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Silesian Voivodeship

Żory

Salt graduation tower – Ruda River Path loop from Żory

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Poland

Silesian Voivodeship

Żory

Salt graduation tower – Ruda River Path loop from Żory

Moderate

4.7

(10)

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Salt graduation tower – Ruda River Path loop from Żory

03:20

46.5km

200m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 29, 2026

Tips

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

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After 46.3 km for 256 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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2.91 km

Palowice Lake District

Highlight • Lake

3.47 km

Garbocz

Lake

15.9 km

Staw Paruszowiec

Lake

16.2 km

Salt graduation tower

Highlight • Structure

In Rybnik, in Paruszowiec, a brine graduation tower has been operating since 2020.
Residents and tourists can use it free of charge. The most intense inhalations are inside it, but …

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20.7 km

Ruda River Path

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There are good bicycle and walking paths on both sides of the river.

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22.2 km

Lake Rybnik

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26.3 km

Ruda Las

Forest

28.5 km

Paruszowiec Pond

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The pond is located near the brine graduation tower, a very nice place with a small pier and an island covered with trees in the middle of the pond.

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42.5 km

Garbocz Ponds

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The areas between Żory and Orzesze are among the most picturesque in Upper Silesia. The luminous forests hide the blue eyes of the ponds, arranged in ancient centuries by the …

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43.7 km

Gichta Pond

Highlight • Lake

A charming pond in the Palowice Lakeland.

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43.8 km

Gichta Tower of the Former Waleska Ironworks in Palowice

Highlight • Monument

A few kilometers north of the center of Żory, in the forest, by the Gichta pond, there is a brick hoist tower operating here in the first half of the …

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46.5 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

32.6 km

8.39 km

3.40 km

1.04 km

848 m

167 m

Surfaces

21.6 km

10.2 km

6.61 km

4.77 km

2.75 km

494 m

Elevation

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Weather

Tuesday 1 September

25°C

11°C

35 %

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Salt graduation tower – Ruda River Path loop from Żory

Palowice Lake District

Salt graduation tower

Ruda River Path

Lake Rybnik

Paruszowiec Pond

Garbocz Ponds

Gichta Pond

Gichta Tower of the Former Waleska Ironworks in Palowice

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