Petrovce

Rimavská Sobota District · Banská Bystrica Region · Slovakia

Petrovce is a village in Slovakia.

Elevation: about 236 m above sea level. Population: 209 (2025).

Here and nearby on the site: 1 trail.

Facts: Wikidata, OpenStreetMap. More on Wikipedia

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What's nearby

Trails nearby

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Petrovce – border crossingEasyOne-dayMarkedPetrovce border crossingElevation profile226–315 m4.4 kmascent 38 m≈ 1 h walkingunder 1 km from the centreJesenské, station – RagáčModerateOne-dayMarkedJesenské, station RagáčElevation profile181–537 m17.4 kmascent 280 m≈ 5 h walking4.5 km from the centreHodejov, railway station – Hajnáčka, railway stationHardOne-dayMarkedHodejov, railway station Hajnáčka, railway stationElevation profile197–578 m23.7 kmascent 1 039 m≈ 7.5 h walking4.5 km from the centreHajnáčka – Pod ZabodouEasyOne-dayMarkedHajnáčka Pod ZabodouElevation profile224–468 m4.3 kmascent 172 m≈ 1.5 h walking5.7 km from the centreŠiatorská Bukovinka – Mačacia – Obručná – Pohanský hradModerateOne-dayMarkedŠiatorská Bukovinka Pohanský hradvia Mačacia, ObručnáElevation profile268–579 m14.8 kmascent 535 m≈ 4.5 h walking7.2 km from the centreFiľakovo – Belina – Saddle under Monika – Šurice – HajnáčkaModerateOne-dayMarkedFiľakovo Hajnáčkavia Belina, Saddle under Monika +1Elevation profile191–580 m18 kmascent 371 m≈ 5 h walking8.4 km from the centre

Peaks nearby

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Karancs (Karanč)PeakKarancs (Karanč)Šiatorská Bukovinkaaltitude 725 m17 km from the centre1 trail to the topKarancs (Slovak: Karanč) is a 725.1 m dome on the Slovak–Hungarian border; Hungarian sources give 729 m.

What to visit

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Číž spa: iodine-bromine water, baths and summer poolsWater parks & thermal poolsČíž spa: iodine-bromine water, baths and summer poolsČíž24 km from the centreČíž is a spa with natural iodine-bromine water in southern Gemer, in a village in the Rimava basin not far from Rimavská Sobota, at about 170 m.

Craft nearby

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Salaš pod Maginhradom: Gemer sheep’s cheese and the Mitrovanie feastCheese dairies & pasturesSalaš pod Maginhradom: Gemer sheep’s cheese and the Mitrovanie feastVeľké Teriakovce28 km from the centreAcross the road rises Maginhrad hill: in the 15th century a castle stood there that served as a Hussite fortress, and the Romantic poet Ján Botto dedicated a ballad to...

Spas and thermal pools nearby

Číž spa: iodine-bromine water, baths and summer poolsWater parks & thermal poolsČíž spa: iodine-bromine water, baths and summer poolsČíž24 km from the centreČíž is a spa with natural iodine-bromine water in southern Gemer, in a village in the Rimava basin not far from Rimavská Sobota, at about 170 m.

Huts, shelters and springs nearby

227 mMineral springŠťavica Mineral Spring, 227 mBörzsöny and Cserhát · SlovakiaNot verifiedMineral water
243 mSpringSpring below RagáčBörzsöny and Cserhát · SlovakiaNot verifiedOn a trail
256 mDrinking waterDrinking water below HajnačkaBörzsöny and Cserhát · SlovakiaNot verified80 m from a trail

All springs of the CarpathiansAll Carpathian huts

Getting there from Ukraine

Border crossings

  • Uzhhorod – Vyšné Nemecké — road, 24/7
  • Malyi Bereznyi – Ubľa — road, 24/7 For cars and buses; pedestrians not confirmed by the Ukrainian border service, lorries up to 3.5 t.
  • Mali Selmentsi – Veľké Slemence (pedestrian) — pedestrian, 09:00–21:00 Kyiv time Pedestrians and cyclists only; inconvenient for the Tatras without onward transport.
  • Chop – Čierna nad Tisou (rail) — rail, 24/7

By car

From Uzhhorod to Brezno ≈274 km, ≈3 h 50 min without queues: Uzhhorod – Vyšné Nemecké → I/19 to Košice → D1 via Prešov and Poprad to the exit near Liptovský Hrádok → I/18 and I/72 over the Čertovica Pass to Brezno. To Banská Bystrica ≈322 km, ≈4 h 30 min: D1 to Ružomberok, then I/59 via Donovaly. From Lviv: to Brezno via Uzhok and Ubľa ≈498 km (≈7 h 45 min) or through Poland ≈554 km (≈7 h 05 min); to Banská Bystrica through Poland (Kraków – Chyżne – Trstená – Dolný Kubín – Ružomberok) ≈535 km, ≈7 h 15 min. The D1 requires an e-vignette (eznamka.sk).

Checked 23.10.2026; border crossing hours and timetables change — check before you travel.