Viewing towers

The Jizerské Mountains are one of the most beautiful tourist regions in Bohemia. You can spend a pleasant holiday here, either in summer or in winter. The plateau of the Jizerské Mountains invites walkers, bikers and skiers to make trips here. Our mountain hiking will be even more pleasant if we visit the Jizerské Mountains lookout towers and other points of distant views. Unlike in the Krkonoše Mountains with their barren plains, high hills and ranges offering distant views, the Jizerské Mountains with their deep forests and rocks almost miss any lookout points like that. Therefore at the end of the 19th century the Jizerské Mountains tourist clubs started to build lookout towers, which was then considered a very prestigious effort. We can say that almost all of them were raised at the same time but some of them have already disappeared over time. We suggest that you visit some of these stone or iron beauties...

• New Town Hall

  

  In the summer months you can visit a 51-metre-high lookout tower in the centre of Jablonec nad Nisou. After climbing 250 stairs you will reach a square tower in the Town Hall building where you will be offered a beautiful view not only of the town but also the Jizerské Mountains and the Ještěd Ridge.

   

• Petřín

  

  Petřín is today's name for a lookout restaurant at the southern periphery of Jablonec, in the area of the former village of Vrkoslavice. In 1993 the place was closed down and the building started to deteriorate. After a thorough reconstruction in 2000 the building is open again.

• Černá Studnice

  The lookout tower has become a dominating feature of the Černá Studnice Ridge and there is a splendid view of not only Jablonec, the Jizerské Mountains and Ještěd but also of the more distant Krkonoše and Český Ráj [Czech Paradise].

• Kopanina

  An 18-metre cylindrical brick tower with battlements.

• Nad Prosečí lodge and lookout tower

  A 28-metre high massive tower of granite blocks with an observatory superstructure on top. The lookout tower was inaugurated 21st August 1932 as the last one in the Jizerské Mountains. The lodge burnt up in summer 2003 and now is unfortunately closed.

• Bramberk

  It is a robust granite structure, which, thanks to its design, survived the severe weather in the Jizerské Mountains without being repaired very often. This attractive place invites a lot of tourists all the time.

  The viewing tower Bramberk and the rastaurant are closed in present.

• Slovanka

  It was the first iron lookout tower in Bohemia and the first lookout tower in the Jizerské Mountains, built above Maxov on what was called Seibt's hill.

• A 23,5-metre lookout tower with its asymmetric shaped observatory has become a much sought-after tourist place and offers one of the most beautiful and unforgettable views of the area.

• Špičák

  Today's shape of the whole structure is from 1930. Let us enjoy a beautiful view of the Jizerské Mountains, Krkonoše, the whole Černostudniční Ridge and the Josefův Důl valley together with the reservoir.

• Štěpánka

  This lookout tower was built on a hill called Hvězda, Buchstein or Pocherstein in German. For many years it has had the tag of "The Queen of the Jizerské Mountains".