Czechia scenic viewpoint
Smetanova vyhlídka
You can see 27 km from here, looking west.
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 27 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.
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).
- 27 kmFarthest ridgelooking west
- 97%Open horizonof the circle where the horizon is below your eyes
- 10Peaks in viewnamed summits that rise above the relief in front
- 360 mAltitudeabove the sea, at the highest point of the viewpoint
The 10 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.
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 in April and from July to September.
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.
- Jansouth-west20 min before the sea-level sunset17%
- Febwest18 min before the sea-level sunset20%
- Marwest10 min before the sea-level sunset27%
- Aprwest12 min before the sea-level sunset36%
- Maynorth-west30 min before the sea-level sunset32%
- Junnorth-west38 min before the sea-level sunset32%
- Julnorth-west34 min before the sea-level sunset33%
- Augwest20 min before the sea-level sunset36%
- Sepwest10 min before the sea-level sunset36%
- Octwest12 min before the sea-level sunset28%
- Novsouth-west16 min before the sea-level sunset20%
- Decsouth-west24 min before the sea-level sunset17%
- 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
Smetanova vyhlídka.
Smetanova vyhlídka is a scenic viewpoint in Czechia, 360 m above the sea.
On a clear day the farthest ridge you can see is 27 km away, looking west.
10 named peaks rise above the relief in front; the most prominent is Plešivec (654 m), 34 km away.
The horizon is open, below your eyes, over 97% of the circle.
The skies are clearest in April and from July to September.
Get there and stay
- Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site↗
- Kemp Pikovicecampsite · 3.7 km · 12 within 10 km
- Penzion u přehradyplace to stay · 2.8 km · 24 within 10 km
- Štěchovicenearest town · 3.4 km in a straight linePlaces to stay in ŠtěchoviceBooking.com · sponsored link↗
- Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 31 km in a straight lineCar hire at PRG airport (Prague)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided tour, a bed nearby, a car.
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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.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 30other viewpoints within 5 kmKlimentova vyhlídka, Raisova vyhlídka, Vyhlídka Vildy Jakše and 27 more
- 32named peaks within 5 kmVelký Medník, Malý Medník, Drnka and 29 more
- 1cable car and funicular stations within 5 kmČEZ - servis only
- 23marked trails within 3 km[Č] Chřenovice - Beroun, [Z] Zahořanský důl - Štěchovice, [Č] Zahořanský důl - Luka pod Medníkem and 20 more
- 21shelters and huts within 5 kmU Huberta and 20 more
- 21car parks within 3 km
- 2visitor centres within 5 kmInformační centrum
- 10restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 12campsites within 10 kmKemp Pikovice, Camp Rabyne, Autokemp Slapy Skalice and 9 more
- 24places to stay within 10 kmPenzion u přehrady, Hotel Troníček, Penzion Janata and 21 more
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 Smetanova vyhlídka, and what is near.
Everything around this viewpoint — mountains, water, forests, birds, caves and the night sky — in the family's atlases.
Peakyas80 mountains within 25 km
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 km
Forestyas5 forests and trees within 15 km
Darkskyas4 dark-sky places within 30 km
Cascadyas15 waterfalls within 15 km
Riveryasthe river nearbyFigures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap, GBIF). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The view, as people saw it.
Other viewpoints nearby.
Smetanova vyhlídka
Czechia
- 52Viewyas Score
- 27 kmFarthest ridge
- 10Peaks in view
- 360 mAltitude
Vyhlídka Máj
Czechia · 2 km
- 70Viewyas Score
- 112 kmFarthest ridge
- 239Peaks in view
- 446 mAltitude
Observation tower in Lhotka u Berouna
Czechia · 30 km
- 76Viewyas Score
- 145 kmFarthest ridge
- 599Peaks in view
- 468 mAltitude
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q13218662) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Sun | J. Meeus, Astronomical Algorithms |
| Peaks in view | Peakyas (Wikidata, CC0) |
| Panorama and altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-90 / GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Clouds | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Lakeyas, Forestyas, Darkskyas, Cascadyas, Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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