Dievčenská skala (660 m a.s.l.) stands at the northern edge of the Silická planina plateau in the Slovak Karst, dropping nearly 350 metres in dramatic rocky cliffs down to the valley below. Two summits of equal height, separated by a deep notch clearly visible from the north, make this one of the most striking silhouettes in the region.
The eastern summit forms a rocky pulpit jutting northward, undercut by a cliff tens of metres high. Forest has since grown up to block the southward view across the plateau, but the northern panorama more than compensates: the entire Rožňava Basin spreads out before you, bounded to the east by the Volovské vrchy hills with Krásna Hôrka castle visible at their foot, and to the west by the Plešivská planina plateau. On a clear day you can spot Kráľova hoľa in the Low Tatras, and with favourable conditions almost the entire High Tatras ridge stretches across the horizon. The western summit is topped by a 57-metre steel radio and TV transmission mast — a handy landmark when hiking across the open southern parts of the plateau. The whole massif lies within Slovak Karst National Park.
How to reach the summitThe summit rocks are built from light-grey Wetterstein limestones of the Middle and Upper Triassic — the same stone that forms the entire Silická planina, making this a fascinating open-air geology lesson underfoot.