Nature reserve Wąwóz w Skałach

Nature reserve Wąwóz w Skałach features a deep gorge carved roughly 30 meters into the earth with steep walls on either side. These walls consist of middle Devonian dolomites and limestone formations that create a striking geological landscape.

The reserve gained official protection in 1994 when the Ministry of Environment established it by directive. This action came to preserve the special geological formations and their embedded fossils within the Jeleniowski Landscape Park.

The reserve draws researchers and nature watchers who study the fossil remains preserved here, including corals, stromatoporoids, snails, and brachiopods. These discoveries matter to local people seeking to understand the geological story of their region.

You can walk marked trails that wind through the reserve and lead to several observation points. These spots let you look out at the rock walls and xerothermic grasslands that grow between the stone formations.

The northern slopes host specialized plant communities where stonecrop and wild garlic thrive among exposed rock walls. These uncommon plants find conditions here that suit their needs and reveal the ecological character of this gorge.