Owl Mountains

The Owl Mountains (Polish: Góry Sowie; German: Eulengebirge; Czech: Soví hory) is a mountain range in the Central Sudetes in south-west Poland. They run between the historic Lower Silesian region and Kłodzko Land. The range includes a protected area called Owl Mountains Landscape Park.

In the Owl Mountains, apart from the main ridge, the subdivisions of Garb Dzikowca and Wzgórza Wyrębińskie can be distinguished. The Owl Mountains cover an area of about 2,000 square kilometres and stretch over 26 kilometres. They are situated between the Wałbrzyskie Mountains (from the west) and the Bardzkie Mountains (from the east). Their east border is marked out by Przełęcz Srebrna (a mountain pass), and the line of west border is set by the Bystrzyca River. In the north, the border is on Kotlina Distrabiekenstein and in the south on Obniżenie Noworudzkie and Włodzickie Hills. The Owl Mountains constitute the youngest part of the Sudetes. At their foot are well-known tourist places, like: Rzeczka, Walim, Sokolec, Jugów, Sierpnica and Zagórze Śląskie.