The Gagaty Sołtykowskie Reserve is a place located far away from most of the attractions in the region, but it is worth visiting. An ideal location for a weekend walk, enriched with educational values! If I had to recommend you a period of the year for your visit the one which we visit this place wasn’t the best There is a lot of mud in the reserve and on the road leading to it The Gagaty Sołtykowskie Reserve is located 2 kilometers from the border with the Mazowieckie Voivodeship (Stąporków commune The closest major towns are Stąporków (8 kilometers) and Bliżyn (9 kilometers) The turn from road number 42 is signposted After driving a few hundred meters along the forest road we reach the parking lot where we can leave the car There are also information boards and picnic tables There is about a kilometer of walk from the car park to the reserve The road is paved and runs mostly through forest This reserve was established in 1997 and covers an area of 13.88 hectares the exposures of Lower Jurassic rocks and interesting mineralogical and palaeontological specimens together with forest communities and water reservoirs The excavation of ceramic clay was carried out here some of which run along the bridges built over the wetlands When walking around the reserve in the warm months watch out for vipers that like to bask in the sun traces of dinosaurs were discovered in the Gagaty Sołtykowskie reserve They were left in the sandy-clay shore of the river backwaters A roofed pavilion has been built above the largest slab containing traces thanks to which you will not miss them for sure An interesting fact is that there are both traces of young and adult individuals These traces were left by herbivorous sauropods that lived there 200 million years ago They are said to be one of the oldest traces of the herding lifestyle of these animals You will also find traces of other genres on the album I mention to you about the biggest track of a dinosaur in Poland such finds have been made in the Gagagaty Sołtykowskie reserve It was almost 60 centimeters in size and belonged to the predatory allozauropod you can observe fossils of Jurassic plants such as horsetail The reserve also used to extract jet – a bituminous type of brown coal It is sometimes called black amber and was used in the production of jewelry (especially mourning) It owes its name to the city and the Gagas River (Turkey) This jewelry was popular during the times of national uprisings and symbolized rebellion and resistance against the invaders If the Gagaty Sołtykowskie reserve is not a sufficient reason for a trip you will find the Skałki Piekło pod Niekłaniem reserve right next to it Magic rocks in the middle of the forest trigger the imagination Gagaty Sołtykowskie is a very interesting place I think that the traces of dinosaurs will definitely impress you and your children My name is Jakub Juszyński and I create this place Nie zabraknie tu lokalnych smaków i ciekawostek 2013-2023 © tymrazem.pl | made with ♥ by fajne studio kreatywne