circle where the horizon is below your eyes
- 144Peaks in viewnamed summits that rise above the relief in front
- 384 mAltitudeabove the sea, at the highest point of the viewpoint
The 144 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-west18 min before the sea-level sunset19%
- Febwest16 min before the sea-level sunset20%
- Marwest14 min before the sea-level sunset28%
- Aprwest14 min before the sea-level sunset38%
- Maynorth-west10 min before the sea-level sunset34%
- Junnorth-west10 min before the sea-level sunset32%
- Julnorth-west8 min before the sea-level sunset35%
- Augwest10 min before the sea-level sunset39%
- Sepwest12 min before the sea-level sunset37%
- Octwest16 min before the sea-level sunset29%
- Novsouth-west18 min before the sea-level sunset22%
- Decsouth-west16 min before the sea-level sunset20%
- 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
Observation tower on Grodziszcze.
Observation tower on Grodziszcze is an observation tower in Poland, 384 m above the sea.
On a clear day the farthest ridge you can see is 67 km away, looking west.
144 named peaks rise above the relief in front; the most prominent is Sněžka (1,603 m), 63 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
- Going upCheck the opening hours before you go: towers and decks close in bad weather.
- Pole Kempingowe Gorzuchówcampsite · 2.1 km · 4 within 10 km
- Gościniec Romanoplace to stay · 1.4 km · 74 within 10 km
- Bozkownearest town · 1.7 km in a straight linePlaces to stay in BozkowBooking.com · sponsored link↗
- Copernicus Wrocław Airport (WRO)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 71 km in a straight lineCar hire at WRO airport (Wrocław)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
- 3other viewpoints within 5 kmWieża widokowa Suszynka
- 31named peaks within 5 kmCzeskie Wzgórze, Chmielnik, Leszczynka and 28 more
- 3marked trails within 3 kmKłodzka Droga św. Jakuba, Wambierzyce - Gorzuchów PKP - Ścinawka, Zagórze - Słupiec, ul. Piwna
- 8shelters and huts within 5 kmPKS and 7 more
- 8car parks within 3 km
- 4campsites within 10 kmPole Kempingowe Gorzuchów, Centrum Noclegowe i Camping Na Stoku Twierdzy, Leśny Dwór and 1 more
- 74places to stay within 10 kmGościniec Romano, Hotelik Nova Renoma, Dom Pielgrzyma "Nazaret" and 71 more
- cable car and funicular stations within 5 km
- visitor centres within 5 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
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 Observation tower on Grodziszcze, and what is near.
Everything around this viewpoint — mountains, water, forests, birds, caves and the night sky — in the family's atlases.
Peakyas154 mountains within 25 km
Birdyas2 birding sites within 25 km
Cascadyas1 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.
Observation tower on Grodziszcze
Poland
- 62Viewyas Score
- 67 kmFarthest ridge
- 144Peaks in view
- 384 mAltitude
Bismarck tower on Wielka Sowa
Poland · 20 km
- 77Viewyas Score
- 151 kmFarthest ridge
- 399Peaks in view
- 1,014 mAltitude
Borůvková hora observation tower
Czechia · 27 km
- 75Viewyas Score
- 137 kmFarthest ridge
- 272Peaks in view
- 902 mAltitude
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q16615085) · 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, Birdyas, 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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