Natural monuments in Lithuania

Balbieriškis Exposure is an approximately 40 m high and 1.7 km long geological natural monument on the left bank of the Nemunas in Nemunas Loops Regional Park. It reveals Ice Age clays and moraine loams, while the viewpoint above opens a wide panorama of the Nemunas loop.

Barstyčiai Stone, also called Puokė Stone, is Lithuania's largest boulder: a roughly 680-ton Ice Age granite brought by a glacier to Puokė village in Skuodas District.

Cow Cave is the best-known karst sinkhole in the Biržai region: an almost circular collapse formed in gypsum and dolomite layers, with an underground cavity and cave passages.

Devil's Pit is one of Lithuania's most striking hollows in Aukštadvaris Regional Park: a funnel-shaped natural monument about 40-42 m deep, with a marshy bottom.

Gaidžiai Dune, also called Klonių Hill, is an inland sand dune in Dzūkija National Park on the edge of Marcinkonys. This open wind-blown sand hill in the forest feels like a beach without the sea, formed after the Ice Age. Most other Dzūkija inland dunes are already overgrown, so Gaidžiai Dune stands out.

Ginučiai Oak Grove is a relict oak grove between Lakes Linkmenas and Asėkas in Aukštaitija National Park. It is a rare wooded pasture, once remarkable to botanists for its wealth of rare plants. After grazing was banned, the grove became overgrown; under a LIFE project, cattle returned in 2024 after a break of almost half a century.

Jiesia Landscape Reserve, 447 ha and established in 1960, protects the Jiesia valley outcrops and erosional slopes near the Nemunas in Kaunas. Napoleon Hill is the first-millennium Jiesia hillfort, with a 45 x 22 m platform and a height of 63.6 m, linked by local tradition with the French army's 1812 campaign.

Juozapinė Hill, 292.83 m above sea level, was long considered Lithuania's highest place until nearby Aukštojas was measured as slightly higher in 2004. The hill has a monument to King Mindaugas, a loop path, and belongs to the Juozapinė Geomorphological Reserve.

Kintai Great Thuja is a western red cedar (Thuja plicata) growing by the Kintai forestry office, considered the tallest thuja in Lithuania and one of the tallest in Europe. About 19.5 m high, it has been protected since 1987 as a natural monument of national significance and is a distinctive marker of Kintai on the route between the Vydūnas Cultural Centre, the Lutheran church, and the Curonian Lagoon.

Laumės Pėda is a small but memorable Samogitian spring near Biržuvėnai, where water, a foot-shaped hollow, the Virvytė Valley, and a mythological name meet.

Menčiai Limestone Quarry in Akmenė District is one of Lithuania's most striking places of industrial geology, with Upper Permian limestone outcrops, artificial water bodies, and giant mining machinery, but independent visiting is officially prohibited.

Mikieriai Outcrop, also presented as the Skardis viewing platform, is one of the most scenic places in the Šventoji River valley within Anykščiai Regional Park.

Mingėla Oak is a protected botanical natural monument in Plungė District, listed by VLE among the district's six botanical natural monuments. The tree should be clearly distinguished from Mingė village in the Nemunas Delta.

Mokas and Mokas's Son are two large boulders in Šaltupė Forest near Sukiniai, linked with legends about the Mokai family, old memory, and archaeological investigations.

Ožkų Pečius is a conglomerate natural monument on the right slope of the Verknė in Nemunas Loops Regional Park, best understood as a fragile erosional bluff formation rather than a climbing object.

Papilė Outcrop by the Venta is one of Lithuania's most important geological natural monuments. It exposes 164-155-million-year-old Jurassic rocks with many ammonites and belemnites; since 2006 it has been adapted for visitors and protected by a shelter.

Pasvalys Sinkhole Park is an 8 ha town park begun in 2004 and opened in 2009 in the former Avižonis Pits. It concentrates dozens of karst sinkholes of different ages, gypsum-karst terrain, an amphitheatre in the largest hollow, and a monument to B. Brazdžionis.

