Gorczyca Lock – View of Lake Wigry loop from Płaska

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Gorczyca Lock – View of Lake Wigry loop from Płaska

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Gorczyca Lock – View of Lake Wigry loop from Płaska

04:13

65.4km

270m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 21, 2026

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Wigierski Park Narodowy

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1.52 km

Gorczyca Lock

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Gorczyca Lock - It is located on the 57th kilometer of the canal, in the village of the same name, on the Orlewo Canal. There is a bridge over the lock, so there is no problem in finding it.

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18.5 km

Krusznik Observation Tower – View of Southern Lake Wigry

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Lookout tower with a fantastic panoramic view of Lake Mulaczysko and Lake Wigry.

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19.6 km

Scenic Gravel Path in Wigierski National Park

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Wide and with nice views, but beware: on dry and windy days a lot of dust. It is also not a very fast section, because you still have to "fight" with the washboard.

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23.8 km

Rest area

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The route around Lake Wigry is quite long, so places to rest are very necessary.

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25.3 km

Path along the lake

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At this point, the road narrows a little, and then it passes into a wooden footbridge

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26.3 km

Piaski

Beach

31.9 km

Jezioro Postaw

Lake

32.6 km

Czarna Hańcza Wooden Bridge

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The footbridge allows you to bypass the main (asphalt) road leading to the monastery.

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33.4 km

View of Lake Wigry

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Lake Wigry is one great attraction, so you simply have to see it.

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33.4 km

Camaldolese Monastery in Wigry

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The Camaldolese Order (a Benedictine monastic order of pontifical right founded by Saint Romuald of Ravenna in 1012) was responsible for the creation of this monastery on the island of Wigry. This congregation settled here in 1668.

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