Tripto Guide
Discover verified lakes — descriptions, map and practical info.
54 placesZakopane
Morskie Oko is one of the best-known places in the Tatra Mountains. The high mountain lake, the mountain shelter and the walls of the Mięguszowieckie Peaks create the view that brings many first-time visitors to the national park. Its popu…
gmina Węgorzewo
Mamry is one of the most distinctive bodies of water in northern Masuria: a broad system of connected lakes, bays, peninsulas and islands. It suits visitors who want to sail, kayak or simply experience the Great Masurian Lakes from the sho…
Smołdzino
Lake Łebsko is Poland’s largest coastal lake and the country’s third largest by surface area. Covering about 71.4 km², it lies inside Słowiński National Park between the moving dunes of the Łebska Spit and extensive wetlands. Its shallow,…
Solina
Lake Solina is the largest retention reservoir in the Bieszczady Mountains: roughly **22 km² of water**, a 166 km shoreline and depths of up to 60 m near the dam. It was created by the Solina Dam — **81.8 m high and 664 m long, the tallest…
Żywiec
Lake Zywiec is a reservoir on the Sola river covering **10 km2**, created in **1966** by the construction of a dam at Tresna. It stretches up to **6.6 km** in length, reaches a depth of **26.8 m**, and its shoreline measures **33.7 km**. T…
gmina Ełk
Lake Selmęt Wielki lies a few kilometres from Ełk and is one of the largest lakes of the Ełk Lakeland. It is not a single fenced attraction, but a broad body of water whose character depends on the shore, weather and activity you choose. #…
Ścibórz
Otmuchów Lake is an artificial reservoir on the Nysa Kłodzka, between Otmuchów and Paczków. It combines flood storage, energy production, fishing and recreation, while its broad water surface and open shores create a distinctive landscape…
Czorsztyn
A man-made reservoir of roughly **10.5 square kilometres**, dammed on the Dunajec between the Pieniny and Gorce mountains, combines power generation, flood control and tourism — with views few natural lakes can match: the castles of Niedzi…
Chełmża
Lake Chełmżyńskie reaches into the centre of Chełmża and is one of the town’s main attractions. This glacial channel lake covers about 299 hectares and offers a promenade, beaches and views of the Gothic co-cathedral. It is easy to combine…
Goczałkowice-Zdrój
Goczałkowice Reservoir is best understood not as an ordinary recreational lake, but as a large water-supply reservoir with an important wildlife role. It provides water for the Silesian region while also creating habitats for birds. ## Wil…
Serwy
Lake Serwy lies in the Augustów Forest, about 15 kilometres north-east of Augustów. Its broad water surface, wooded shores and depth of up to 42 metres make it suitable for a full day of recreation, kayaking and swimming at designated area…
Międzybrodzie Bialskie
Lake Międzybrodzkie was created by damming the Soła at Porąbka and lies between the slopes of the Little Beskids. The reservoir combines several types of outing: time by the water, water sports, a look at the dam and a mountain route to Mo…
Augustów
Lake Necko is why Augustów feels like both a town and a resort. The urban shore offers a beach, promenades, rentals and the Radio Three Pier, while the link with the Netta River and Augustów Canal opens a route into a larger network of lak…
Zakopane
## A glacial lake below Kościelec Czarny Staw Gąsienicowy lies at about 1,628 m in a rocky basin in the upper Gąsienicowa Valley. Its dark surface, granite boulders and the walls of Kościelec, Kozi Wierch and the Granaty create one of the…
Kamień Pomorski
Kamień Lagoon lies near Kamień Pomorski, in the landscape of the Dziwna waterway and Poland’s western coast. One important correction: an earlier version of this card confused it with a reservoir on the Nysa Szalona. The name and coordinat…
gmina Warta
Jeziorsko Reservoir is a large storage reservoir on the Warta, located between Warta and Skęczniew on the border of the Łódź and Greater Poland regions. Its southern section is an important refuge for water and wetland birds. It is a desti…
Kościerzyna
Lake Długie lies between Węsiory and Niesiołowice in Kashubia, beside Lake Czarne. Its wooded shores, forest tracks and quiet atmosphere make it a place for a short walk and a close look at the Kashubian landscape rather than a busy resort…
Iława
A few kilometres from Iława, near the villages of Rudniki and Kamieniec, spreads **Lake Gaudy** — one of the wildest corners of the Western Masurian Lake District. It is not a recreation lake but a **nature reserve** established in **1957*…
Częstochowa
Just northwest of Olsztyn near Częstochowa, in the village of Kusięta between the Zielona Góra reserve and the Towarne Hills, lies **Lake Krasowe** — one of Poland's rarest natural phenomena. The pond formed in a **karst sinkhole**, a coll…
gmina Dobiegniew
Lake Łubówko lies a few kilometres north of Drezdenko in a deep glacial basin. Its turquoise-green water, steep shores and mature forest create one of the most distinctive natural landscapes in the Lubusz region. It is a place for walking…
gmina Mikołajki
Lake Mikołajskie is one of the key sailing junctions in the Great Masurian Lakes. It covers about 5 km², is 5.8 km long and reaches a maximum depth of 25.9 m. In the north it connects with Lake Tałty, in the southeast with Lake Śniardwy th…
Tarnowskie Góry
The Nakło-Chechło Reservoir, usually called Chechło, is a popular leisure destination in the Świerklaniec municipality near Tarnowskie Góry. It was created on the site of a former sand pit: extraction ended in 1968 and the recreation centr…
Rzeczyce
The Pławniowice Reservoir lies between Pławniowice and Niewiesze in the Rudziniec municipality, near Gliwice and the A4 motorway. This artificial lake occupies a former sand-extraction site and now combines beaches, swimming, sailing, kaya…
Olsztynek
Lake Pluszne, also known as Pluszne Wielkie, lies in the Olsztyn Lake District between Warmia and Masuria, near Olsztynek. The village of Pluski on the eastern shore is the most convenient base for planning time by the water. The large, fo…