Ubľa
Photos: Dávid Juraj Szücs, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons); Jan Pešula, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Ubľa is a village in Slovakia.
Elevation: about 224 m above sea level. Population: 760 (2025). Mountains nearby: Eastern Carpathians.
Here and nearby on the site: 1 trail.
Facts: Wikidata, OpenStreetMap. More on Wikipedia
What's nearby
Trails nearby
All trails
HardTwo-dayMarkedVýchodokarpatská magistrála (East Carpathian Trail)Elevation profile206–513 m25.9 kmascent 699 m≈ 8 h walking1 km from the centre
EasyOne-dayMarkedVeľké Dunavy Pod kalinovomElevation profile239–488 m5.8 kmascent 27 m≈ 1.5 h walking6.4 km from the centre
EasyOne-dayMarkedPotašňa StrihovceElevation profile373–666 m7.2 kmascent 294 m≈ 2.5 h walking8 km from the centre
ModerateTwo-dayMarkedRemetské Hámre Ruská BystráElevation profile294–843 m19.2 kmascent 1 009 m≈ 7 h walking8.3 km from the centre
EasyOne-dayMarkedRožok Educational TrailElevation profile274–659 m4.5 kmascent 595 m≈ 2.5 h walking9.9 km from the centre
HardMulti-dayMarkedRemetské Hámre KoňušElevation profile272–1 023 m47.5 kmascent 2 062 m10 km from the centrePeaks nearby
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PeakLysákRemetské Hámrealtitude 821 m · Volcanic Carpathians range15 km from the centreLysák (formerly Lysá) is a summit 821 m high in the Vihorlat Mountains of eastern Slovakia, in the Vihorlat subunit.
PeakSninský kameňValaškovcealtitude 1 006 m · Volcanic Carpathians range15 km from the centreSninský kameň is a 1006 m summit in the volcanic Vihorlat Mountains of eastern Slovakia, the lowest of the five Vihorlat "thousanders".
PeakMotrogonValaškovcealtitude 1 018 m · Volcanic Carpathians range17 km from the centreMotrogon is a 1,018 m summit in the Vihorlat Mountains of eastern Slovakia — according to Polish sources the fourth highest in the Vihorlat.What to visit
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ChurchWooden Church of St Nicholas, Ruská BystráRuská Bystrá8.4 km from the centreA dark church in the forests of Vihorlat Ruská Bystrá is a small Rusyn village in Sobrance district of the Košice Region, surrounded by the Vihorlat hills (Vihorlatské...
LakeMorské oko — the largest lake of the Vihorlat hillsZemplínske Hámre14 km from the centreNot to be confused with its Tatra namesake: this is Morské oko in the Vihorlat hills of eastern Slovakia, a few dozen kilometres from the Ukrainian border.
LakeStarina Reservoir in Poloniny National ParkStakčín20 km from the centreStarina is the largest drinking-water reservoir in Slovakia and, according to Slovak sources, the largest source of drinking water in Central Europe.Huts, shelters and springs nearby
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
Lviv – Snina ≈241 km, ≈4 h 20 min without queues: H-13 via Sambir and the Uzhok Pass to Velykyi and Malyi Bereznyi → Malyi Bereznyi – Ubľa checkpoint → road 74 to Snina (≈27 km, ≈30 min from the border). From Uzhhorod: via Vyšné Nemecké (I/19 towards Sobrance, then II/566 and road 74) ≈65 km, ≈1 h 15 min; via Malyi Bereznyi – Ubľa ≈80 km, ≈1 h 40 min, but that crossing is usually less busy.
Checked 23.10.2026; border crossing hours and timetables change — check before you travel.
