Hiking in Pomerania: dunes, woods and lakes on the Baltic
Pomerania has no mountains, but it has beautiful trails: the sand spits between the coastal lakes and the sea, the beech woods on the hills above Gdańsk and Gdynia, the lakes of Kashubia. Here you will find the routes with track, elevation profile, GPX and practical information.
The numbers mark where each trail starts.
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 2 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
National park
In Słowiński National Park you pay an entry fee at the ticket booths on the trails; walk only on the waymarked routes.
Mosquitoes
From June to August, near the coastal lakes and in damp woods, bring insect repellent.
Wind
On the coast the wind is almost always strong: even in summer keep a jacket in your rucksack.
Emergencies
Single emergency number: 112.
Water sports in Pomerania →← Guide to Pomerania
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.