Sarajevo's Ozren

Not to be confused with Ozren (Bosnia and Herzegovina).

Sarajevo's Ozren is complex of mountains and hilly plateaus located northeast of Sarajevo.^[1] This entire area is covered by a number of different paths and hiking trails, and it has popular picnic areas (Barice, Čavljak, Pjeskovita Ravan), popular for people from Sarajevo.^[2][3]

Sarajevo's Ozren
View of Sarajevo's Ozren from Trebević
Highest point
Coordinates	43°56′01″N 18°27′02″E
Naming
Native name	Sarajevski Ozren (BCMS)
Geography
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Geography

Sarajevo's Ozren consists of several main parts:^[4]

• Ozren-mountain (Ozren in the narrow sense), includes Motka, Visojevica, area Ozren-Bandijera
• Plateau Crepoljsko, includes area of Crepoljsko, area Crni Vrh (near Vučija Luka) and southeast ridges over Miljacka
• Mountain ridge Bukovik, includes main ridge Bukovik and Nahorevo hills - Bijelosava
• Hill Hum (in Sarajevo)

Highest peak of Sarajevo's Ozren is Bukovik (1,534 m),^[5][6] and second highest is Crepoljsko (1,524 m).^[7]

Skakavac waterfall, a declared natural monument is also located in Sarajevo's Ozren.

Mountain huts

In the 1935–1936 season, the mountain hut on Bukovik, at 1,482 metres (4,862 ft) in elevation, saw about 600 visitors.^[8]: 224 In the 1936–1937 season, it saw 1036 visitors, including 2 Austrian citizens.^[9]: 243 In the 1937–1938 season it saw 796 visitors, including 2 German citizens.^[10]: 243