City Beach (new) – Ełk City Beach loop from Barany

Hiking trails & Routes

Poland

Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

Ełk

City Beach (new) – Ełk City Beach loop from Barany

Moderate

4.7

(15)

hikers

City Beach (new) – Ełk City Beach loop from Barany

02:36

10.2km

30m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 22, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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285 m

Ełk River Promenade – Grajewska Bridge

Highlight • River

Along the EŁK River from the side of the military hospital across the bridge to the old cemetery.

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813 m

City Beach (new)

Highlight • Beach

The beach near Osiedle Jeziorna, although it is more often called Baranki. On the beach, in addition to water and sand, there are showers, changing rooms, shelters, beach volleyball courts and a camping site. Nothing but rest.

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1.21 km

Outdoor gym – pier at Baranki

Highlight • Rest Area

A small pier on Baranki with a beautiful view of Lake Ełckie.

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3.19 km

Oko Saurona Observation Tower at Lake Ełk

Highlight • Viewpoint

It is worth climbing the Eye of Sauron, as the observation tower is called, and enjoying the beautiful view of Lake Ełckie and its surroundings.

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4.05 km

Ełk City Beach

Highlight • Beach

This is the so-called old beach or also called on the beams. There are beach volleyball courts on the beach (the net can be rented from a nearby camping site) …

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5.15 km

Sunset on the promenade

Highlight • Viewpoint

Beautiful views over Lake Ełckie.

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6.20 km

Ełk Skate Park

Highlight • Structure

A place of entertainment for people for whom bicycles, roller skates, skateboards, roller skates or other means of transport are not only used to move around on the ground. Sometimes you need a little air movement.

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7.32 km

Traces of presence

Highlight • Monument

An interesting place to leave a trace of your presence on the promenade.

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10.2 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.74 km

2.79 km

516 m

147 m

Surfaces

6.88 km

2.03 km

733 m

457 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Wednesday 14 October

13°C

6°C

21 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 12.0 km/h

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Comments

February 18, 2025,Spacerek nad jeziorem

Near the observation tower there is a piece of the lake that has not frozen yet and there are lots of ducks and swans in it, as you can see in the photos.

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June 25, 2025,Spacer zamiast przejażdżki

It was supposed to be a bike ride, but the wind was blowing hard and we ended up walking.

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