Archipelago National Park Trails

Hiking Trails

Starting Points for Trails

There are nature trails on the following islands:

• Berghamn, Väståboland, 60° 03,4´, 21°47,8´
• Boskär, Väståboland, 60° 02,0´, 21° 46,7´
• Holma, Kimitoön, 59° 54,47´, 22°22,25´
• Högland, Kimitoön, 60° 06,5´, 22° 60° 06,5’ 22° 18,9’
• Jungfruskär, Väståboland, 60° 08,30, 21° 04,70
• Konungskär, Birsskär, Väståboland, 60°03,9´, 21° 35,0´
• Stora Hästö, Väståboland, 60° 04,4´, 21° 32,4´
• Yxskär, Kimitoön, 59° 52,5´, 22° 03,5´
• Björkö, Väståboland, 59º 53,9´, 21º 40,7´
• Kråkskär, Väståboland, 59º 58,4´, 22º 02,6´

Nature Trails

• There are two nature trails in
Holma. Linsno, about 600 m, shows the traditional landscape and Gylpö, about 2 km, the archipelago forest.
Högland is the highest island of the Archipelago. It rises 41 m above the sea level. The nature trail, about 1,5 km, leads to the highest point of the island, where there is a scenic lookout tower. At the shore there are old crofter’s cottage grounds.
Yxskär is an old pasture island of the people from Vänö Island. On the 800-m-long nature trail you can learn about the plants and birds of the area.
• In
Berghamn there are two nature trails, which begin at the Berghamn Nature Information Hut. One going to east is about 500 m long, and the other going to Kummelberget in the west side is about 800 m.
• On
Boskär´s nature trail, 700 m, you can get to know the natural features of the leaf fodder meadow.
• Around
Konungskär Open Wilderness Hut there is a nature trail, which is about 300 m long.
Stora Hästö is a rugged outer island, where there is a 1,3-km-long nature trail. The first underwatertrail in the Archipelago, about 200 m long, is in the west side of the island.
• Along the
3-km-long nature trail in Jungfruskär you will see the oldest traditional landscape area of the National Park.
• The
nature trail (map, pdf-file, 267kB) in Björkö island is some 2,3 km and takes you along the lake "Insjön".
• Kråkskär, a former fishermens settlement.

If you are interested in a guided tour please contact our cooperation partners.