Baru

Hunedoara County · Romania
Baru — photo 1

Photos: Țetcu Mircea Rareș, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)

Baru is a village in Romania.

Elevation: about 474 m above sea level. Population: 987 (2021). Mountains nearby: Retezat Mountains.

Here and nearby on the site: 1 trail.

Facts: Wikidata, OpenStreetMap. More on Wikipedia

What's nearby

Trails nearby

All trails
Baru – Tulișa RefugeModerateTwo-dayMarkedBaru Tulișa RefugeElevation profile476–1 455 m14.7 kmascent 977 m≈ 5.5 h walkingunder 1 km from the centrePui – Porțile ÎnchiseHardMulti-dayMarkedPui Porțile ÎnchiseElevation profile427–2 263 m31.4 kmascent 1 898 m≈ 11.5 h walking6 km from the centreHobița – Peleaga – Retezat PeakHardMulti-dayMarkedHobița Retezat Peakvia PeleagaElevation profile533–2 509 m35.3 kmascent 2 905 m6.6 km from the centre

Peaks nearby

All peaks
StrajaPeakStrajaJiu-Paroșenialtitude 1 868 m20 km from the centreStraja (Romanian Vârful Straja) is a 1,868 m summit in the Vâlcan Mountains in the western Southern Carpathians.CusturaPeakCusturaaltitude 2 457 m23 km from the centreCustura (Romanian Vârful Custura) is a 2,457 m summit in the Retezat Mountains of the Southern Carpathians – according to Romanian Wikipedia, the fifth-highest in the...Păpușa (Retezat)PeakPăpușa (Retezat)Râușoraltitude 2 508 m23 km from the centre1 trail to the topPăpușa (Romanian: Vârful Păpușa, Hungarian: Papusa-csúcs) is a summit on the main ridge of the Retezat Mountains in the Southern Carpathians, in Hunedoara County.

What to visit

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Lolaia Waterfall (Cascada Lolaia)WaterfallLolaia Waterfall (Cascada Lolaia)Nucșoara22 km from the centreLolaia Waterfall (Cascada Lolaia) lies in the northern part of Retezat National Park, in Hunedoara County, on one of the park's busiest routes — the road from the...

Getting there from Ukraine

Border crossings

  • Porubne – Siret — road and pedestrian, 24/7
  • Diakivtsi – Racovăț — road and pedestrian, 24/7 No freight traffic.
  • Krasnoilsk – Vicovu de Sus — road and pedestrian, 08:00–20:00 Cars up to 3.5 t and pedestrians only; not 24/7.
  • Solotvyno – Sighetu Marmației — road and pedestrian, 24/7 Passenger traffic only: vehicles up to 3.5 t with up to 9 seats, pedestrians.
  • Diakove – Halmeu — road, 24/7 No pedestrian crossing.

By car

Rakhiv – Petroșani ≈450 km, ≈6 h 36 min (via Solotvyno – Sighetu Marmației); Ivano-Frankivsk – Petroșani ≈584 km, ≈8 h 55 min (via Solotvyno – Sighetu Marmației); Chernivtsi – Petroșani ≈539 km, ≈9 h 19 min (via Krasnoilsk – Vicovu de Sus). Times without border queues, our road routing (GraphHopper, OSM).

Checked 03.11.2026; border crossing hours and timetables change — check before you travel.