Routes

Planner

Features

Updates

App

Get the App

Routes

Hiking trails & Routes

Poland

Lesser Poland Voivodeship

powiat krakowski

gmina Wielka Wieś

Viewpoint Over Ojców – Rękawica (The Glove) Rock Formation loop from Ojców National Park

Routes

Hiking trails & Routes

Poland

Lesser Poland Voivodeship

powiat krakowski

gmina Wielka Wieś

Viewpoint Over Ojców – Rękawica (The Glove) Rock Formation loop from Ojców National Park

Moderate

4.8

(204)

1,618

hikers

Viewpoint Over Ojców – Rękawica (The Glove) Rock Formation loop from Ojców National Park

03:13

11.0km

290m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 21, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

Please check local regulations for:

Ojcowski Park Narodowy

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

Get Directions

2.22 km

View of the valley in Ojcowski National Park

Highlight • Viewpoint

3.30 km

View of the Krakow Gate and the Spring of Love

Highlight • Natural Monument

View of the magnificent Krakow Gate and nearby rocks to the west, and on the other side (east) the Crown Mountain, Glove and Ciemna Caves. A wonderful place in the Prądnik Valley.

You are also at the Spring of Love (well, you're lucky!) - a karst spring. The water flowing out of it falls into a reservoir carved in the shape of a heart.

There is a bench next to it, so your legs can rest too.

Translated by Google •

Tip by

4.30 km

Entrance to the Green Trail, Ojcowski National Park

Highlight • Trail

A must for hikers to hike through the Pradnik valley.

Translated by Google •

Tip by

4.81 km

Viewpoint Over Ojców

Highlight • Viewpoint

A beautiful viewing terrace overlooking Ojców. There is a good board indicating which hills/mountains are ahead of you. Those rocks below are impressive! You can see the Krakow Gate and Rusztowa Mountain from here.

Translated by Google •

Tip by

4.83 km

Okopy Hill and Castle Site (Ojców National Park)

Highlight • Castle

Wisegrod Castle, built by Konrad Mazowiecki in 1231, was located here. The neck trench on the western side is still clearly visible. Impressive is the steep castle rock and the beautiful view. The high plateau of the Okopyberg is very large and was the ideal place for a refuge, on which the local farmers and their livestock fled at danger.

Translated by Google •

Tip by

5.67 km

Rękawica (The Glove) Rock Formation

Highlight • Natural Monument

These Jurassic rocks actually look like an outstretched hand. It is really worth walking up the green marked hiking trail. The climb starts at the ticket office for the Ciemna Grotto. You don't have to pay an entrance fee if you don't want to visit the grotto, but it is also highly recommended.
The short climb is worth it because you pass a whole series of viewpoints.

Translated by Google •

Tip by

6.19 km

Wooden Houses in Ojcowski National Park

Highlight • Structure

It is worth buying a ticket to the Dark Cave and the observation deck at the ticket office near the huts, because you can no longer buy a ticket at the entrance to the cave.

Translated by Google •

Tip by

6.26 km

House Beneath the Rocks and Deotyma's Needle

Highlight • Natural Monument

The road is marked "private area", but you can admire the rock from a distance.

Translated by Google •

Tip by

11.0 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.44 km

3.58 km

2.40 km

392 m

142 m

Surfaces

3.95 km

3.76 km

1.25 km

1.18 km

459 m

335 m

Elevation

Nothing selected – click and drag below to see the stats for a specific part of the route.

Weather

Sunday 23 August

21°C

7°C

-- %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: -- km/h

to get more detailed weather forecasts along your route

Comments

November 10, 2024,78/24 🚶🚶‍♀️ 9 km | Ojców - Dolina Prądnika, kozy i szczyty 💪|

Further visits to Małopolska drove us to the wonderful Park in Ojców. We were there again, but each time was equally charming. This time, for variety, we not only walked through the valley, but climbed the trail leading along the valley peaks. For the first time in this beautiful perspective, the valley took on even greater charm. I recommend it!

Showing Translation

May 26, 2026,🇵🇱🚐🌊🌳 Polen: Czajowice ~ Ojców-Nationalpark, Krakauer Tor, Felsenformation Rękawica (Hand)

And because yesterday was so beautiful, today again hiking in nature 😃🌳🛘🌳🏰🌳.

