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Drežnička Gradina

8 °C inside, all year.

Show caveStalactites

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Михаило Јовановић · CC BY-SA 4.0

The descent

The entrance, at 932 m.

The real relief above Drežnička Gradina, measured on the Copernicus model every 30 m, and the cave going down at the same vertical scale.

depth not publishedEntrance1.0 kmvertical × 4.4depth not publishedEntrance1.0 kmvertical × 9.5

The depth is the one published by those who explored it; the shape of the galleries is a sketch, not a survey. No depth has been published for this cave yet.

932m

Entrance altitude

published (Wikidata)

8°C

Inside, all year

the yearly average outside, at the entrance

Inside and outside

8 °C inside, all year.

Deep inside, a cave keeps the average temperature of the year outside: about 8 °C here, in January and in August. In August the afternoon reaches 26 °C at the entrance, 18 °C warmer than inside: take a jacket.

outside, at the entrance (932 m)inside
  1. 0°-8°Jan
  2. 2°-7°Feb
  3. 7°-3°Mar
  4. 13°2°Apr
  5. 18°6°May
  6. 22°10°Jun
  7. 25°12°Jul
  8. 26°12°Aug
  9. 20°8°Sep
  10. 14°3°Oct
  11. 8°-2°Nov
  12. 2°-6°Dec
Inside: 8 °C all yearFrost outside: Dec–MarWettest: May–Jun

Outside: afternoon and night averages for 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) brought to the altitude of the entrance. Inside: the yearly average, which deep parts of a cave keep. Near the entrance it follows the weather a little.

Mountain in western Serbia

Drežnička Gradina is a show cave in Serbia. The entrance is at 932 m. It has stalactites and stalagmites. It is open to visitors.

Read more on Wikipedia

Getting there.

  • Show cave: open to visitorsUsually with a guided tour; check times and tickets on the official site.
  • Požeganearest town · 11 km in a straight line
  • Parking 1,530 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
  • Viewpointsnearest viewpoint · 0.1 km from the entrance
  • Morava Airport (KVO)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 52 km in a straight lineCar hire at BEG airport (Belgrade)Discover Cars · sponsored link

Plan the visit

Guided tours, a bed nearby, a car.

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From above.

The ground above the cave, with the relief shaded, the line of the section and what people have mapped around the entrance.

The ground above Drežnička Gradina (Sentinel-2) N 1.5 km

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 6.0 × 6.0 km, north up. The line is the section above. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Around the entrance.

  • 1other cave entrances within 3 kmПотпећка пећина
  • 1viewpoints within 3 km
  • 3marked hiking routes within 3 kmДрежник ( засеок Јолетићи ) - врх Кућишта, E7-10: Овчар бања – Ариље – Чајетина – Кремна, Равни (центар) – Дрежник (центар)
  • 1car parks within 2 km
  • 1information boards and visitor centres within 3 km
  • 1campsites within 8 kmCamping Potpece
  • 22hotels and guesthouses within 8 kmBelino sokače, Апартмани Ива, Aria and 19 more
  • 3restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • springs within 2 km
  • sinkholes within 3 km
  • caving clubs and spots within 15 km
  • climbing crags within 3 km
  • named waterfalls within 4 km
  • bus stops within 2 km

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, around the entrance. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Towns nearby

  • Požega11 km in a straight line
  • Užice11 km in a straight line
  • Arilje13 km in a straight line
  • Lučani18 km in a straight line
  • Čajetina18 km in a straight line
  • Zlatibor20 km in a straight line
  • Kosjerić24 km in a straight line

In our other atlases

What else is around Drežnička Gradina.

The river at the entrance, the waterfalls, the lakes, the mountains and volcanoes above, the canyons, beaches and islands nearby — from our other atlases.

Peakyas36 mountains within 10 km
Drežnička Gradina932 mVeliki Brdo · 3.3 kmVeliki Vrh678 m · 3.7 kmKućišta685 m · 4.0 kmŠerelj638 m · 5.6 kmSuvi Klan735 m · 5.8 kmBlagaja844 m · 6.4 kmVidino Brdo · 6.8 km

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, NOAA, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.

