National Park Established 1956 Areal 10 km² Location: , and Utajärvi

Metsähallitus, National Park management: Customer service: • Bay Visitor Centre • tel.int. +358 (0) 206 39 6059 • [email protected] nationalparks.fi/rokua rokuankansallispuisto

To prevent the erosion caused National Park by the feet of hikers, it is recommended that hikers stay on the marked trails. Rokua Nature-friendly hiking – everyone enjoys!

• Walking and skiing are permitted. • Bicycles may only be used on marked cycling trails and on Ancient dunes and Rokua area throughout history. The popular attractions in the Rokua roads running through the park. impressive holes in resulting nutritious ash and charred area: Syvyydenkaivo, or ‘Well • Short-term camping is allowed `s first geopark wood enriched the species on the of Depths’, one of the deepest ket- in the sites indicated and in barren heaths. If you look closely, an tle holes in Finland, and Pookivaara shelters. Larger groups planning When you explore the esker old Scotch pine may reveal a charred Hill, the highest point in Rokua. The to camp out should inform the ridges, sandhills and kettle hole sear, a fire scar, as proof of a wildfire. area’s special geological features are Nature Visitor Centre lakes of Rokua, it is easy to see Rokua Geopark is the first geopark highlighted along the Rokuansydän (tel. +358 40 732 1781). clear traces of the Ice Age that in Finland and the most northern Trail (8 km and starting point Infor- • Lighting a campfire is permitted explain why this area forms part one in the world. The Global Geop- mation Center Suppa). Harjunpolku only at designated campfire of Finland’s first UNESCO Geop- arks Network is a network of unique Trail (2.5 kmand starting point Rokua sites. ark. Family-friendly trails lead geological sites operating under the Health & Spa), near Lake Lianjärvi, is • Lighting campfires is forbidden if off through the park’s wooded auspices of UNESCO. the shortest trail in the area. Trail for the forest fire warning is in effect sandhills, where the forest floor disabled runs from Pitkäjärvi parking • Follow the rules of litter-free is blanketed with silvery lichens. A Trail Takes You There area to the Pitkäjärvi hut 1,6 km. The hiking. Safely combustible litter Scattered throughout the park Rokua’s network of trails offers excel- Rokua area has a 30 km-long moun- can be burned in fireplaces and are many kettle hole lakes nest- lent hiking opportunities. In this tain biking trail, marked on the ter- as organic toilet compost. Please ling in sandy hollows. vulnerable terrain, it is best to walk rain with brown mountain biking take all other waste away with along the trails; the marks of erosion symbols and yellow paint marks. you when you leave. The National Park Protects the Traces persist for a long time in the slow- • You may pick berries and edible of the Ice Age and the Aging Pine growing lichen. Pooki Trail ( 4 km Services by entrepreneurs mushrooms, but do not collect Forest and starting point Pitkäjärvi parking The partner companies of the rocks or plants. The Rokuanvaara esker formation area) is a circular trail meandering national park provide information • Please do not disturb the wild- is an amazing sand cake, consist- through the beautiful landscape and food services, rental equipment life. ing of kettle holes and beach ridges of the national park. Keisarinkier- and accommodation: • Please note that toilets are not created by the Ice Age and dunes ros Trail, or the ‘Emperor’s Trail’, (19 nationalparks.fi/rokua /services/ equipped with toilet paper. piled high by the wind. Fire has had km and starting point Information partners • Pets must be kept on a leash. a huge effect on the forests of the Center Suppa) takes you to the most www.rokuageopark.fi/en/experience nationalparks.fi/rokua> Instructions and Rules

EMERGENCY NUMBER 112 – know where you are calling from – some parts of the park have no mobile phone reception!

PHOTOS: EEVA MÄKINEN AND HARRI TARVAINEN TRANSLATION: LINGSOFT LANGUAGE SERVICES OY METSÄHALLITUS 06/2019, , ERWEKO OY, 1 000 copies nationalparks.fi excursionmap.fi SELITE - TECKENFÖRKLARING - LEGEND Kansallispuisto Kota Näkötorni Ravintola 0 1 km Nationalpark Kåta Utsiktstorn Restaurang National park Campfire hut Observation tower Restaurant Pysäköinti Päivätupa Hotelli © Metsähallitus 2021 Kylpylä © Maanmittauslaitos 2021 Parkering Raststuga Spa Hotell Parking Day trip hut Hotel Pysäköinti ja opastusAhmas Autiotupa Luonnonnähtävyys Kuivakäymälä Parkering med information Ödestuga Naturobjekt Torrtoalett Parking and information Wilderness hut Natural feature of interest Dry toilet Laavu Matkailuvaunualue Kahvila Esteettömät palvelut Skärmskydd Område för campingfordon Kafé Tillgängliga tjänster Lean-to shelter Camper sites Café Accessible services

REITIT - LEDER - TRAILS Keisarinkierros - Rundslinga - Trail Rongonsuo Aittosuo Luontopolku - Naturled - Nature trail Koskuskaarto Rokuansydän 8,0 km Harjunpolku 2,5 km Pookinpolku 4,1 km Utajärvi Energiankulutusreitti Laitavaara Esteetön reitti Niittykaarrot Tillgänglig naturled Accessible nature trail Pitkämäki Maastopyöräreitti Terrängcykelled Mountain biking trail Harjunpolku Tulijärvi ROKUA HEALTH & SPA KIRVESJÄRVI Ahveroinen

Kirvesjärvi Lianjärvi Leilisuo

Syväjärvi

Koivujärvet Soppinen Kivi-Ahveroinen Levä-Soppinen SAARINEN

Palokaarto Vaulujärvi Saarinen SUPPA/ Vaala OUTDOORS LEIRIKESKUS Salminen Vauluvaara ROKUAN- Loukkojärvi Tervakaarto Rokuansydän HOVI

Tervasuo SYVYYDENKAIVO POOKIN Siirassuo P-ALUE

Siirasvaarat Keisarintie Kakkoskuppi Pookivaara

Pookinpolku Haimakaisenmonttu POOKIVAARA ISOKIVI

Pitkäjärvi PITKÄJÄRVI

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Metsähallitus 2017 Maanmittauslaitos 1/MLL/17 Oulu Muhos 8 Tyrnävä 22 Utajärvi Suomus- 86 800 78 salmi, ROKUANJÄRVI 8293 8240 Rokua Vaala 822 8250 800 22 PITKÄJÄRVI 4 8794 Rokuanjärvi 88 P-ALUE Vartius 5 Typinneva 878

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