Technical monuments
The Czołpino lighthouse stands on the edge of the shifting dunes of Słowiński National Park, surrounded by coastal forest and far from the bustle of the resorts. The tower was completed in January 1875, and from its gallery you can see the coastline and the moving sands that swallow a little more forest each year.
The tower is just over 25 metres tall, but its setting is what surprises: you arrive by forest path, kilometres from the nearest buildings, not along a promenade. From the car park at Czołpino, the "Latarnia" educational trail leads through the coastal pine forest — allow about an hour for the walk both ways. In season the tower is open to visitors, and from the top you can see the coast and the shifting dunes.
About a kilometre from the tower stands the Osada Latarników, a two-storey building with a cellar and nearly 600 m² of floor space, designed in 1871, even before the tower was built. For decades the keepers walked that stretch through the forest every day, in every weather. In the distance, on the Łeba Spit, lies Boleniec — a former fishing village completely buried by moving sand, the best proof of how far these dunes really travel.
Driving ends at the car park on the road into Czołpino; from there it is on foot or by bike. The area lies within Słowiński National Park, so a park entry ticket applies, with a separate ticket for climbing the tower. Mornings and late afternoons give the best light, once the day-trip crowds from Łeba and Ustka have thinned.
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