Puumala's Nature Sites

Juva, Sulkava, Rocks, caverns, islands and beaches Savonlinna Puumala’s nature sites NATURALLY BEAUTIFUL Ryhälä Cultural sites, roads and hiking trails Forests Beaches 23 1. Sahanlahti Lohijärvi 46 16. Suursaari tilia forest 28. Rokansaari Island 2. Liehtalanniemi museum farm and nature trail 14 in Kylliöjärvi 29. Ruuhonsaari Island sand dunes 3. Muuramäki 17. Harmaala old-growth 30. Rokansalo, Pistohiekka and 4. Elsa Heporauta trail Kelkkalahti forest Laajahiekka beaches 5. Kukkeisten polku trail Pirttimäki Keriniemi Kietävälä 6. Koskenselkä nature trail Kaipaala Torikko 15 Prehistoric sites 7. Ristiina-Hurissalo road 38 13 31. Maksasaarenselkä rock painting 8. Puumala archipelago road 434 Konkkeli Ruunasaarenselkä Suuri 32. Syrjäsalmi rock painting Lammassaari 9. Lietvesi scenic road 17 Harmaala 10 Kietävälänvirta 33. Stone Age dwelling 22 34. Ancient archaeological relics site Nature preserves Haapaselkä 20 Haapasaari 35. Stone and Bronze Age dwellings 10. Tohmosaari Island 4 Närtejärvi 11. Kavatsaari Island Sulkava 12. Susiranta Islands 62 1 Viljakansaari 13. Keriniemi Kukkeistenselkä Lieviskä 14. Laamiopuro stream 34 30 Iso Pistohiekan- 5 Riihonlahti 15. Vuoriniemi escarpment Kuokkajärvi Suomuslahti selkä 33 9 6 Oritsalo Riihonniemi 43 Malosenjärvi 32 438 Laihajärvi Koskenselkä Muikunselkä 31 24 PUUMALA Mikkeli 42 Ummistonvesi Kiukuanniemi Tetrinselkä Katosselkä Peukalojärvi Kukonharju Rokan- 8 Kiviniemi salo 40 Piskola 62 Muuramäki Hurissalo Lietniemi 27 44 35 Kotkatsaari 3 Lietvesi Lietsalmi Lehmäinselkä 7 28 41 Naistenvesi 37 Ruokolahti, Enolampi Imatra Ihalainen Rokansaari 45 Kuutinvirta 2 Ruokolahti, Imatra 11 Syväsaari 12 36 4323 Niinisaari Ristiina, Konninsalo Vehkovirta Luukkolanvirta Military history sites Astuvansalmi Liimattala 16 36. Treaty of Turku border rock paintings Sarkanen Jänisvirta Niinivesi Sinkholes Riutanniemi Liimattalansaari Luukkola 21 37. Vuolteensalmi 18. Telkonniemi sinkhole in Lintusalo 25 Ruokotaipale Lintusalo 38. Remains of trenches Ruokolahti Niinisaari 19. Liittokivi Island 39. Mallaslinnoitus fortress 26 40. Kukonharju Canal Ruokovesi Liukkosenmäki Lintulahti Mountains and caves Korkiasaari Summala Vetojako 8 Luukkolansaari 41. Trench on Rokansaari Island 20. Tupavuori and its caves 42. Dugouts from World War I 39 Summalansaari Lintusalo Kyllölänsaari Hankavesi 21. ”Christ’s grave” crevice 43. Salpa Line Ollila Lapinsalmenmaa Kurensalo 22. Loketon onkalo Cavern Vekarsalo Kyllölä Kalliovesi 44. Salpa Line armaments, including Otasalo Äyrätsalo 23. Pirunkirkko cave in Ryhälä cannon mounts 18 30 Heinäsensaari Haapasaari 24. Glacial rock formations 45. Huuhkaala tank barriers Kuitinselkä Selkänenä 25. Tollovuori 46. Sarsuinmäki cannon battery and Saimaa 29 26. Säkkimäki museum cannon (Sulkava) 19 Liittokivenselkä 27. Kummakivi (Ruokolahti)

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Lietvesi Glacial rock formations ”Christ’s Grave” Loketon onkalo Cavern

Cultural sites, roads and trail diverges onto dirt roads in the forest. Nature preserves Mountains and caves summer, Café Mallun kahvila is open in 39. Remnants of the MALLASLINNOITUS The first stop at the lakeshore is just be- the former Rokansalo full-board cottage. FORTRESS from the late 18th century are hiking trails fore Hiislahti. The trail continues along the 10. TOHMOSAARI ISLAND Haapaselkä is in 20. TUPAVUORI and its caves. No marker www.saimaanvirkistysalueyhdistys.fi located at the northern tip of Vekarsalo Is- part an underwater ridge formed from signs. 1. SAHANLAHTI. The Miettula sawmill was shoreline. The route passes by Pirttimäki, 29. RUUHONSAARI ISLAND has excellent land near the Ristiina border. sand. the province’s first export sawmill (estab- where a heated battle in the Gustav III 21. ”CHRIST’S GRAVE” crevice in the stone in sand dunes. 