Yavorivskyi National Park
In Yavorivskyi district of the Lviv region is Yavorovsky National Park, spread over 71 km2. The park was created to preserve and recreate the unique forest-steppe landscapes in this region.
On the south side of the park is the "Rastoch" reserve, on the north side is the landscape park "Ravskoye Rastochye". Due to the fact that there are no settlements in the park, the human impact on nature and the animals living here are minimized. There are many hills, terraces cut by a large number of deep ravines in Yavorovsky National Park. The highest point of the park is on a nameless mountain, at an altitude of 403 meters. In addition to landscapes in the park, you can plunge into history. After all, there are several historical and archaeological monuments. Among them are the parking lots and the settlement of ancient people, the church, Stradchanskaya Gora. On the mountain there is a religious complex, including a cave monastery and a settlement built around the 12th century. On the territory of the monastery is the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Church of the Mother of God of the Unbreakable Wall. There are also graves of the devil Vladimir Pryoma and Nikolai Conrad, whom Pope John Paul II proclaimed blessed.
The park has over 700 plants, of which 200 are medicinal. The most valuable and rare plants are: snowdrop, clown, pollen, nesting, three-inch rook, venereen shoe, small barvines, heather, salvine, forest lily. In Yavorovsky National Park, most of the territory is covered with forests, in which mainly oaks, pine trees, coffins grow, in low-lying areas, alder is found, on the east side of the park beech forests grow. Small islets come across poplars, fir, spruce.
No less interesting is the fauna of the national park. Here you can find 48 species of mammals, almost 200 species of birds, 24 species of protected fish. In total, 146 species of inhabitants of the park are subject to protection under the Berne Convention. Of the birds, snare, foam, raspberries, crawls, flytraps, yeast, tits, cannuts, woodpeckers are most often found. From mammals you can often see a goat, otter, wild boars, hares, cunits, foxes, ermines.
Near the park there are 8 recreation centers, resorts with medicinal hydrogen sulfide water. For the convenience of visitors, places for tourists to relax with canopies, barbecue facilities, in local water bodies you can fish and swim.
