The “Łopuchówko” Green Control Point is in the heart of Zielonka Forest, in the Łopuchówko Forest District. It opened in 2021 as our first arena in Poznań County — funded by Poznań County.
There are 16 permanent control points over 4 km². The 1:10,000 map has unusually detailed relief — 1.25 m contours — so every hill and hollow of the forest is easy to read. We updated the maps in May 2024.
Routes: family (8 points), short, and two each of medium and long.
The start is at a forest car park on the tarmac road between Łopuchowo and Łopuchówko — on Google Maps as “Zielony Punkt Kontrolny Łopuchówko”. Łopuchowo railway station is about 1 km away.
Show the start on a map →
- Forest car park at the start
- Covered shelter
- Campfire with the Forest District’s permission
- By train: Łopuchowo station, about 1 km
Forest district page: lopuchowko.poznan.lasy.gov.pl/zielony-punkt-kontrolny
Pick your route
Route length is measured in a straight line between control points — how you get from one to the next is up to you. Families and beginners: start with the family or short route.
Eight points around the start — a walk with an adventure.
Your first solo route with a map.
Longer legs through the forest.
All 16 points in the heart of Zielonka Forest.
Zielonka Forest
Zielonka Forest Landscape Park covers 12,202 ha in the north of Poznań County — 78% of it is forest. It has over 200 natural monuments, and the “Las Mieszany” reserve in the Łopuchówko Forest District protects a monumental 200-year-old stand.
Łopuchówko in pictures
Start
In Zielonka Forest
Courses
Print the map on A4 (scale 1:10,000 — 1 cm on the map is 100 m in the forest) and take it with you.
Map of all points
Open full size →
Choose a course — family, short, medium or long — and print the map at 1:10,000. The start is at the information board.
Each post has a unique number matching the map. Compare the map with the terrain — you choose your own route.
Every post has a punch. Punch the box on your control card — and the point is yours.
How to read the map
ZPK maps are detailed orienteering maps at 1:10,000 — 1 cm on the map is 100 m in the forest. The top edge of the map always points north. Here is what the colours mean:
Best runnability: you can walk or run freely between the trees.
The darker the green, the harder to get through. The darkest — better go around.
Meadows, clearings and fields. Good places to get your bearings.
Do not enter. Plan your way around it.
Contours show hills, hollows and banks. Posts often stand right by them.
Ditches, streams, ponds and marshy ground.
Dashed is a path, a thick line is a forest road. Fences and hunting stands are marked too.
Triangle S is the start, double circle F the finish. The post stands exactly in the centre of the circle. Purple lines are not paths!
Zorientowani na powiat poznański
Find at least 5 control points at any ZPK arenas in Poznań County and punch them on your map. Bring the map to the Poznań County Office (call ahead first) — a small gift is waiting for you.