Month by month

The weather outside, at the entrance.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Afternoon0271318222526201482
Afternoon0271318222526201482
Night-8-7-32610121283-2-6
Rain (mm)5254656496105776365625858
Rainy days11101112151412101091011
Sun hours/day2.23.45.06.57.58.69.58.76.34.93.21.9
Snow on the ground (cm)151592000002614
AfternoonAfternoonNightRain (mm)Sun hours/day
Jan00-8522.2
Feb22-7543.4
Mar77-3655.0
Apr13132646.5
May18186967.5
Jun2222101058.6
Jul252512779.5
Aug262612638.7
Sep20208656.3
Oct14143624.9
Nov88-2583.2
Dec22-6581.9

Averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, brought to the altitude of the entrance (932 m) with the standard lapse rate. Not a forecast.

Photographs

Inside and around.

Recent years

Wet years, dry years.

Rain of each month as a share of the 1991–2020 average. A dry year means a lower river and hotter rock; a wet one, more water in the gorge.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
202058%147%88%42%95%291%110%199%32%129%34%120%
2021232%45%234%103%196%28%134%94%69%138%173%203%
202298%101%45%82%101%92%112%106%135%11%132%150%
2023249%112%82%254%111%141%102%79%84%28%265%70%
2024229%24%75%65%112%73%84%29%163%53%142%250%
2025123%46%180%141%68%4%89%75%84%174%180%36%

130% or more: wet month 70% or less: dry month

Caves nearby.

Drežnička Gradina

Serbia

  • —Depth
  • —Galleries
  • 932 mEntrance altitude
  • 8 °CInside, all year

Stopića Cave

Serbia · 11 km

  • —Depth
  • 1.7 kmGalleries
  • 756 mEntrance altitude
  • 9 °CInside, all year

See the guide

Kađenica

Serbia · 22 km

  • —Depth
  • —Galleries
  • 309 mEntrance altitude
  • 12 °CInside, all year

See the guide

Haji Prodan’s cave

Serbia · 30 km

  • —Depth
  • —Galleries
  • 663 mEntrance altitude
  • 10 °CInside, all year

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name, type, published depth and length, visitorsWikidata (Q12757663) · CC0
The relief above, the entrance altitude, the section and the 3D modelCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
ClimateNASA POWER, 1991–2020
Entrances, springs, sinkholes, opening hours and what is around© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Rivers, waterfalls, lakes, mountains, canyons, beaches and islands nearbyCoastya, Lakeyas, Peakyas, Cascadyas, Islandyas, Riveryas

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

The family

Do you prefer beaches, lakes, mountains, waterfalls, islands, rivers, canyons, caves, dark skies, viewpoints, birdwatching or forests?

Same idea, other landscapes: field atlases built on open data, month by month, in seven languages.

beachesCoastyaFind your beach: sea temperature, sun and swimming month by month.Visit lakesLakeyasEvery lake on Earth: water temperature, ice, depth and the shore.Visit mountainsPeakyasEvery summit in 3D: summit weather, the 0 °C line, huts and trails.Visit waterfallsCascadyasEvery waterfall: height, flow month by month and when it roars.Visit islandsIslandyasEvery island from the sea up: size, sea temperature, ferries and 3D.Visit riversRiveryasEvery river from source to sea: the journey, the flow and the basin in numbers.Visit canyonsCanyonyasEvery canyon cut to scale: depth to the floor, rim and floor temperatures, trails and viewpoints.Visit
cavesCavernyasEvery cave with its real depth and length: the rock above, the temperature inside all year, and how to visit.You are here
dark skiesDarkskyasWhere the night is still dark: the sky of every place, the Milky Way month by month, the Moon, eclipses and auroras.Coming soonVisit
viewpointsViewyasEvery viewpoint with its real 360° panorama: the peaks you can name, how far you see and where the sun sets.Coming soonVisit
birdwatchingBirdyasEvery bird sanctuary and wetland with the species recorded month by month: who is resident, who comes for the summer, who only passes through.Coming soonVisit
forestsForestyaEvery forest with its land-cover rings, what grows and lives in it, and the best months to walk it.Coming soonVisit