Hiking in Masovia: the Kampinos forest on Warsaw's doorstep
A few kilometres from the outskirts of Warsaw begins the Kampinos forest, a national park of pine-covered dunes, marshes and oaks, with hundreds of kilometres of trails. Here you will find a route with track, elevation profile, GPX and practical information.
The numbers mark where each trail starts.
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How to read the grades
Trails in Poland have no official difficulty scale: the PTTK waymarks, a red, blue, green, yellow or black stripe between two white ones, identify the route, not its difficulty (red usually marks the main trail). To compare them with our Italian guides, we have estimated the difficulty of each trail on the scale of the Club Alpino Italiano (Italian Alpine Club). Grades assume dry ground: rain, snow or strong heat make a route harder.
- T Tourist 1 in this guide
- Roads, mule tracks or wide, easy paths with no route-finding problems.
- E Hiking
- Waymarked trails over varied terrain: you need hiking boots and a basic level of fitness.
- EE Expert hikers
- Exposed, steep or rocky sections, sometimes with chains: you need a sure foot and a head for heights.
- EEA Expert hikers with equipment
- Via ferratas or equipped routes: you need a harness, via ferrata set and helmet.
Before you set off
Ticks and mosquitoes
Ticks are common in the forest from April to October and there are plenty of mosquitoes in summer: insect repellent and long trousers.
Sand
Many trails run over the dunes: the sand makes the walk more tiring than it looks on the map.
Elk
Elk live in the forest: watch them from a distance, especially in spring when they have young.
Emergencies
Single emergency number: 112.
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), via Waymarked Trails and BRouter; elevations from a digital terrain model. Times and elevation gains are indicative: waymarks on the ground and closure orders always take precedence.