Orlické hory in numbers

1 115 m .... Velká Deštná (Tall Rain Hill) - the tallest hill

789 m ....... average elevation of the Orlické hory Landscape Protected Area

11 ........... number of 1000 m and up hills : Velká Deštná (Rainy Hill), Orel-Koruna (Eagle or Crown) , Větrník-Jelenka (Air Vessel or Deer Hill), Malá Deštná (Low Rain Hill) Vrchmezí (Landmark Range), Sedloňovský vrch (Sedlonov Hill), Tetřevec (Moorcock Hill), Maruša , Kamenný vrch (Stony Hill), Šerlich, Střední vrch - Homole (Central Hill or Loaf)

108 .......... number of known local spider species

1653 ........ last bear shot dead in the region (quondam Kvasiny domain)

20 ............ estimative number of glass works acting in Orlické hory since 16th to 20th century. The last one on Deštné - Zákoutí put an end in 1910

16th century .. linen-drapery bloom in the Eagle mountains region

1969 ......... Orlické hory declared a Landscape Protected Area of 204 km 2

350 000 ..... years B.C. the oldest known settlement at Mělčanský Hill near Dobruška as presumed from stone utensils

86,6 % ....... spruce fir proportion in contemporary forests (beech 4,6% and fir 2%)

160 ............. number of cloudy days in high locations, comparing to 35 sunny days (1650 hours of sunshine)

700 - 800 mm ...long-term total sum of precipitation on foothills (1300 mm on the ridge)

1875 ............. railway road open from Choceň to Týniště and Náchod and next to Klodsko