Hiking trails ja sights

Broshure Otepää Nature Park (2019, 24 Mb, pdf)

Murrumetsa hiking trail

  • Start and finish in the parking lot of Pühajärve Holiday Centre
  • Length (duration): 3.5 km (1–1.5 hours)
  • Marking: direction signs
  • Keywords: Lake Pühajärv landscapes, Murrumets, Pühajärve War Oak and War oak woods, hiking
  • Campfire sites: Angunina
  • Hiking trail manager: RMK, info.kiidjarve@rmk.ee, tel +372 676 7122
  • Trail description and map in English, in Finnish – 1,7 Mb (pdf)

Lake Pühajärv hiking trail

  • Start and finish in the parking lot of Otepää Nature Centre
  • Length (duration): 13 km (3–4 hours)
  • Marking: direction signs, marking yellow-white-yellow
  • Keywords: Lake Pühajärv, Kolga Farm, Armuallikas, Hobus(t)emägi, beginning of Väike-Emajõgi, Murrumets, Pühajärve War Oak, hiking
  • Campfire sites: Angunina, Kiigemäe, Kooliranna
  • Hiking trail manager: RMK, info.kiidjarve@rmk.ee, tel +372 676 7122
  • Trail description and map in English – 1,5 Mb (pdf)

Pühajärve hiking trail will lead you to the immediate surroundings of Estonia's most unique and beautiful lake. It is one of the oldest hiking trails in Estonia, based on a trail prepared by Linda Tammeorg in 1975 who at the time was the forest manager of the Pühajärve forest district. Part of the trail (ca 2.2 km) runs along the foot and bicycle path next to Otepää-Kääriku road.

Apteekrimägi forest trail

  • Start and finish in the parking lot of Otepää Sports Hall (Koolitare 5A)
  • Length (duration): 4 km (1 hour)
  • Marking: direction signs
  • Keywords: Apteekrimäe and Musimäe forest landscape, jogging, health walk
  • Hiking trail manager: RMK, info.kiidjarve@rmk.ee, tel +372 676 7122
  • Trail description and map in English, in Finnish – 1,2 Mb (pdf)

Kekkose hiking trail

  • Start and finish in the parking lot of Kääriku Ski Stadium
  • Length (duration): 15 km (3–6 hour)
  • Marking: direction signs
  • Keywords: Kääriku forest landscapes, Harimäe observation tower, mountain biking, cross-country skiing, jogging, health walk
  • Campfire sites: Harimägi
  • Hiking trail manager: Kääriku Sports Center
  • Trail description and map in English, in Finnish – 1,4 Mb (pdf)

Pühajärve-Kääriku trail

  • Start: from Otepää on the crossroads of Pühajärve road and Mäe street, finish: Kääriku
  • Length: 11 km, ski track in the winter starting at the Pühajärve Holiday Center (8.5 km)
  • Keywords: health walk, running, cycling, roller skating and roller skiing, cross-country skiing
  • Hiking trail manager: Otepää municipality