On the way

What to see on the way from Olsztyn to Mikołajki

It is about 84 km from Olsztyn to Mikołajki, roughly 1 h 28 min of driving without breaks.

Along the way we suggest 7 stops worth leaving the road for: heritage, nature and curiosities. A typical detour is 14 minutes: the extra time to drive to a stop and back to the route.

Stops are listed in driving order, each with the time it adds and its distance from the start.

  • 84 km
  • 1 h 28 min
  • 7 stops
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Stops on the way

  1. Stop 1

    +16 min detour 20 km from the start Show on map

    Krzyżowa Góra

    No photo is available yet.

    An archaeological site in Barczewo, Olsztyn County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, listed in the register of monuments.

    • History and culture

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  2. Stop 2

    +14 min detour 27 km from the start Show on map

    Church of St James the Apostle in Bartołty Wielkie

    Photo: Church of St James the Apostle in Bartołty Wielkie
    Keller OE Public domain

    A 16th-century Roman Catholic church in Bartołty Wielkie (Barczewo Commune, Olsztyn County), listed in the heritage register.

    • History and culture

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  3. Stop 3

    +14 min detour 28 km from the start Show on map

    Church of St Andrew the Apostle and St Roch in Ramsowo

    Photo: Church of St Andrew the Apostle and St Roch in Ramsowo
    Maly LOLek Public domain

    A Roman Catholic church in the village of Ramsowo (Barczewo Commune, Olsztyn County), built between 1727 and 1730 and listed in the heritage register.

    • History and culture

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  4. Stop 4

    +5 min detour 39 km from the start Show on map

    Cholera Cemetery in Biskupiec-Kolonia Trzecia

    No photo is available yet.

    A cholera cemetery in the locality of Biskupiec-Kolonia Trzecia, Biskupiec Commune, Olsztyn County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship.

    • History and culture

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  5. Stop 5

    +11 min detour 50 km from the start Show on map

    Sorkwity Palace

    Photo: Sorkwity Palace
    Bartek101 CC BY 2.5

    A neo-Gothic palace in the village of Sorkwity (Sorkwity Commune, Mrągowo County), listed in the register of monuments.

    • History and culture

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  6. Stop 6

    +8 min detour 60 km from the start Show on map

    Bismarck tower in Mrągowo

    Photo: Bismarck tower in Mrągowo
    Bartek101 CC BY 2.5

    An observation tower built in 1898 on Jaenike Hill in Mrągowo (Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship), listed in the Polish register of monuments.

    • Nature and unusual places

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  7. Stop 7

    +17 min detour 70 km from the start Show on map

    Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul in Użranki

    No photo is available yet.

    A Roman Catholic church in the village of Użranki (Mrągowo commune, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship), built in 1895 as an Evangelical church; listed in the heritage register.

    • History and culture

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Driving the other way?

Driving from Mikołajki to Olsztyn, you reach the same stops in reverse order – read the list from the bottom.

Plan the route from Mikołajki to Olsztyn

How stops are chosen: the planner routes the drive, checks places up to 5 km from the road and routes the real detour to each; it keeps those that add at most 30 minutes. Data: OpenStreetMap (ODbL), Wikidata, Wikipedia, the NID heritage register (CC BY 4.0), Opencaching.PL (CC BY-SA 3.0 PL), photos from Wikimedia Commons with their author and licence.