Päijänne National Park • 14 sq.km • Established: 1993 • Location: Padasjoki, Asikkala, Sysmä Metsähallitus (management) • Customer Service: tel. +358 (0)206 39 5270,
[email protected] • Hut reservations, Metsähallitus (Eräluvat web store): verkkokauppa.eraluvat.fi/en, tel. +358 (0)20 692 424 • www.nationalparks.fi/paijannenp • www.facebook.com/paijanteenkan- sallispuisto 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. Pulkkilan harju 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 Finland 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.