📜 A modern 28-meter-high cylindrical steel lookout tower from 2014, offering panoramic views.
🔍 Features a spiral staircase of 142 steps leading to a viewing platform at 600m above sea level.
🏞️ Enjoy breathtaking panoramic views of Brdy, České Středohoří, Český les, Krušné hory, and Šumava mountains.
🏔️ On very clear days, you might even spot the distant Alps!
🏰 Get a good view of the Radyně Castle ruins.
🗺️ Use the painted orientation guides on the platform to identify landmarks.
🌳 Explore scenic marked trails leading to the tower, with a wooden gazebo and two springs nearby.
The tower's steel structure is shaped like a cylinder, widening towards its base, supported by four parabolic columns.
Inside, a central tube houses a spiral staircase.
The main viewing platform is at 25 meters, while an intermediate platform at 12.5 meters is reached by the first 72 steps.
The current tower, opened in 2014, is not the first on Kotel Hill.
An earlier wooden "Krásná vyhlídka" stood from 1895 to 1909, followed by a military steel mast until the 1960s.
💰 Free entry for all visitors.
🔵 Follow the blue tourist route to the summit.
🚶♂️ It's a 1.5 km walk from the nearest parking area under the hill.
🚂 Adventurous hikers can start directly from Rokycany train station (approx. 4 km walk).
🛣️ Alternatively, access via a forest road from Rokycany-Veselá, leading to a small forest parking lot.
🗓️ The lookout tower is open year-round, 24/7.
🅿️ Limited parking is available at the designated lot under the hill.
🌲 A small forest parking lot is also available off the Rokycany-Veselá road.
🏛️ Operated by the Rokycany Information Center.