40. The KUKONHARJU CANAL, built under lished in 1765). Timber floating continued War was fought in 1789. After Pirttimäki 11. KAVATSAARI ISLAND and the Luukkola in Karkia. No marker signs. the leadership of General Suvorov in the the trail joins up with a village street lead- 30. SANDY BEACHES in Pistohiekka, Rokansa- until the beginning of the 1950s. Sahan- 12. SUSIRANTA ISLANDS are beautiful, sce- 22. LOKETONVUORI CREVICE (approx. 10– 1790s, was part of a chain of fortresses to ing to the eastern side of Torikkojärvi Lake lo and Laajahiekka (Heinäsensaari Island) lahti is also the birthplace of writer and nic, crag islands in a seal habitat. 13 metres deep and 70 metres long) forms defend Russia’s western border. The canal and passes by Heinaidanvuori near the are perfect places to sunbathe. founder of Kalevala Koru jewerly Elsa a canyon called Loketon Onkalo. There are is about 600 metres long and is marked shore. The final 4 km leg of the trail takes 13. KERINIEMI is for the most part sand mo- Heporauta. Current travel services see wooden step up the cliff-side, and a rest- by a National Board of Antiquities sign, you along Kaijansalo’s local road. There is raine. The area has very few peat grounds Prehistoric sites www.sahanlahtiresort.fi ing spot. About 5 km from Pistohiekka historic trail and resting spot. Signs to the a lean-to at a resting spot on the western and cliffs. Small, peat fields have formed 31. There are ROCK PAINTINGS on Mak- 2. LIEHTALANNIEMI MUSEUM FARM along Honkajoentie road until the sign at canal from Route 62. shore of the lake. on sheltered shorelines. sasaari Island. Not marked with signs. and a 22-hectare nature preserve is on Saarijärvi where the trail runs to the left. 41. There is a World War I TRENCH in Tillikan- A map can be downloaded from www. 14. LAAMIOPURO STREAM has diverse Niinisaari Island. Visitors’ pier, landing 23. PIRUNKIRKKO CAVE IN RYHÄLÄ. 32. The SYRJÄSALMI ROCK PAINTING is lo- mäki on Rokansaari. puumala.fi/activities or purchased from marsh flora, including rarities. place for canoes and nature trail (2 km). No marker signs. The mouth of the cave cated in Valtola. Signs from Viljakansaar- 42. At the beginning of Virrantaustie road tourist information. 15. The VUORINIEMI escarpment’s upper Signs from Route 62. has collapsed in 2014. entie road, forest trail about 300 metres. there are DUGOUTS made by the Rus- 5. KUKKEISTEN TRAIL is a hiking trail about portion is a vertical stone wall and its low- A total of eight rock paintings have been 3. MUURAMÄKI is a scenic old village site. 24. GLACIAL ROCK FORMATIONS, barren sians during World War I. 10 km long in Kukkeistensalo. The route is er portion a broad field of rocks. There is found in Puumala. Additional information rocks in Hurissalo. Sign on Route 62 at the 4. ELSA HEPORAUTA TRAIL (formerly To- marked with wooden signs. The route is a variety of moss on the underside of the at www.puumala.fi/sightseeing. 43. The SALPA LINE is a World War II defen- rikonpolku Trail) is a hiking and off-road Lomamökki cottages in Reponen. sive line, which in the end never needed accessible from the northern end of the rocks that was thought to be extinct in all 33. A STONE AGE DWELLING is located near biking trail 22 km long that starts at the to be used. Building of the Salpa Line was village fitness track or from Takakuja road of Southern Savonia. 