Lahemaa · Easy · Circular

Käsmu nature and culture trail, a loop from the chapel

A short loop round Käsmu in Lahemaa National Park, by the Matsikivi and Vana-Jüri boulders and Estonia's largest field of erratic stones.

Distance
4.3 km (2.7 mi)
Ascent
10 m
Time
About 1 h
High point
16 m
Grade
Easy
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Käsmu nature and culture trail, a loop from the chapel
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The walk

From Käsmu cemetery and chapel, follow RMK's marked nature and culture trail clockwise through the village and into the forest, by the Matsikivi and Vana-Jüri boulders and the boulder field in the pines, and return along the village road. Information boards on the way tell how the smallest peninsula of the national park was formed and about the village.

It is 4.3 km round with 10 m of climb; allow about 1 hour. The grade is Easy: forest path, track and quiet village road. RMK gives 4.2 km.

Lahemaa is a national park with visiting rules: keep to the marked trail. RMK also asks walkers to follow its hygiene guidance because of African swine fever in wild boar.

The trail starts at the chapel; RMK says there is parking at the chapel and at the end of the village, though no car park is mapped at the chapel in OpenStreetMap. There is a dry toilet and a waste bin at the start. There is no railway station nearby.

Route drawn by Global Adventurer along OpenStreetMap paths (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), with figures worked out from it. Check the forecast and the ground on the day: paths change.

Good to know

  • RMK, the state forest authority, runs it as an educational trail of 4.2 km round Käsmu, on the smallest peninsula of Lahemaa National Park
  • It starts at the Käsmu cemetery and chapel, passes the Matsikivi and Vana-Jüri boulders and returns along the village road
  • RMK says there is parking at the chapel and at the end of the village; the chapel itself has no car park mapped in OpenStreetMap

Getting there

Start: Käsmu chapel and cemetery. 59.61446, 25.91305

Directions to the start

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Paths change, and the weather decides the day. The line is drawn along OpenStreetMap paths and the figures are worked out from it; take a map, check the forecast, and turn back if it isn't right.