Magura National Park

Lore & Background

The park's landscape consists of heavily forested low and medium peaks, with fancifully sculpted rocks such as the prominent Devil's Rock. The Wisłoka river and its tributaries create picturesque ravines and frequently change course. The Kornuty nature reserve at the park's heart protects eroded sandstone formations and fracture caves, including Mroczna Cave with approximately 180-meter-long corridors.

Reader's Guide

Magura National Park preserves a transitional ecosystem between the Eastern and Western Carpathians, with mostly natural forest where spruce is uncommon. It hosts 137 bird species, including endangered eagles, eagle-owls, and storks, as well as 35 endangered mammal species such as brown bears, Eurasian lynx, European wildcats, gray wolves, and Eurasian otters. The park also contains archaeological remains of a 9th-century Wislanie stronghold, wooden Lemko Orthodox churches, a private Lemko culture museum, World War I cemeteries, and a World War II cemetery of 1250 Jews killed by Nazis in 1942 at the Halbów pass. Its headquarters are in the village of Krempna.

Did You Know?

• The park's highest peak is Wątkowa at 846 meters above sea level.
• The Kornuty nature reserve protects sandstone formations eroded into unusual shapes.
• Mroczna Cave within the park has corridors approximately 180 meters long.
• The park is home to brown bears that roam between Poland and Slovakia.