25. TOLLOVUORI in Pukinsalo in Hurissalo. the northern end of the Koskenselkä ridge rest stop on Route 62 in Hylkeenlahti. The started after the Winter War. It includes (when coming from Koskenselkä from Highest peak above Lake Saimaa 67 me- camp site near the village. trail is of medium difficulty, but hiking Venetie road). The landscape is a varied Forests tres. six concrete dugouts right in the centre of equipment, food and a water bottle are 34. Pistohiekka has a Bronze Age ARCHAE- Puumala. The site at Pappilantie 2 is open pine forest. The marsh portion has duck- 26. SÄKKIMÄKI is the archipelago’s highest recommended as there are no services 16. At Suursaari on Kylliöjärvi there is a rare OLOGICAL RELIC SITE and its dwellings. to the public. boards, a resting spot and an outhouse. mountain (133 metres above sea level). It along the trail. The route is marked with TILIA FOREST. It also has Puumala’s only ruins of stone once housed a triangulation tower built by 44. In Jänniemi there are SALPA LINE AR- wooden signs. The first part of the trail, 6. KOSKENSELKÄ NATURE TRAIL structures, an ancient burial place that has 17. The Sielusenmäki OLD-GROWTH FOREST the Russians in 1912. No marker signs. MAMENTS, including fortress-cannon up to Kaijansalontie road, is a forest trail 7. RISTIINA-HURISSALO ROAD is located in Harmaala. The site is marked been partially destroyed. mounts. 27. KUMMAKIVI is a protected area of gla- where in places you may need to walk 8. PUUMALA ARCHIPELAGO ROAD (22 with a Green Gold Cultural Route sign. 35. Kotkatlahti also has a STONE AND cial rocks on the border of Puumala and 45. HUUHKAALA has tank barriers built after your bike. If you start from Pirttimäki, bik- km) crosses 11 islands. A ferry runs on BRONZE AGE DWELLING. Ruokolahti that defies gravity. No marker the Winter War (1939-1940). ing goes smoothly. For the final leg of the Hätinvirta (24 hrs). Sinkhole and Liittokivi trail you can use Kaijansalontie road in- signs. 46. A Salpa Line fortress’s CANNON BATTERY 9. LIETVESI is one of Finland’s most photo- Military history sites stead of the forest trail. The trail is named 18. To Telkonniemi SINKHOLE in Lintusalo. along Hirviniementie road in Sulkava. The graphed lake scenes. The causeway weav- after author Elsa Heporauta, who was The route to the Telkonnimi sinkhole in Beaches Puumala has often been the site of battles cannon battery was built 1940, and it was ing through the heart of Lake Saimaa was born in Sahanlahti. Lintusalo is marked with signs from Miek- between Russian and Sweden. the 30th of its’ kind in Finland. Signs from completed in 1956 and the Lietvesi Bridge 28. ROKANSAARI is known for its excellent kaniementie road. 36. The TREATY OF TURKU BORDER (1743) Kietäväläntie. Route description: Around Torikkojärvi replaced ferry transportation in 1985. The sandy beaches. You can admire fresh-wa- 19. LIITTOKIVI is a rock islet in the middle of ran more or less along Route 62, the cur- Lake, which flows to Lake Saimaa, along road’s unparalleled scenery can be seen ter ponds and lush ridge views from the the Suur-Saimaa ridge. It also marked the rent border of South Savonia and South old trails, dirt roads and village streets. from Pistohiekka and the observation spot island’s trails. At different elevations on Puumala tourist information border between Sweden and Russia in the Karelia. The landscape varies from dry moraine to on the Lietvesi Bridge on Route 62. Rokansaari Island there are current and +358 50 562 0706 damp, deep forests. You can start the hike 18th century. A tragic legend explains the ancient seawalls, some even thousands 37. The first shot in the Gustav III War was Puumala marina information from the rest stop on Route 62 in Hylkeen- rock’s name - ”liitto”, meaning ”union” - of years old. The Rokansaari holiday area fired in VUOLTEENSALMI in 1788. lahti or from Pirttimäki. The trail begins two young lovers perished when their (25 hectares) has six ”retro cottages” +358 400 929 365 boat came loose from its mooring and 38. One of the battles of the Gustav III War across the road from the rest stop. The built in the 1950s and 1970s, a visitor’s was fought in PIRTTIMÄKI. The site has Emergency police / fire / rescue number 112 went adrift. marina, camp-fire spots and a sauna. In

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