It is located on the area of the Bieszady National Park, at the foot of the Mala Rawka Mountain, on the hight of 930 m a.s.l. It is situated by the green trail from the Wyznianska Pass to the Mala Rawka Mountain, 900 m away from great ringway of Bieszczady. This mountain lodge was arisen in 1979.

Polica is the highest peak in the range of Polica, which is 20 km long and starts in Krowiarka pass where the range of Babia Gora has its end.

Picturesque Beskidy landscape can be viewed from the slopes of Polica Mountain. The photograph was taken on the trail from the peak of Polica toward Hala Krupowa.

Hostel on Hala Krupowa was built in 1935 by prof Kazimierz Sosnowski and was then called Hostel "Pod Polica".It is located between the ranges of Beskid Zywiecki and Beskid Makowski near the villages of Zawoja, Jordanow and Zubrzyca.