Vezhen, Mountain summit in Balkan Mountains, Bulgaria

Vezhen is a 2,198 m summit in the Teteven part of the Central Balkan Mountains, within Central Balkan National Park. It is a broad, flattened plateau rather than a sharp peak, and the main ridge carries the boundary of the Tsarichina Reserve. The area around the summit holds the largest forests of Pinus peuce in the Balkan Mountains.

Vezhen lies on the main ridge of the Teteven Balkan, and the boundary of the Tsarichina Reserve runs along that ridge. The reserve was established to protect old beech and conifer stands, and the peak's slopes form part of its edge. The summit itself is a broad, rounded plateau rather than a sharp crag.

The peak gave its name to a street in Sofia's Lozenets quarter, and the surrounding forests of Pinus peuce, the largest in the Balkan Mountains, are what walkers notice on the approach. The summit plateau lies on the boundary of the Tsarichina Reserve, so the route passes through protected land.

Several marked trails approach the summit from different directions with varying difficulty levels to suit different hiking abilities. The best climbing season runs from spring through autumn when conditions are most stable.

Vezhen's summit plateau carries the only larger forest of white-barked Macedonian pine (Pinus peuce) in the Balkan Mountains, and the main ridge through the peak marks the boundary of the Tsarichina Reserve. The name also lives on in Sofia, where a street in the Lozenets quarter is named after the peak.