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Scenic viewpoints in the Curonian Lagoon

Scenic Viewpoints & Towers

The Curonian Spit features a unique landscape of shifting sand dunes, pine forests, and coastal lagoons. This selection includes prominent peaks like the Parnidis and Vecekrugas dunes, alongside observation towers and historic sites like the Ventė Cape Lighthouse. These locations provide vantage points over the UNESCO-listed spit, the Baltic Sea, and the bird migration routes of the Curonian Lagoon.

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Tancuusij les

Pine forest characterized by trees with unusually twisted and contorted trunks, located on the Russian side of the Curonian Spit.
Sygic Travel User / CC-BY-SA
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Apžvalgos bokštas

Observation tower providing views across the Parnidis Dune, the town of Nida, and the Curonian Lagoon.
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Vysota Efa

One of the highest points on the spit's Russian section, offering a panoramic view of the shifting dunes and the village of Morskoe.
Bravo Two Zero0 / CC BY-SA 4.0
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Ventės rago švyturys

A 19th-century lighthouse located on the Ventė Cape, a major bird ringing station and migration route hub on the eastern shore of the lagoon.
ThomasPusch / CC-BY-SA-3.0
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Hill of Witches

The Hill of Witches is an outdoor sculpture gallery near Juodkrantė, Lithuania.

Bizonas / CC-BY-SA-3.0
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Parnidis dune

The Parnidis Dune is a drifting coastal sand dune on the Curonian Spit, southeast of Nida, Lithuania, near the Lithuania-Russia border of…
Donatas Venskutonis / CC-BY-SA
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Negyvosios kopos

Protected gray dunes where several villages were buried by shifting sands between the 17th and 19th centuries.
Kusurija / CC BY-SA 3.0
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The Dutchman's Cap

The Dutchman's Cap is a hill with a 24.4 m high bluff, which is in Lithuania's Seaside Regional Park, near Karklė and 2 km north of…
Rimantas Lazdynas / CC BY-SA 3.0
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Vecekrugas Dune

The Vecekrugas Dune also called the Vecekrugas Hill is a forested dune on the Curonian Spit, Lithuania 1.5 kilometres south of Preila.
Vilensija / CC BY-SA 3.0
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The Hill of Urbas

A 51-meter-high dune in Nida, home to the stone Nida Lighthouse and a monument to the spit's foresters.
Sygic Travel User / CC-BY-SA
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Italian view

A historic viewpoint in Nida overlooking the lagoon, named for its resemblance to Italian coastal landscapes which inspired 20th-century artists.
Vilensija / CC BY-SA 3.0
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The Horn of Bulvikis

The widest point of the Curonian Spit, offering expansive views of the lagoon between Nida and Preila.
Šarūnas Šimkus / Public domain
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Hagen's height

A 36-meter-high dune in Smiltynė named after Prussian engineer Ludwig Hagen, who led efforts to stabilize the spit's shifting sands.
Sygic Travel User / CC-BY-SA
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Paukščių stebėjimo bokštas

Observation platform designed for birdwatching, located within the Nagliai Nature Reserve near the Curonian Lagoon.
Klaus-Norbert / CC BY-SA 3.0
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Sklandytojų kopa

One of the highest dunes in the region, historically used as a training ground for the Nida Gliding School in the early 20th century.
Tancuusij les
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Apžvalgos bokštas
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Vysota Efa

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