Varkališkės I hillfort

Varkališkės I hillfort is an archaeological site in Kaišiadorys District Municipality, Kaunas County. Varkališkės I hillfort is situated nearby to the village Visginai, as well as near Guogai.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Guogai Hillfort and Piliuonos gimnazija.

Piliuonos gimnazija

School

Photo: Vilensija, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Piliuonos gimnazija is a school, which is situated 3 km northwest of Varkališkės I hillfort.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Guogai and Pratkūnai.

Guogai

Village

Photo: Vilensija, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Guogai is a village.

Pratkūnai is a village in Kaišiadorys District Municipality, Lithuania, 3 km from Kruonis. On 15 September 2026 during the Russo-Ukrainian war, a drone was being shot down by a NATO fighter jet over the village that had crossed from Belarusian airspace into Lithuania. Pratkūnai is situated 2½ km east of Varkališkės I hillfort.

Piliuona

Village

Photo: Vilensija, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Piliuona is a village in Kaunas district municipality, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. According to the 2021 census, the village has a population of 695 people. Piliuona is situated 3 km northwest of Varkališkės I hillfort.

Varkališkės I hillfort

Type: Tourist attraction
Also known as: “Varkališkės, Juodkočiai, Lapainia” and “Varkaliskiu I Piliakalnis”
Categories: hillfort, tourism, archaeological site, and historic site
Location: Kaišiadorys District Municipality, Kaunas County, Lithuania, Baltic states, Europe
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Latitude

54.76656° or 54° 45′ 60″ north

Longitude

24.165° or 24° 9′ 54″ east

Elevation

119 metres (390 feet)

Open location code

9G66Q587+JX

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1762372602

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=attraction

GeoNames ID

11309112

Wikidata ID

Q12676586

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In Other Languages

From Lithuanian to Polish—“Varkališkės I hillfort” goes by many names.

Lithuanian: “Varkališkių I piliakalnis”
Lithuanian: “Varkališkių I Piliakalnis”
Lithuanian: “Varkališkių piliakalnis”
Polish: “grodzisko Warkaliszki I”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Lapainia and Varkališkės.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Varkališkės II hillfort and Visginai hillfort.

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