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Gračina Viewpoint

You can see 66 km from here, looking east.

58Viewyas Score

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Calculating the panorama…

Drag to turn around. The relief is drawn 2.2 times taller so the ridges can be read; far ridges are paler, as in the real air.

The view

Up to 66 km away.

Calculated on the relief one degree at a time, up to 250 km, with the curvature of the Earth and the refraction of the air: what stands above the horizon from here.

58out of 100

Our own rating, from the relief and the climate only: open horizon (35 points), how far you see (25), sea and named peaks in view (20) and clear months (20).

  • 66 kmFarthest ridgelooking east
  • 98%Open horizonof the circle where the horizon is below your eyes
  • 6Peaks in viewnamed summits that rise above the relief in front
  • 18 mAltitudeabove the sea, at the highest point of the viewpoint

The 6 peaks you can name from here

From west to east as you turn around: height, distance and direction. Each one links to its guide on Peakyas, our mountain atlas.

Veliki bat1,853 m · 70 km · eastBat1,508 m · 66 km · eastMetlina237 m · 30 km · westVela Straža337 m · 52 km · westSveto brdo1,750 m · 57 km · north

From the relief only: buildings, trees and haze are not in the model. On a hazy day you see much less; 250 km is the limit of our calculation.

The sun

The best sunsets are from July to August.

When the sun really disappears from this viewpoint — behind the relief or into the sea — and in which direction, on the 15th of each month, in local time.

  1. Jansouth-west14 min before the sea-level sunset21%
  2. Febwest10 min before the sea-level sunset23%
  3. Marwest6 min before the sea-level sunset29%
  4. Aprwest6 min before the sea-level sunset34%
  5. Maynorth-west6 min before the sea-level sunset35%
  6. Junnorth-west8 min before the sea-level sunset43%
  7. Julnorth-west8 min before the sea-level sunset57%
  8. Augwest6 min before the sea-level sunset56%
  9. Sepwest6 min before the sea-level sunset40%
  10. Octwest8 min before the sea-level sunset34%
  11. Novsouth-west12 min before the sea-level sunset23%
  12. Decsouth-west14 min before the sea-level sunset24%
  • Time: when the sun goes behind the horizon you see from here.
  • Minutes: how much earlier the relief hides the sun.
  • %: share of clear sky that month (NASA, 2001–2020).

The highlighted months are the clearest. Golden hour starts about an hour before.

The place

Gračina Viewpoint.

Scenic viewpoint in Šibenik-Knin, Croatia

Gračina Viewpoint is a scenic viewpoint in Croatia.

On a clear day the farthest ridge you can see is 66 km away, looking east.

6 named peaks rise above the relief in front; the most prominent is Bat (1,508 m), 66 km away.

The horizon is open, below your eyes, over 98% of the circle.

The skies are clearest from July to August.

Gračina Viewpoint seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30

Get there and stay

Plan the visit

A guided tour, a bed nearby, a car.

Tours, cable cars and tickets for Gračina ViewpointGetYourGuideSee prices Stays with a view near Gračina ViewpointBooking.comSee prices Car hire at ZAD airport (Zadar)Discover CarsSee prices 

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From above

The viewpoint and its surroundings.

The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the viewpoint, with what OpenStreetMap shows nearby.

Gračina Viewpoint seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Seen from above: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 6 × 6 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Around, in OpenStreetMap

  • 7other viewpoints within 5 kmGračina and 6 more
  • 44named peaks within 5 kmČvrdak, Benča, Babin škoj and 41 more
  • 2marked trails within 3 kmCamino Zadar, Camino Šibenik
  • 7shelters and huts within 5 km
  • 83car parks within 3 km
  • 8visitor centres within 5 kmTuristička zajednica, Rezeption, Kosirina and 5 more
  • 42restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • 41campsites within 10 kmOlivia Green Camping, Kamp Levantara, Prosika and 38 more
  • 144places to stay within 10 kmKristina, Jezera Village, Mate and 141 more
  • cable car and funicular stations within 5 km

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.

In our other atlases

What you see from Gračina Viewpoint, and what is near.

Everything around this viewpoint — mountains, water, forests, birds, caves and the night sky — in the family's atlases.

Peakyas7 mountains within 25 km
Mali Tucanj · 9.9 kmVeliki Bak · 16 kmCeranje · 17 kmGoozdenovac · 20 kmLobor · 22 kmPetrim · 22 kmMijanca · 22 km
Coastya2 beaches within 10 km
Koromašnica · 5.2 kmUvala Kosirina · 5.3 km
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 km
Vransko Lake29 km² · 15 km
Birdyas1 birding sites within 25 km
Nature Park Vransko Lake223 species · 11 km

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap, GBIF). Links open when each site is online.

Other viewpoints nearby.

Gračina Viewpoint

Croatia

  • 58Viewyas Score
  • 66 kmFarthest ridge
  • 6Peaks in view
  • 18 mAltitude

Panorama Viewpoint

Croatia · 43 km

  • 92Viewyas Score
  • 193 kmFarthest ridge
  • 84Peaks in view
  • 0 mAltitude

See the guide

Risnjak

Croatia · 198 km

  • 84Viewyas Score
  • 249 kmFarthest ridge
  • 290Peaks in view
  • 1,491 mAltitude

See the guide

Gargano

Italy · 232 km

  • 93Viewyas Score
  • 249 kmFarthest ridge
  • 77Peaks in view
  • 1,052 mAltitude

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q14620060) · CC0
SunJ. Meeus, Astronomical Algorithms
Peaks in viewPeakyas (Wikidata, CC0)
Panorama and altitudeCopernicus DEM GLO-90 / GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
CloudsNASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2)
What is around© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Sister atlasesPeakyas, Coastya, Lakeyas, Birdyas

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

The family

Do you prefer beaches, lakes, mountains, waterfalls, islands, rivers, canyons, caves, dark skies, viewpoints, birdwatching or forests?

Same idea, other landscapes: field atlases built on open data, in seven languages.

beachesCoastyaFind your beach: sea temperature, sun and swimming month by month.Visit lakesLakeyasEvery lake on Earth: water temperature, ice, depth and the shore.Visit mountainsPeakyasEvery summit in 3D: summit weather, the 0 °C line, huts and trails.Visit waterfallsCascadyasEvery waterfall: height, flow month by month and when it roars.Visit islandsIslandyasEvery island from the sea up: size, sea temperature, ferries and 3D.Visit riversRiveryasEvery river from source to sea: the journey, the flow and the basin in numbers.Visit canyonsCanyonyasEvery canyon cut to scale: depth to the floor, rim and floor temperatures, trails and viewpoints.Visit cavesCavernyasEvery cave with its real depth and length: the rock above, the temperature inside all year, and how to visit.Visit dark skiesDarkskyasWhere the night is still dark: the sky of every place, the Milky Way month by month, the Moon, eclipses and auroras.Visit
viewpointsViewyasEvery viewpoint with its real 360° panorama: the peaks you can name, how far you see and where the sun sets.You are here
birdwatchingBirdyasEvery bird sanctuary and wetland with the species recorded month by month: who is resident, who comes for the summer, who only passes through.Visit forestsForestyasEvery forest with its land-cover rings, what grows and lives in it, and the best months to walk it.Visit