Lepșa

Vrancea County · Romania
Lepșa — photo 1

Photos: Putna Waterfall (Cascada Putnei)

Lepșa is a village in Romania.

Elevation: about 581 m above sea level. Population: 534 (2021).

Here and nearby on the site: 1 sight.

Facts: Wikidata, OpenStreetMap. More on Wikipedia

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What's nearby

Peaks nearby

All peaks
LăcăuțiPeakLăcăuțialtitude 1 777 m21 km from the centreThere has been a weather station operating on the summit for several decades, and between 1940 and 1945–1947, the state border ran across Lăcăuți.Goru PeakPeakGoru Peakaltitude 1 785 m21 km from the centreAccording to the Hungarian Wikipedia, until 1920 (and again until 1968) the mountain belonged to historic Háromszék, so the so-called "Millennial Border" ran here;...

What to visit

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Putna Waterfall (Cascada Putnei)WaterfallPutna Waterfall (Cascada Putnei)Lepșa · Vrancea Mountains3 km from the centre546 m above sea levelPutna Waterfall (Cascada Putnei, also called Săritoarea Putnei) is on the Putna river near the village of Lepșa in Tulnici commune, Vrancea County.

Huts, shelters and springs nearby

564 mSpringDrinking Water Spring, 564 mVrancea Mountains · RomaniaNot verified
1 285 mHutVidreni HutVrancea Mountains · RomaniaNot verified

All springs of the CarpathiansAll Carpathian huts

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

Chernivtsi – Brașov ≈395 km, ≈7 h 03 min (via Diakivtsi – Racovăț); Rakhiv – Brașov ≈419 km, ≈7 h 24 min (via Solotvyno – Sighetu Marmației); Uzhhorod – Brașov ≈522 km, ≈8 h 39 min (via Diakove – Halmeu). Times without border queues, our road routing (GraphHopper, OSM).

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