Běšický chochol, Nature reserve in Tušimice, Czech Republic.

Běšický chochol is a 30.66-hectare nature reserve on the northwest bank of the Nechranice reservoir in the Chomutov district. It covers two basalt hills, Běšický chochol (350 m) and Čachovický vrch (313 m), the easternmost peaks of the Doupov Mountains, with dry grasslands and light oak woods.

The area was first declared a protected reserve on 4 May 2002 by the Chomutov District Office as the Běšický a Čachovický vrch reserve, covering 24.72 ha. On 22 February 2012 the Ústí nad Labem Regional Council abolished it and replaced it with the Běšický chochol reserve of 30.66 ha, registered under number 2258.

The name chochol, "tuft", refers to the double-peaked basalt hill, whose lower summit is called Skřivánek. Surface finds in 1966 and 1967 documented a settlement on the northwest slope used from the early Slavic period to the late hillfort period. Only on the Skřivánek knoll grows the endangered Dictamnus albus.

The reserve lies between the Nechranice reservoir and the Tušimice II power plant; a road from the plant leads to the Tušimice cottage settlement, whose northern cottages border the reserve, making it easy to reach on foot.

Běšický chochol is a double peak: its lower summit is called Skřivánek, and only there grows the endangered white dittany (Dictamnus albus). The two basalt hills, Běšický chochol at 350 m and Čachovický vrch at 313 m, are the easternmost hills of the Doupov Mountains.