Peaks
The highest peak is Wysoka Kopa (Hinterberg, 1,127 m, 3,698 feet) near the town of Szklarska Poręba in Poland. Other mountains include Smrk (1124 m, 3,688 feet), with a recently rebuilt look-out tower, Jizera (1,122 m, 3,681 feet) and Stóg Izerski (Heufuder, 1,107 m, 3,632). The peaks in order of elevation:
- Wysoka Kopa (Hinterberg), 1,127 m; highest peak of the Jizera Mountains
- Smrk (Tafelfichte), 1,124 m; highest peak of the Bohemian Jizera Mountains
- Jizera (Siechhübel), 1,122 m
- Stóg Izerski (Heufuder), 1,107 m
- Smědavská hora (Wittigberg), 1,084 m
- Bukovec (Buchberg), 1,005 m; one of the highest basalt peaks in Europe
- Hvězda (Stefanshöhe), 959 m
- Černá Studnice (Schwarzbrunnberg), 869 m
- Tanvaldský Špičák (Tannwalder Spitzberg), 831 m; skiing region near Tanvald
- Oldřichovský Špičák (Buschullersdorfer Spitzberg), 724 m
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