Góra Kalwaria is a town on the Vistula River in the Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It is situated approximately 35 kilometres southeast of Warsaw and has a population of around 12,109. The town has strong religious significance for both Catholic Christians and Hasidic Jews of the Ger dynasty.

The Vistula is the longest river in Poland and the ninth-longest in Europe, at 1,047 kilometres in length. Its drainage basin, extending into three other countries apart from Poland, covers 193,960 km2 (74,890 sq mi), of which 168,868 km2 (65,200 sq mi) is in Poland.