1325 Kivisuontie, 41710, Joutsa
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This large national park car park provides direct access to walking trails, with routes of 4.5 and 5.5 km and an MTB route of 22 km. It has a dry or compost toilet, picnic benches and shelters, but no rubbish bins. The forest setting is usually quiet, especially in winter, although it can become busy and noisy around the picnic tables on Saturday evenings.
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Listing copied from our source, 48 days ago
Listing copied from our source, 48 days ago
Fantastic beautiful place in or by the forest and national park. You can walk here (4.5 and 5.5 km) and cycle a mountain-bike route (22 km). It was very quiet, with only two other campers, but the grounds are enormous—nicer than the other place in the national park. We slept wonderfully. The disadvantage is that there are no garbage bins.
Excellent place in the middle of the forest. Easily accessible over snow-covered roads with a two-wheel-drive Fiat Ducato. A short walk to the lake, where there is an opportunity to make a campfire. No garbage bins, but there is a composting toilet and picnic benches. We were alone overnight and it was quiet.
Quiet in winter—space for about 10 campers due to snow.
Very large parking area. We arrived midday Saturday and it was very busy, got a spot as people left. Dry toilet which smelt bad - to be expected. Location is excellent though - direct access to trails. Note that the nearby beach cannot be accessed. We were going to stay the night but after a great hike we still had plenty of day light so kept moving.
The place is very beautiful and well maintained. The toilets were clean. It is quiet from 8 p.m.
Large parking area suitable even for large motorhomes. Beautiful hikes start here. Avoid Saturday evening, when young people come to get drunk at the picnic tables.
Very quiet place during the winter, place for around 10 campers the way the snow is ploughed. The last 300-500meters can be very icy - so drive carefully if not having winter tyres.
Had a quiet night and great hiking trails.
Peaceful place to spend the night, with shelters and a toilet nearby. Good outdoor trails for families with children too.
Large parking area, quiet in the evening and at night. Unfortunately, the mobile-phone network is not the best.
Great place! Quiet and undisturbed at night.
Nice place to spend a night. Clean. Toilet was also clean. Lot of cars. If you want to be alone, not good for you.
Parking itself isn’t anything spectacular but seems to be pretty calm and there is lot of space. The national park itself should be your reason to come - I only had time to do a little run to stretch my legs but next time I would spend a night or two. Renting a kayak or going for a bit longer hike or bike ride would be amazing.
Very quiet place to spend the night. Unfortunately, there are quite a lot of aggressive mosquitoes at night. The red hiking trail has a very nice fire pit. There is also an opportunity to swim there, and plenty of firewood is available.