Stilske Horbohirya Regional Landscape Park
Stilske Horbohirya Regional Landscape Park is a protected area in western Ukraine, in the Lviv region. It covers about 9,162 hectares and sits in parts of the Lviv and Mykolaiv districts, stretching from the outskirts of Lviv toward the Dniester River. The park was created on April 1, 2014, and since August 2020 it has been managed by the Special Administration of the park, a public institution of the Lviv regional council.
The landscape is hilly, with elevations of 300–400 meters. It is crisscrossed by many small rivers, gullies and ravines. Forests dominate the area, mainly beech and hornbeam-beech forests, with some oak and pine-beech stands. The park includes several nature reserves and protected areas, such as the complex natural monument Stilske, the protected tract Rozdilske, and landscape reserves Lypnykivskyi and Staritsy Dnistra.
The region has a rich history and culture. The Stilsko settlement, dating to the 8th–11th centuries, is an important ancient site. There are many mounds, pagan sanctuaries, and cave temples nearby, along with numerous churches, cathedrals, and castle ruins in towns like Rakivets, Pidtemne, Kuhaiv, Mykolayiv, Rozdil, and Berezdivtsi.
In 2020, researchers identified valuable ancient beech forests that may be added to the protected area in the future.
Flora and fauna: The park’s vegetation is mainly deciduous forest, with beech, hornbeam-beech, pine-beech, and oak forests. There are 44 plant species in Ukraine’s Red Book (2009) found here, including species such as wild garlic, botrychium virginianum, dactylorhiza majalis, iris sibirica, and platanthera chlorantha. About 15 regionally rare plant taxa are protected in the Lviv region. Animals include stone marten, weasel, ermine, badger, river otter, wild boar, red deer, European marten, fox, European beaver, and gray hare. The park supports a rich birdlife as well, with about 117 species recorded, including storks and cranes among many nesting birds.
This page was last edited on 3 February 2026, at 07:35 (CET).