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Kościeliska Valley

Floor926 m3,038 ft

Depth: 703 m
Rim: 1,747 m
Length: 5.1 km
Tonight: -2°CPartly cloudy · Wind 11 km/h S

Kościeliska Valley is up to 703 m deep: the rim reaches 1,747 m and the floor 926 m, along 5.1 km.

All facts

Floor: 926 m

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Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Kościeliska Valley

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Kościeliska Valley, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

Nearest parking
2.4 km N
+2 more within 2.5 km
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Nearest hut
Schronisko PTTK na Hali Ornak
2.8 km SSW
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Nearest campsite
Polana Rogoźniczańska PZA
3.2 km N
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All mapped places 5

Place	Distance
Parking	2.4 km N
Parking	2.4 km N
Parking	2.5 km N
Schronisko PTTK na Hali OrnakHut	2.8 km SSW
Polana Rogoźniczańska PZACampsite	3.2 km N

Depth

Depth of Kościeliska Valley

Up to 703 m deep (typically 324 m) along the 5.1 km in view.

Rim = the lower side's highest point within 6 km.

3D map

Kościeliska Valley 3D map

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Surface

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Kościeliska Valley terrain and contours

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Kościeliska Valley elevation profile

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Weather

Kościeliska Valley weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · -2°C (28°F) · 0.3 mm · Wind 11 km/h S

Kościeliska Valley forecast for about 1,747 m.

Tonight-2°0.3 mm11 km/h S
Today-1°2°0.7 mm8 km/h N
Sun-2°5°5.4 mm25 km/h S
Mon-5°0°2.4 mm16 km/h W
Tue-3°3°–5 km/h N
Wed-1°5°0.2 mm6 km/h NW
Thu-2°0°4.1 mm6 km/h N
Fri-4°1°–8 km/h N
Sat-3°-2°0.4 mm7 km/h N
Sun-3°-1°0.3 mm6 km/h N

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:18 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 12 × 12 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°

30.6%

Moderate, 15–30°

38.9%

Steep, 30–45°

28.7%

Cliffs, 45° and over

1.9%

Steeper than 30°: 30.6% of the 144 km² view
Relief in view: 1,346 m low point 816 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 67.6%Grassland 30.7%Built-up 1.2%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 6 km of Kościeliska Valley.

Summit list 8

1Twarda Kopa2,026 m 3.4 km SE
2Ciemniak2,096 m 3.8 km SE
3Głazista Czubka1,982 m 4.1 km SE
4Kresanica2,122 m 4.1 km SE
5Malolučniak2,096 m 4.5 km ESE
6Rozpadlá kopa1,970 m 4.8 km SE
7Poľská Tomanová1,977 m 5.3 km SSE
8Kopa Kondracka2,005 m 5.3 km ESE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 6 km; 1,059 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Willow gentian88
Green spleenwort86
Livelong Saxifrage82
Edelweiss79
Round-headed Rampion76
Marsh marigold67

Where it sits

Where Kościeliska Valley sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

NosalPeak · 1,206 m9.5 km ENE

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain: Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-14)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Panorama: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
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Kościeliska Valley

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