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General information - Location

Country	Poland
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 20.0779,Lat: 49.4814
Elevation	625 meter above sea level
Local time	7:02:04am
Name province/region	Małopolskie
Name Subregion	Nowotarski
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Nowy Targ

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ostrowsko	1.6 km	EastSouthEast
2 Nowy Targ	3.1 km	WestSouthWest
3 Łopuszna	3.9 km	East
4 Gronków	5 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Bór	5.2 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Budapest	Hungary	233 km	South
2 Bratislava - Staré Mesto	Slovakia	265 km	SouthWest
3 Wien	Austria	307 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Baltic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 530 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Wisla main - Upper - Dunajec, part of the larger catchment area Wisla. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Zbiornik Czorsztyn (12.4 km² at a height of around 54 meter above sea level) at a distance of 10.4 km in Eastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Turbacz with a height of 1315 meter (at a distance of 7.3 km and direction NorthNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the Slovakian-Polish border with a straight distance of 17.7 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 25 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 87%, moderate high mountains: 13%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Outer Western Carpathians
Region karpacki - Centralne Karpaty Zachodnie - Obnizenie Orawsko-Podhalanskie - Kotlina Orawsko-Nowotarska

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Kraków John Paul II International Airport (at a distance of 70 km and direction NorthNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Poprad-Tatry Airport (at a distance of 47 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

26.3 km2

33.4%

Nature

0.8 km2

Wet nature

0.5 km2

0.6%

Agriculture

42.1 km2

53.6%

Urban area

7.4 km2

9.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Waksmund in country Poland

Waksmund at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Wooden Churches of the Slovak part of the Carpathian Mountain Area	Slovakia	41 km	WestSouthWest
2 Kalwaria Zebrzydowska: the Mannerist Architectural and Park Landscape Complex and Pilgrimage Park	Poland	52 km	NorthWest
3 Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines	Poland	55 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Górny Dunajec	PL	0.2 km	NorthNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Waksmund

Type of weather in Waksmund	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.47 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	78 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	14 hour and 49 minutes
Sunrise :	05:11 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:00 Europe/Amsterdam