Top 10 highest mountains in Belarus

Belarus is not a mountainous country, but, nevertheless, even in its small territory, among forests and lakes, there are points whose height differs from the average level throughout the entire republic. The history of their appearance is different and for many it begins since the Ice Age. The causes of high points on flat terrain are also natural or artificial.

Many Belarusians have left the country more than once to climb high points in Europe or neighboring Russia and Ukraine. But not everyone knows their native Belarusian mountains, not to mention seeing them with their own eyes.

To date, ten highest points of Belarus are known, which are called mountains and each received its own unique name. In this article, we will talk about them.

10 Mount Flyers, height 295,7 m

In the Minsk region among green meadows and fields is located Mount Flyers, the height of which opens the top ten highest places in Belarus. According to the Baltic system of determining the heights, this point has a mark of 295,7 m above sea level.

For those who want to personally verify the existence of such a place, it is necessary to lay a route to the village of Klochkovo, Molodechno district. There, 600 meters from the village itself, right in the middle of a plowed field, this mountain stands, as indicated by a sign with a height mark installed at the very top.

9. Mount Gorsheva, height mark 295,8 m

The next highest point of the country is in the Vitebsk region. This hill got its name consonant with the nearby village of Gorshevo.

Mount Gorsheva does not have a classic peak and looks like an elongated oval. Most of the slopes are plowed up, and a mixed forest grows at the top, and streams flow at the foot of this mountain. The northeastern slopes are gentle, but the other two, located from the west and south, are quite steep (up to 20º).

The history of the hill goes back to the times of the ice age, it was then that the mountain was formed on the basis of red-brown deposits and took shape in the form of a hill above the rest of the landscape.

8. Mount Tur, height 301,4 m

This is also a mountain from the time of the last ice age, it was formed in the Minsk region, in the Dzerzhinsky district, not far from the modern village of Mikhalevshchina.

The height of this hill is 301,4 m. It is not difficult to see the peak, because it stands out strongly against the background of the natural landscape of the surroundings and is located in a small copse. The ascent to the mountain is quite steep and only from the northeast side is it gentle and long.

According to historical data, in the 19th century on above Tur one of the Belarusian merchants built a manor, which, unfortunately, has not survived to this day.

7. Mount Narekova, height 302 m

All in the same Minsk region, but already in the Logoisk district in the picturesque Shably tract, 800 meters from the village of Deniski, there is another hill called Narekova forest.

The peak has a height mark of 302,5 m. The very top of the mountain and its slopes are covered with forest, so climbing it is difficult. Only the southern slope can be considered suitable for moving up, it is more gentle.

Visually, this hill is very prominent in the local landscape, so there is no additional mark on its top.

6. Mount Milidovskaya, height mark 320 m

On the Oshmyany Upland in the Grodno region, Smorgon district, not far from the village of Milidovshchina, there is a hill of the same name “Mount Milidovskaya“. The height of the hill is 320 m, and this is the highest point in the entire Oshmyany Upland.

Historical excavations say that the age of this mountain is about 150 thousand years. That is, the hill was formed in a natural way during the period of the Sozh glaciation.

The slopes of the mountain are plowed up and used in the country’s agriculture, and the top is covered with beautiful mixed forests. This hill is considered a natural monument, so on its slopes and top you can always meet many tourists hiking in the warm season, and skiers in the winter.

5. Mount Zamkovaya, height 324 m

In the Grodno region, just 400 m from the village of Putsevichi, there is a point whose height is 324,1 m. And this hill received the historical name Zamkovaya.

On the Novogrudok Upland Mount Zamkovaya – the highest point. It was formed over the years from various rocks of sandy and loamy soils.

The mountain is named after the hill of the same name in the city, where archaeologists found the ruins of the Novogrudok settlement with a castle dating back to the 13-16th century.

This mountain is also remarkable because next to it there is a mound in honor of the famous poet who lived and worked in Belarus, Adam Mickiewicz.

4. Mount Lighthouse, 334,6 m above sea level

Fourth tallest on the list – mountain beacon, which has a mark of 334,6 m. This hill is located in the Minsk region, Volozhin district, not far from the village of Shapovaly, therefore the historical name, which can still be seen on old maps of the country’s relief – Mount Shapovaly.

The lighthouse is an oval hill formed naturally from red-brown clay. The slopes of the hill are decorated with forests, and at the top there is an observation deck, which offers a beautiful view of the nearby hills covered with fields and forests, the towers of the churches of the neighboring village. From this hill you can even see the border between Belarus and Latvia.

3. Mount Oak, height mark 340 m

The top three among the highest places in the Republic opens Mount Oak, which is located in the Stolbtsovsky district of the Minsk region, literally 50 meters from the north side of the highway.

The hill is comfortably located on the edge of the forest and has a height mark of 340 m. This place is easy to find by the triangulation sign installed on the top.

2. Mount Lysaya, height 342,2 m

This hill was formed naturally from madder loams. The mountain is located 21 km from the capital of the Republic in the Minsk region and the Minsk region, and in the very center of the Logoisk Upland.

On the slopes Bald Mountain forests, shrubs and picturesque meadows grow. The mountain itself is the mistress of the watershed of the basins of the seas. Part of its streams rapidly carry their waters in an easterly direction, delivering them to the Black Sea, while the second part flows in a western direction and flows into the Baltic Sea.

At the foot of Lysaya Mountain itself, not far from the village of Shershuny, five streams merge into one, giving rise to a new river called Udra.

1. Mount Dzerzhinskaya, the highest elevation in the country at 345 m

Not far from the capital, just 30 km to the west is the highest point in the country, which is part of the Minsk Upland. Height mountains Dzerzhinskaya is 345 m, and this is the largest value for Belarus.

The history of the mountain dates back to the times of ancient Rus’, when this hill got its first name “holy mountain“. Already in our time, namely in 1958, this place was renamed Dzerzhinskaya Mountain, as evidenced by a granite slab placed on the highest point of the hill. The name of the peak and its height above sea level are engraved on the plate in Belarusian. The approach to the stove is decorated with a stone staircase.