The Haltiala primeval forest presents the full lifecycle of trees. You can move on the marked routes in the nature reserve. Cycling and departing from the route are prohibited under the protective regulations of the nature reserve. There are a few signposts along the route.
Contact information
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Location
Haltialan aarnialue,
00690
Helsinki
The outdoor trail
- There are no parking spaces marked as accessible in the parking area. The information board about the nature trail is less than 20 m away. The surface of the parking area is stone ash.
- In the parking area there is an accessible dry toilet (outhouse).
- The pick-up and drop-off area is located under 20 m from the information board.
- The nature trail forms a network of routes. The length of the route is about 3 km.
- Kuninkaantammentietä pitkin pysäköintialueelta on noin 600 metriä matkaa Aarnialueen polkujen alkuun. Kuninkaantammentieltä poluille liityttäessä on ensin noin 30 metriä melko tasaista luonnonalustaa, jonka jälkeen alkaa lankkupolku. Lankkupolkua pitkin pääsee kulkemaan noin 350 metriä, ennen kuin vastaan tulee juurakkoisempia osuuksia. Lankkupolun leveys on 1,5 metriä, minkä lisäksi reitillä on muutamia leveämpiä ohituspaikkoja.
- There are 4 information boards along the nature trail, which are placed at the central crossroads of the route.
- There are signposts at central crossroads of the route.
- The nature trail is hard all the way but partly uneven (bumps). The surface of the passageway is in part fine crushed rock, stones and roots, boardwalk (planks across).
- The route is wide all the way, but otherwise not suitable for wheelchairs or strollers.
- The route has steep hills, the largest of which has 10 meters or more height difference from bottom to top (steepest angle of ascent 27 %).
- Along the nature trail, there are and a rest stop with benches for taking a break. The benches are sized for adults.