The countryside surrounding the community lying in the peat-bog region of Šumavské Pláně, partly covered with forest, on the confluence of the rivers Vydří potok and Teplá Vltava. Hidden below the high layer of snow in the valley of the river Vydří potok are the peat-bogs Novohradská slať, Chalupská slať and Novosvětská slať.