Krkavec, Mountain summit near Plzeň, Czech Republic.

Krkavec is a 504 m hill in the Plaská pahorkatina on the northern edge of Pilsen, the highest point of the forests north of the city. Its slopes are cut by abandoned sandstone and kaolin quarries, and five marked hiking trails meet at the top, where an 18.2 m stone-and-brick lookout tower from 1900 stands beside a television transmitter and a cottage.

Around 1358 the hill was called Drsník. In 1893 plans for a wooden lookout tower were drawn up but never carried out; the municipality of Ledce supplied land and stone from its quarry, and the stone-and-brick tower by J. Kubeš was built between August and October 1900 and opened on 19 May 1901. German troops occupied it in October and November 1938, and from 1953 it served as a military signal station until reopening on 1 June 1989.

The name Krkavec, meaning raven, comes from a legend that priests once burned offerings on the summit and read the future in the behaviour of ravens: birds circling over the sacrifice meant an unfavourable outcome, while those that flew off and returned only after the rite meant a good one. Five marked hiking trails meet at the top.

Several marked routes lead to the peak, and the length of the hike depends on which path you choose. The site is accessible throughout the year, though weather conditions affect the ease of walking.

The hill is named after ravens: a legend says priests burned offerings on the summit and read the future from the birds' behaviour, and the number of ravens gave Krkavec its name. Five marked hiking trails meet at the top.