Branické skály, Natural monument in Braník, Czech Republic.

Branické skály is a natural monument on the western slope of Dobeška hill in Braník, on the right bank of the Vltava near the Přístaviště stop. The 9.1-hectare protected area, declared in 1968, covers an abandoned limestone quarry, the bare Školní vrch and the Dobeška forest park, between 190 and 264 metres above sea level.

Limestone was quarried here from at least the mid-18th century until 1928, and kilns at the foot of the quarries burned the hydraulic lime used in Prague's embankments and in the city's 19th-century building. During World War II the German army drove seven tunnels into the rock for a bomb-proof underground factory.

The forest on Dobeška hill was established in 1917 as a park and draws visitors with its natural setting. A wooden viewing platform offers a place to stop and take in the surroundings.

The protected area lies on the right bank of the Vltava, bounded by Modřanská street to the west and Na Dobešce to the east, with the Přístaviště tram stop nearby. Climbing on the four dozen routes, graded 3 to 10 on the UIAA scale, is permitted year-round until the end of 2032.

On the western slope of Školní vrch, the contact between limestone and overlying shale exposes the boundary between the Ludlow and Přídolí stages; this profile was approved as an international stratotype at the 1984 International Geological Congress in Moscow. The limestone also yields abundant cephalopod and trilobite fossils, and it is debated whether the first find on Czech territory in 1770 came from here.