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Wieża widokowa Szpilówka Iwkowa

Lookout Tower on Szpilówka in Iwkowa

Krajobraz widziany z lotu ptaka, a ukazujący wieżę widokową na Szpilówce w Iwkowej otoczoną przez las liściasty. W tle widać liczne wzniesienia, pagórki, wspaniały widok na całe Pogórze Wiśnickie.

Iwkowa Tourist region: Pogórza

The lookout tower on Szpilówka (516 m above sea level) is located on the Wiśnickie Foothills near the village of Iwkowa.

The lookout tower on Szpilówka was made available to tourists in May 2019. It is a wooden construction 30 metres high. From its top, we can admire the stunning landscape of the Island Beskids, the Beskid Sądecki and the Rożnowskie Foothills.
By the tower itself are benches, tables and a gazebo.
There are several ways to get to the lookout tower in Iwkowa. As many as 10 car parks have been created for the convenience of tourists:

  • Parking lot A (in the clearing in the forest from the side of Tymowa, forest trail, access via the green PTTK trail, distance approx. 3.5 km, walking time approx. 1 h 30 min)
  • Parking lot B (by the Health Centre, preferred route, family route, scenic route, former Hungarian route (trakt węgierski), access via the red municipal trail, distance approx. 2.5 km, walking time approx. 50 min)
  • Parking lot B2 (next to the Hungarian Trail, access via the red municipal trail (szlak gminny), distance approx. 1.8 km, walking time approx. 35 minutes)
  • Parking lot C (in the centre of Iwkowa, accessible via the red municipal trail, distance approx. 4.2 km, walking time approx. 2 h)
  • Parking lot D (near the school and the sports ground in Iwkowa, access via the red municipal trail, distance approx. 3.2 km, walking time approx. 1 h 10 min)
  • Parking places E (next to the concrete batching plant, access via the municipal road, then via the red municipal trail, distance approx. 2.2 km, walking time approx. 40 min)
  • Parking lot F (below the tower, access via the red municipal trail, distance approx. 700 m, walking time approx. 15 min – on Saturday, Sunday and public holidays only available for cars with disability ID and technical services; open on other days)
  • Parking lot G (along the district road behind the school in Iwkowa Nagórze, access via the yellow municipal trail and then via the green PTTK trail, distance approx. 2.0 km, walking time approx. 40 min)
  • Parking lot H (along the final stretch of the district road, access via the red municipal trail and then the green PTTK trail, distance approx. 4.0 km, crossing time approx. 1 h 40 min)
  • Parking lot at the market square in the centre of Lipnica Murowana (access to the tower via the ‘Niepodległa’ educational-historical path, blue – blue colour and then along the PTTK green trail, walking time to the tower approx. 2 h)


It is also worth visiting Iwkowa itself at the foot of Szpilówka – a place which is famous for its dried plums, bread baking and a church from the Wooden Architecture Route.


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