Czechia observation tower
Smrk
You can see 174 km from here, looking south-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 174 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).
- 174 kmFarthest ridgelooking south-west
- 100%Open horizonof the circle where the horizon is below your eyes
- 654Peaks in viewnamed summits that rise above the relief in front
- 1,121 mAltitudeabove the sea, at the highest point of the viewpoint
The 654 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-westsets on an open horizon19%
- Febwestsets on an open horizon24%
- Marwest2 min before the sea-level sunset29%
- Aprwestsets on an open horizon38%
- Maynorth-westsets on an open horizon32%
- Junnorth-west-2 min before the sea-level sunset32%
- Julnorth-westsets on an open horizon35%
- Augnorth-westsets on an open horizon35%
- Sepwestsets on an open horizon37%
- Octwest2 min before the sea-level sunset30%
- Novsouth-westsets on an open horizon23%
- Decsouth-west2 min before the sea-level sunset21%
- 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
Smrk.
Smrk is an observation tower in Czechia, 1,121 m above the sea.
On a clear day the farthest ridge you can see is 174 km away, looking south-west.
654 named peaks rise above the relief in front; the most prominent is Sněžka (1,603 m), 37 km away.
The horizon is open, below your eyes, over 100% of the circle.
The skies are clearest in April and from July to September.
Get there and stay
- Going upfree entry
- Pod Opaleńcemcampsite · 3.8 km · 7 within 10 km
- Bartlova boudaplace to stay · 3.0 km · 139 within 10 km
- Nové Město pod Smrkemnearest town · 5.0 km in a straight linePlaces to stay in Nové Město pod SmrkemBooking.com · sponsored link↗
- Pardubice Airport (PED)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 103 km in a straight lineCar hire at DRS airport (Dresden)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
- 31other viewpoints within 5 kmPaličník, Kočičí kameny, Pechova smrt and 28 more
- 37named peaks within 5 kmSmrk, Klínový vrch, Paličník and 34 more
- 2cable car and funicular stations within 5 kmDolna stacja kolei gondolowej Ski & Sun, Górna stacja kolei gondolowej Ski & Sun
- 22marked trails within 3 km[M] Předěl - Nové Město pod Smrkem, [Z] U Kyselky - Desná, [Č] Hejnice - Harrachov and 19 more
- 30shelters and huts within 5 km
- 8car parks within 3 km
- 1visitor centres within 5 kmSingltrek Centrum
- 6restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 7campsites within 10 kmPod Opaleńcem, Autokemp u koupaliště, Singltrek Centrum and 4 more
- 139places to stay within 10 kmBartlova bouda, Jcamp, DW Piwowar and 136 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 Smrk, and what is near.
Everything around this viewpoint — mountains, water, forests, birds, caves and the night sky — in the family's atlases.
Peakyas114 mountains within 25 km
Lakeyas3 lakes within 15 km
Forestyas28 forests and trees within 15 km
Cascadyas16 waterfalls within 15 kmFigures 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.
Smrk
Czechia
- 77Viewyas Score
- 174 kmFarthest ridge
- 654Peaks in view
- 1,121 mAltitude
Královka
Czechia · 13 km
- 77Viewyas Score
- 151 kmFarthest ridge
- 586Peaks in view
- 858 mAltitude
Bramberk
Czechia · 15 km
- 76Viewyas Score
- 150 kmFarthest ridge
- 463Peaks in view
- 782 mAltitude
Štěpánka
Czechia · 17 km
- 76Viewyas Score
- 173 kmFarthest ridge
- 539Peaks in view
- 949 mAltitude
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q9373864) · 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 |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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