Rakovac
Old quarry · also called Rakovac Cave
Beli Majdan
A quarried hall in the hillside above the monastery, its roof held up by pillars of stone the quarrymen left standing. Ten minutes on foot from the monastery.
Vidikovac Kesten
Kesten Lookout
From the Kesten viewpoint, 305 m above sea level, the view opens north over Novi Sad and the Danube.
Kesten (“chestnut”) is a hill east of the monastery. The viewpoint looks out over Novi Sad and the southern plain of Bačka. The walk from Rakovac or from Stari Ledinci passes the Hermitage of Isaija Parivodski and the Neven spring.
The summit itself is higher than the viewpoint: the Yugoslav army map of 1984 marks a trigonometric point of 366 m on it (old maps), while OpenStreetMap gives 352 m.
Access may have changed
In 2021 local residents reported that fences and gates near Kesten hill had cut the old yellow-marked trail between Novi Rakovac and Zmajevac, as well as the path from the monastery towards the Kesten spring. Check locally before you go.More in Nature
Isposnica · 18th-century rock hermitage
Hermitage of Isaija Parivodski
A tiny monk’s cell cut into a limestone cliff deep in the forest, named after Isaija Parivodić, a hieromonk of Rakovac who carved his name here in 1771. The only rock hermitage in Vojvodina.
Dumbovački vodopad
Dumbovac Waterfall
A five-metre waterfall hidden in dense forest on the Dumbovac stream. About an hour’s walk from the monastery.