Parks & Reserves

The Kępa Redłowska Reserve
Created in 1938 over the surface of 118,16 ha as a landscape reserve between Orłowo and Kamienna Góra, makes one of the oldest reserves in Poland. Its aim is to preserve the natural beech forest and specimens of the Swedish whitebeam. It makes an outstanding beauty spot of the coast, providing a panorama over the Gulf of Gdańsk off the cliff and also the opportunity to observe the phenomenon of sea abrasion.

The Kacze Łęgi Reserve
A forest-and-flora reserve created in 1983 in the valley of the Kacza stream over the surface of 8,97 ha. It covers a length of the stream with a small tributary and a well preserved fragment of the riverine wood containing magnificent treestand and many feature-trees. The reserve preserves the relics of former flora of river valleys (riparian elm) in a form typical of plants overgrowing bottoms of small rivers.

The Cisowa Reserve
A forest reserve of 24,76 ha surface, created in 1983 for the purpose of preserving fragments of beech woods and ash-alder riverine wood including rare and protected plants..

Cliffs
Cliffs are the most interesting natural structures occurring only on the coast. Those unique phytocenoses were shaped by specific habitat conditions giving way to abundant plant species many of which are rare and protected. Active cliffs, the Redłowo Cliff in particular (60 m high), make a precious source of geological information and are very scenic.

Kamienna Góra - a garden city
The complex covers the area of the Kamienna Góra district composed of a park, cliff scarps facing the Gulf of Gdańsk and a colony of villas dating back to the inter-war period. The area is covered in greenery, much of which is made of natural woods. The dominating tree species are beeches, maples, oaks, cherry trees, rowans and hornbeams. There occur also ornamental trees and plants such as ash-leaf maple tree, taxopodium, thuia, yew and juniper.

Manor-and-Park Complex
At 2, Folwarczna street in Orłowo. The surrounding wood includes mainly beeches, maples, hornbeams, alders, willows, yews and poplars. There are also imported species of horse-chestnuts, Douglas spruce and false acacia. There are two natural features (horse-chestnuts) and many trees of huge sizes (f.ex. a 35 cm diameter beech).

Kolibki Manor-and-Park Complex
Located at 291 al. Zwycięstwa (Orłowo-Kolibki). It is composed of a group of buildings and the so called Mary's Park (Park Marysieńki). At present it houses a riding school and the Municipal Guard's horse stables. The park is full of domestic trees (maple tree, common beech, English oak, small-leaf lime, European ash, sycamore) with some addition of imported species (horse-chestnut). In the eastern part of the park there is to be found a very old specimen of European ash of 173 cm diameter.

A panorama Terrace
From the highest hill in Gdynia, the Donas Hill, there spreads a magnificent panorama over Gdynia, Sopot and some districts of Gdańsk. On a sunny day it is possible to see the Hel Peninsula.
The Panorama Terrace is open to public from 1st April to 31st October between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m.