Skierbieszów Landscape Park
National Parks, nature parks, nature reserves, Natura 2000 areas
The park encompasses the eastern, highest part of the Lublin Upland, known as Działy Grabowieckie – the top parts of the upland, located between two river valleys: Wolica River valley and Wojsławka River valley, built upon chalk rocks, covered with a thick layer of fertile loess.
Because of the erosion process, Działy Grabowieckie are cut by many ravines, which are protected, along with the springs and beautiful beech forests as part of the Głęboka Dolina Nature Preserve. The park also encompasses some hills of mountain type (over 300 m elevation) with steppe vegetation, growing on their sunny slopes. The xerothermic grasslands are protected in the Broczówka Nature Preserve. Some historical towns and villages are located in the park: Bończa, Krasiczyn, Orłów Murowany, Skierbieszów and Surhów, where old castles, manors, palaces, places of worship, and churches of many denominations can be seen.
