If you plan on a trip to nature and want to admire the beauty of our hills and virgin nature , visit the National Nature Reserve Rokos.

The National Nature Reserve Rokos is located in the Nitric Hills , a subsoil of Strážovské vrchy . In addition to the entire Rokos hill , the neighboring beams of Srnna (620 m above sea level) and Košútova rocks (840 m above sea level) are occupied with an area of ​​more than 460 hectares . For the territory of state protection of nature of the highest - 5th degree was declared from r. 1974 .

Rokoš (1 009.9 m above sea level) is the second highest peak of Nitriansky vrchy . Located in their southernmost part, on the border of Prievidza and Bánovce nad Bebravou districts, above the village of Diviaky nad Nitricou . The wooded peak does not offer a view and is part of the NPR Rokoš protected area.

It is the only locality of the Western Carpathians , where both pine and oak pine are growing, which creates the intersection of mountainous and xerothermic vegetation on the southernmost Carpathian Mountains. Unique flora and fauna of the land is part of our natural heritage.