Parks and nature
pond in a former sand pit with a beach, a wake zone, a pump track and an educational trail
Parks and nature
protected meadow site in the Biała Przemsza valley, with rare orchids
reclaimed sand pit with 114 plant species and a cycling trail
Nature in Sosnowiec means Stawiki with a bathing area, the Bory peat bog in Natura 2000, Piaszczyste Doły and the orchid meadows of Śródleśne Łąki.
The green areas of the town lie on former sand pits and in the Biała Przemsza valley, in Maczki and Modrzejów.
Stawiki is a reservoir that fills a former sand pit in western Sosnowiec, close to Katowice; there are a bathing area, a water sports centre, a bike loop and an educational path of 732 m. Piaszczyste Doły on the Czarna Przemsza in Modrzejów is a reclaimed pit of about 88 ha with 114 species of vascular plants.
In Maczki lies the Bory Peat Bog, a Natura 2000 area that protects transitional bogs and the habitat of Loesel's twayblade, and the ecological site Śródleśne Łąki in Stare Maczki: 31 ha of purple moor-grass meadows, orchids and oxbows, protected since 2002. Green enclaves inside cities are the subject of the article Rezerwaty i zielone enklawy w miastach GZM: przyroda w środku aglomeracji.
A bathing area, a water sports centre, a bike loop and an educational path of 732 m.
Transitional bogs and the habitat of Loesel's twayblade, inside the Natura 2000 area Dolina Białej Przemszy. A fuller picture is in the Nature section, while Sosnowiec has its own page: Sosnowiec.
