Malý Javorník, Mountain summit in Javorníky range, Slovakia.

Malý Javorník is the highest summit and the only peak above 1,000 m in the Czech part of the Javorníky range, rising to 1,019 m on the Slovak-Czech state border. It stands in the Vysoké Javorníky subunit above Horná Mariková, about 20 km northwest of Bytča, and its slopes feed the Papradnianka and Marikovský potok to the south and the Stanovice stream to the north.

The summit lies on the state border between Slovakia and the Czech Republic, which was fixed here after the division of Czechoslovakia in 1993. The protected area on the western slope, the Malý Javorník Nature Reserve, was declared in December 2013 and is managed by the AOPK ČR administration of the Beskydy Protected Landscape Area.

The name Javorník refers to the maple (javor) trees of these ridges, and the red Javornícka magistrála long-distance trail runs over the summit between Kohútka and Veľký Javorník. In winter a cross-country ski track follows the ridge, and cyclists use the same marked routes in summer.

The easiest approach is the red-marked trail from the Sedlo pod Kohútkou saddle, about 5.5 km, or the yellow trail from Karolinka past the reservoir, about 10 km. The red Javornícka magistrála crosses the summit; blue, yellow and green trails join it from Považská Bystrica, Ráztoka, Podjavorník, Karolinka and Velké Karlovice. In winter a cross-country ski track runs along the ridge.

The nature reserve Malý Javorník was declared in December 2013 on the western slope of the peak and is managed by AOPK ČR, the administration of the Beskydy Protected Landscape Area. The summit itself lies on the state border, in the cadastral areas of Papradno, Horná Mariková and Karolinka.