- Brief description
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The nature trail will take you from the town of Tisovec, across the fields below Hradová to the European ground squirrels´ nesting site in Podhrad. You will learn how the meadows were created and why human activity is still necessary for their preservation. The trail will introduce you to the history of sheep breeding, which was an important source of livelihood for many Tisov inhabitants in the past and the importance of maintaining this traditional way of livelihood today. It will also introduce you to interesting facts about the life of the European ground squirrel - once abundant, but now a rare and forgotten inhabitant of meadows and pastures.
- Difficulty
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easy
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- Route
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Theißholz (520 m)Theißholz (520 m)6.2 km
- Best season
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JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
- Description
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The nature trail has four stops and forms a circuit. The route starts at the information point located next to the building of the Secondary Vocational School in Tisovec. Part of it runs parallel to the blue marked hiking trail and for a short section it is also identical to the route of the Hradová Nature Trail.
From the information point it heads SW under the foot of Hradová, there it turns left - south and along dirt roads it takes you through the Obadovo očko locality to the ground squirrel field at Podhrad. The resting place at the field offers you the opportunity to sit and observe these animals and many othersin their natural habitat while you rest. You can also admire the southern slopes of Hradová massif as well as aremarkable formation - Okrúhla Rock (Round Rock), which is the western end of the distinctive and poorly accessible Hradová rock ridge.
If you decide to walk the whole circuit, return about 0.5 km back to the crossroads and the signpost will direct you to the locality of Rejkovo. Here, near the farm, you will find the last - the fourth information board dedicated to sheep farming.
The nature trail continues without stops to TisovecPond and then back to the town to the starting point.
- Highest point
- 467 m
- Endpoint
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Stredná odborná škola v Tisovci
- Height profile
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- Directions
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The starting point is next to the Secondary Vocational School in Tisovec. The town of Tisovec can be reached by Road No. 531 or Road No. 72.
- Parking
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Parking approx. 500 m from the first information board of the nature trail - GPS coordinates: 48.6802103N, 19.9430214E
- Author
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The tour “Follow ground squirrels with us” Nature Trail is used by outdooractive.com provided.