11 Sights in Krościenko nad Dunajcem, Poland (with Map and Images)

Czertezik – a peak in the Pieniny Proper, which is the second highest peak of the Pieniny Mountains. The name comes from the former Czertezik clearing. It is a long and narrow peak with apical parts made of crinoid limestone. From the west, it is adjacent to Czerteż, while from the south-east, the Sosnów Pass separates it from Sokolica. The southern slope is steep, rocky in places and descends to the Dunajec River and the deep valley of the Pieniny Stream separating the Pieninki Mountains from the Three Crowns Massif. Below the top, there is a rocky cliff about 35–40 m high, and below the steep slopes are covered with a rare pine and beech forest. About 50 m below the peak, a small cave with a length of 6 m was discovered in these slopes in 1953. The northern slopes are covered with beech and fir forest. Sokola Perć leads through the summit – a fragment of the tourist trail from Tarnów to Wielki Rogacz.

Wikipedia: Czertezik (PL)

Stajkowa – an unremarkable peak in the Beskid Sądecki, in the western part of the Radziejowa Range, dominating on the eastern side on the Dunajec River and on the Krościenko River on the Dunajec River.

Wikipedia: Stajkowa (PL)

Bajków Groń or Bajki Gronik, Bańków Gronik – a peak in the Pieniny Proper, in the ridge of the Pieniny Mountains, in the Pieniny National Park. The current name was created by combining the names of two small peaks in the immediate vicinity: Bajków and Groń.

Wikipedia: Bajków Groń (PL)

Kopia Góra, Kopia Górka – a hill in the town of Krościenko nad Dunajcem in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Nowy Targ County. It is an unremarkable peak in the Lubania Range in the Gorce Mountains, located at the end of the south-eastern ridge of Lubań. It rises in the fork of the roads: Łącko – Krościenko nad Dunajcem and Nowy Targ – Krościenko nad Dunajcem, at the same time in the fork of the Dunajec and the Krośnica stream. The southern slopes of the hill fall towards the valley of the Międzygórski Potok, and the northern slopes to the Dunajec River.

Wikipedia: Kopia Góra (PL)

Białe Skały – a peak in the main ridge of the Pieniny Mountains in the Pieniny Proper, located in the Pieniny National Park. The name White Rocks is also used by Józef Nyka in the "Pieniny" guidebook. On some maps, however, this peak is signed as Sutrówka.

Wikipedia: Białe Skały (Pieniny) (PL)

The parish church of Christ the Good Shepherd in Krościenko nad Dunajcem – a Roman Catholic parish church at 2a Sobieskiego Street in Krościenko nad Dunajcem; it is dedicated to St. Stanislaus – a bishop, and at the same time it is a votive offering for saving the life of Pope John Paul II.

Wikipedia: Kościół Chrystusa Dobrego Pasterza w Krościenku nad Dunajcem (PL), Website

Long Gronik, Długi Gronik - a forest hill in the Pieniny. He creates the northeast, extended northeast, the edge of the Dunajec Pieninek. It is already located outside the Pieniny National Park, administratively belongs to Krościenko. At the foot of the long Gronika there are Krościenka housing estates: to Jurek, Grzegorz, to Kurpas. On the northwestern side of the long Gronika there is an discovered terrace called Natonia, from which there are views of Szczawnica, Rington and the western part of small Pieniny with Palenica, Szafranówka and Bystrzyk. The green tourist trail from Krościenko to the Sosnów Pass leads through this terrace. On the south-eastern side is located at a height of 440 m. In the northwestern direction above the long Gronika, on the slopes of Sokolica, there is a clearing of Sosnów, through which the blue trail to Sokolica leads, and from which a long Gronik is clearly visible.

Wikipedia: Długi Gronik (PL)

Chapel of St. Kinga - a chapel in Pieniny, at the green tourist trail from Krościenko to the Sosnów Pass. It is located on a stone foundation below the valley under the Ociene, at the disarmed stream. This is an old chapel, the date of its construction is unknown. It is marked on maps from the beginning of the 19th century, it was renewed in 1905 and 1949. According to legend, it was built in a place where Saint Kinga went to Dunajec, fleeing from the Tatars to her hideout at the Pieniński Castle. Szczęsny Morawski in 1863 writes: "And at the feet of Pieniny, immediately on the shore Dunajec got off, when she stood on a huge stone, the hardfish softened and the foot of her foot remained clearly squeezed, and from under the stone, on which she cried bitterly, the source of bitter water gushed." This stone was later transported to the monastery in Stary Sącz. The source was supposedly effectively treating eye diseases. It is not there, because according to the passes it dried up after it was desecrated by an Italian worker working on the construction of a road to a wooden bridge, which in the past, the road from Krościenko to Szczawnica crossed Dunajec.

Wikipedia: Kapliczka św. Kingi (PL)

The Chapel of the Transfiguration in Krościenko nad Dunajcem – a chapel in Krościenko nad Dunajcem, located at St. Kinga Street, opposite the new parish cemetery. The oldest building on this street.

Wikipedia: Kaplica Przemienienia Pańskiego w Krościenku nad Dunajcem (PL)

Dziury – a cave in the Pieniny Mountains, in their part called the Pieninki. It has three entrance openings located on the northern slopes of Sokolica, by the green tourist trail from Krościenko to the Sosnów Pass, at an altitude of 595 m above sea level. The cave is 94 meters long and its height difference is 16 meters.

Wikipedia: Dziury (PL)

Monument of Władysław Jagiełło in Krościenko nad Dunajcem – a monument dedicated to King Władysław Jagiello and the 500th anniversary of the Battle of Grunwald. It is located at the junction of Jagiellońska and Mickiewicza Streets, on the so-called Small Market Square, in Krościenko on the Dunajec River. It was erected in 1913 as part of the celebrations of the 500th anniversary of the Battle of Grunwald.

Wikipedia: Pomnik Władysława Jagiełły w Krościenku nad Dunajcem (PL)