The Krakow Gate (Polish: Brama Krakowska) is one of the most famous natural monuments and the symbolic entrance gate to the Ojców National Park. It is a natural rock gate made of Jurassic limestone, consisting of two 15-meter-high rock towers. In the past, an important trade route from …

Showing Translation

March 15, 2026,🥾MP#4 Ojcowski Park Narodowy - Szlak Jaskini Ciemnej (zielony)

🗺️ Starting point: Czajowice - Parking at Gosia's
🎯 Destination: Ciemna Cave Trail (green)
💵 Parking fee: PLN 15

It was sunny and quite pleasant. Lots of rock formations. Worth it

Showing Translation

July 28, 2024,Ojcowski Nationalpark🇵🇱⛈️🍺😀

The Ojcowski National Park near Krakow🇵🇱 is the 2nd stop on my trip east. Today I did a small climb in the Jura, it looks a bit like ours in the Altmühltal and is just as expensive😩😬, but we don't want to complain😁, but it was beautiful. It's just difficult to top a location when the first one in 🇨🇿 …

Showing Translation

May 21, 2025,Doliną Prądnika⛰️🌲🍀

This is my mini vacation. A land worth recommending. It makes an impression 😮

Showing Translation

September 23, 2021,🚶‍♂️ (PL) Nationalpark Ojcowski

For a few days we are in Poland, Krakow region.
First a visit with a hike in a national park.

Showing Translation

October 16, 2021,Wanderung in der Nähe von Krakow durch Ojcowski Park

Very nice hike around the park, should have hiking boots since there are lots of uneven surfaces on the trail.

All around the trail are places to rwst and enjoy fresh fish, cakes or to have a coffee.

Want to know more?

Our route recommendations are based on thousands of hikes, rides, and runs completed by other people on komoot.

Navigate

Send to Phone

Save

Edit route

Download GPX

Move start point

Embed on a website

Report an Issue

Report restricted access

Nearby routes

Moderate

4.7

2,520

St. Mary's Basilica (Mariacka Basilica) – Wawel Castle Complex loop from Kraków Zabłocie

03:06h

11.9km

80m

Easy

4.8

105

Zakrzówek Park Loop

01:01h

3.97km

10m

Moderate

4.6

1,196

Grodzka Street – St. Mary's Basilica (Mariacka Basilica) loop from Kraków Główny

02:16h

8.62km

70m

Easy

4.8

102

Kajasówka didactic trail: Ore Mountains Landscape Park

01:21h

4.91km

80m

Moderate

4.8

1,618

Viewpoint Over Ojców – Rękawica (The Glove) Rock Formation loop from Ojców National Park

03:13h

11.0km

290m

Easy

4.9

Raclawka Valley Reserve: Red didactic path: Krakow Valleys Landscape Park

01:26h

4.75km

140m

Moderate

4.0

From the Wawel Castle to Błonia

02:50h

11.0km

50m

Moderate

4.4

Kryspinów - Kraków Salwator Trail

03:44h

13.5km

240m

Moderate

4.7

Trail of the Eagles' Nests: Prądnik Korzkiewski - Sułoszowa: Ojcowski National Park

04:29h

15.9km

340m

Easy

Castle Park - Dark Cave: Ojcow National Park

01:50h

6.09km

170m

Easy

Zimny Dół Reserve Trail

00:39h

2.28km

60m

Easy

4.3

Bledowska Desert: Eagles' Nests Landscape Park

01:29h

5.59km

50m

Viewpoint Over Ojców – Rękawica (The Glove) Rock Formation loop from Ojców National Park

View of the valley in Ojcowski National Park

View of the Krakow Gate and the Spring of Love

Entrance to the Green Trail, Ojcowski National Park

Viewpoint Over Ojców

Okopy Hill and Castle Site (Ojców National Park)

Rękawica (The Glove) Rock Formation

Wooden Houses in Ojcowski National Park

House Beneath the Rocks and Deotyma's Needle

Nearby routes

Sign up or log in to keep exploring this route

We value your privacy ⛰️

We value your privacy ⛰️