Popular climbing areas, such as the Zborow Mountain in Podlesica and the Rzedkowickie Rocks, can be conveniently reached from Zawiercie by car or by PKS bus. The eastern part of the town constitutes a departure point to the Eagles’ Nest Park, a unique attraction with a limestone island mountain and Karst landscape. In no other place in Poland can one see communities of plants so varied in terms of flora and ecology. Sights along the Eagles’ Nest route include numerous ruined castles, the most important being Morsko (probably built in the 14th century), Mirow, Bobolice and the route’s highlight - Ogrodzieniec castle in Podzamcze.

Apart from serving as a base for treks into the surrounding area, Zawiercie is home to many historic monuments of interest to tourists, such as the church of St. Holy Trinity in Zawiercie-Skarzyce, built in 1583; the church of St. Nicholas, built in the 16th century with the later addition of a porch, two chapels, a sacristy and a tower; as well as a manor-house in Zawiercie-Bzow from the first half of the 19th century. There are also two Jewish cemeteries in the town – one located on Daszynskiego Street and the other in Zawiercie-Kromolow, established in the first half of the 18th century and holding graves from as early as 1730.