Päijänne National Park • 14 sq.km • Established: 1993 • Location: Padasjoki, , Sysmä

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National Park Enjoy the outdoors while protecting nature • Visitors are allowed to move about the park on foot, skiing, Päijänne rowing and paddling, except in certain restricted areas (see map). Some of the park’s islands are off-limits to visitors from 15 April to 31 July, in order to protect birds during their nesting season. • Cycling is permitted on national park trails and roads. Sandy beaches with lagoons and • Campfires are only permitted at surprisingly rising rocky beaches summer, Kelvenne is served by of Lake Päijänne’s largest stretch of designated sites. Campfires are await boaters, paddlers and passenger ships and water taxis: open water, Tehinselkä. strictly prohibited during forest day hikers at Päijänne. On the www.nationalparks.fi/en/paijan- The local waters of the natio- and grassland fire warnings. Pulkkilan­harju nature trail, you nenp/services/partners. Boaters are nal park are well suited to paddle • Camping is permitted at camping can also enjoy the atmosphere served by guest harbours, including touring. However, the widest sites and lean-to shelters. of ­Lakeland without Laivaranta at Padasjoki, Kirkonkylä expanses of the lake should be • Leave No Trace. Burnable waste needing to set out on the water. and New Port (Suopelto) at Sysmä avoided due to the possibility of can be burned in fireplaces and The pristine waters of Lake and Lehmonkärki and Vääksy in large waves forming. The Päijänne compostable waste may be placed ­Päijänne wash the sandy shores Asikkala. Visitors without a boat National Park is part of a boating in the composter or the dry toilet of esker islands, and the cry can visit the national park by taking route and circular paddling trail container. Do not leave any litter in of the osprey echoes over the the Pulkkilanharju Esker nature (www.nationalparks.fi/en/paijan- the area. smooth shoreline rocks. trail, which starts from the rest area nenp/trails). • The water areas in Päijänne next to the Karisalmi bridge. When Lake Päijänne freezes­ over, are not part of the national park. Hiking and boating The park includes part of ski routes to the park (padasjoki.fi) Visitors are allowed to fish in The heart of the Päijänne National Päijätsalo Island in Sysmä, which are maintained in winter if weather water areas in accordance with Park, Kelvenne is one of Finland’s is accessible by boat (Pyydysniemi) and ice conditions permit it. the Fishing Act (kalastusrajoitus.fi, largest and most impressive or by road (Päijätsalo parking area). ekpk.fi, kalat.fi). esker islands, which was formed The island has marked trails of dif- Rich geological heritage • Visitors are allowed to pick during the last Ice Age. A hiking ferent lengths and a campfire site. The Päijänne National Park, with berries and edible mushrooms, but trail (approximately 9 km) runs An observation tower, which also its internationally and scenically not rocks or plants. Remember to across the island of Kelvenne, served as an air surveillance tower valuable eskers, is one of the Sal- leave wild animals undisturbed. from Kirkko­salmi to Likolahti. The during the war, was built in 1899. pausselkä Geopark sites: • Please note that the dry toilets trail is mostly easy to hike. In the The tower offers a spectacular view www.salpausselkageopark.fi. are not stocked with toilet paper. • Pets must be kept on a leash.

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