It is a large forest complex, mainly made up of beech trees, covering the area 76 km2 on the Beech Hills. The Beech Wood is a part of the Szczecin Landscape Park. Six nature reserves can be found here. Apart from beech trees there are also oaks, ash and pine trees. There are several hundred species of butterflies, deer, wild boars, foxes, martens, hares and other wild animals. The wood, as a place of settlement, dates back to approx. 1000 B.C.

There are many nature monuments, such as erratic boulders and ancient trees. For those who are into hiking, many well labelled routes were prepared passing through the most attractive places. Villages in the Beech Wood are worth seeing, e.g.: Binowo, Kołowo, Dobropole, and other. Binowo Lake and golf course are attractive in terms of recreation.

The favourite destination of strollers is Emerald Lake. For many years there was a chalk pit, mined from mid 19th c. by the waterproof Portland cement factory of G. Toepffer, A. Grawitz & Co. In mid 1920s the pit was filled with water and a lake was made of the surface of 4.5 ha and depth of approx. 20 m. Its emerald colour is a result of calcium carbonate.

The highest hill in the Beech Wood is Bukowiec – 147 m a.s.l.