Southern Konnevesi National Park • Location: Konnevesi, Rautalampi • 16 km2 • Established: 2014 Metsähallitus, (management) • Customer Service (mon–fri from 9 am to 3 pm): tel. +358 (0)206 39 5270,
[email protected] • nationalparks.fi/southernkonne- vesinp • facebook.com/etelakonneveden- kansallispuisto National Park Nature-friendly hiking and boating • Please respect wildlife, other visitors, and private homes, gardens and holiday homes in the area. Southern It is forbidden to land on small • islands and islets during the birds’ nesting season, from 15 April to 31 July. Konnevesi The lean-to shelters and their • surroundings in and nearby the park In Southern Konnevesi Natio- Southern Konnevesi National due to steep and rocky terrain. are recommended for temporary nal Park, visitors can enjoy Park offers a unique wilderness However, the trail between camping. the wide open waters of experience for visitors arriving Kalaja parking area and Vuori- • The roads are recommended for the lake in a boat, or canoe by boat, canoe or on foot. In the Kalaja campfire shelter is quite cyclists. through a maze of islands western part of the lake, the vast easy. This landscape is the • Lighting a campfire is permitted among smooth glaciated open waters and glaciated rock home of the osprey and a large only on designated campfire sites rocks and vertical rock walls. islands invite visitors to spend a number of rare insect, plant and but prohibited when the forest fire In the clear water, you will be summer day boating. The maze bird species. Lake Konnevesi warning is in effect. able to catch a glimpse of the created by the Kodan ovinen and its rapids on the Rautalampi • Follow the rules of litter-free depths that are the domain islands leads paddlers to ancient waterway are the domain of the hiking.