Orava Magura

The Orava Magura ( sk, Oravská Magura, hu, Árvai-Magura) is a mountain range in the

Žilina Region The Žilina Region ( sk, Žilinský kraj; pl, Kraj żyliński; hu, Zsolnai kerület) is one of the eight Slovak administrative regions and consists of 11 districts ( okresy) and 315 municipalities, from which 18 have a town status. The region ...

of northern central Slovakia. The range is part of the Central Beskids, which are themselves part of the

Outer Western Carpathians Divisions of the Carpathians are a categorization of the Carpathian mountains system. Below is a detailed overview of the major subdivisions and ranges of the Carpathian Mountains. The Carpathians are a "subsystem" of a bigger Alps-Himalaya Sy ...

. The Orava Magura is a sandstone massif, densely forested, with primarily spruce and beech, with cultivated birch and hazel. The highest peak of the range is ''Minčol'', 1394 meters, along with ''Paráč'' (1325 meters), ''Budín'' (1222 meters), and some others. The most important tourist resorts include

Tvrdošín Tvrdošín (german: Turdoschin or ''Thurdossin''; hu, Turdossin; pl, Twardoszyn) is a town in central Slovakia. Geography The town is located at the confluence of the Orava and Oravica rivers, from the Polish borders and cca. from Dolný Kub ...

, Zázrivá, and

Dolný Kubín Dolný Kubín (; also known by other names) is a town in northern Slovakia in the Žilina Region. It is the historical capital and the largest settlement of the Orava region. Names The name is derived from the archaic Slovak word meaning a "gl ...

which are often visited during Slovakia's summer. The region is also home to the Horná Orava Protected Landscape Area. {{Authority control Mountain ranges of Slovakia Mountain ranges of the Western Carpathians