Puntukas Stone is one of Lithuania's most famous boulders: a glacier-carried rapakivi granite near Anykščiai, known for its Darius and Girėnas bas-relief and legends.

Puntukas' Brother, or Pašventupys Stone, is a large glacial boulder on the right bank of the Šventoji in Anykščių šilelis. Less famous than Puntukas, it is still important as a geological natural monument, mythological place, and landscape object.

Šilalės Kūlis is one of Lithuania's largest boulders, a rapakivi granite stone in Skuodas District beside the Šakalė stream. Its scale, local name, and the surrounding stone traditions connect geology with the cultural landscape of Samogitia.

Skališkiai Rock is a rare conglomerate rock and cave-like niche near the right bank of the Neris by Liucionys, known for dripping 'cave tears' and a sacred-place tradition.

Škėvonys Exposure is a 31 m high, more than half-kilometre-long Nemunas bluff near Birštonas, revealing Ice Age layers and the Nemunas Loops landscape.

The Skroblus Springs near Margionys form the Skroblus source area with the Bobos Daržas spring, a 5.64 ha thermokarst hollow, cold clear water, and the 13 km Skroblus Nature Trail.

Stelmužė Oak is a pedunculate oak considered Lithuania's oldest oak, protected as a natural monument and botanical natural heritage object in Stelmužė village.

Švendubrė Devil's Stone is a 6.29 m long natural-heritage boulder in Raigardas Valley near Druskininkai, where a granite-gneiss block with carved cup marks meets legends about the devil trying to dam the Nemunas.

Tabokinė Exposure is a Late Devonian dolomite wall on the left bank of the Nemunėlis, close to the Latvian border, in Biržai Regional Park. Up to 11.2 m high and about 130 m long, it reveals Įstras and Tatula Formation dolomites with shell imprints.

Ūla Eye is a Dzūkija National Park spring where water rises from deep layers and constantly stirs sand in a small suffosion hollow.

The Varniškės Oaks page is based on the officially confirmed Varniškės II Oak, a common oak more than 400 years old in Aukštaitija National Park, with a trunk circumference of 5.7 m and a height of 22 m.

Vetygala Outcrop is an approximately 26 m high geological outcrop on the right bank of the Šventoji in Anykščiai Regional Park. It exposes rare pre-Quaternary layers, from glacial cover to Late Devonian sand with mica plates; the oldest armoured-fish remains found in Lithuania are linked with Devonian rocks of this valley.

Vištytis Stone is one of Lithuania's largest boulders and an important mythological object in Vištytis Regional Park, with a bowl-shaped hollow on top known as the Devil's Foot.

Witches' Spruce is an old multi-stemmed Norway spruce in Vilkyškiai Forest, Rambynas Regional Park. At about 80 cm above the ground its trunk branches into more than a dozen stems, making the tree look like a forest sculpture; in 2017 it was chosen as Lithuania's Tree of the Year.

Žagarė Esker is an Ice Age ridge of sand, gravel, and pebble deposits in Žagarė Regional Park. Its most scenic part is linked with Žvelgaitis Hillfort and a 3.6 km educational trail.

Žalsvasis Spring in Pasvalys is a karst mineral-water spring that emerged through a collapsed sinkhole. Grey-green deposits give it its greenish shade, while the water smells of sulphur. Beneath the spring lies Lithuania's deepest underwater cave, about 20 m deep, making it one of the most distinctive natural monuments of the northern Lithuanian karst region.

The cliffs of Kauno Marios Regional Park are not one single site but a system of reservoir-shore outcrops, conglomerates, ravines, and viewpoints where the geology of the Nemunas valley meets the human-made Kauno Marios landscape.

Pagramantis Outcrop is an erosional Akmena River cliff in Pagramantis Regional Park, 29-31 m high and 203 m long. A geological natural heritage object since 2016, it exposes moraine deposits from several glaciations.

The scarps of Neris Regional Park form a system of river loops, terraces, outcrops, conglomerates, ravines, and viewpoints between Vilnius and Kernavė. They are best explored through Paneriškiai viewpoint, Karmazinai Trail, and the Dūkšta area.