Beaver Trail Nature Path and Soomaa National Park Visitor Centre
Objects of interest, Tactile objects and/or info in Braille, Accessible, Accessible to parents with baby-strollers, Partly accessible
Object list
The trail begins next to the Soomaa National Park Visitor Centre and can be accessed by transport year-round. During winter and spring floods, however, most of the boardwalk is submerged. The Beaver Trail takes you through different types of forest – a shady spruce stand, a bright birch forest with ferns, and a wet alder forest along the banks of the Mardu stream, where a beaver family has settled. Along the way, you can observe the traces of their activity up close. Information boards along the trail highlight interesting natural features and the achievements of beaver construction.
Description
The trail starts in front of the visitor centre and continues over a grass-grid surface onto the boardwalk. The boardwalk has edges and occasional handrails on either the right or left side. There are passing points along the way. At the beginning of the trail, there is a toilet with limited accessibility and a resting area. There are also two additional resting areas along the trail.
There is a short tactile path leading to the ramp that leads to the Soomaa National Park Visitor Centre where there is an accessible toilet, a platform lift to the second floor. The Visitor Centre offers nature education programmes for educational institutions and an exhibition The soon-to-be-opened (from 2026) permanent exhibition “Through Soomaa with a Dugout Canoe”.
There is another toilet at the beginning of trail, which can be hard to access with mobility aid.
The trail is covered with wooden boardwalk and is round, because not it´s not wheelchair accessible throughout. There are seating options and viewingpoint on the trail.
No markings or information with QR codes for the blind. However, the boardwalk has a railing which might make it easier to navigate. Also, there is guidepath from the parkingspot to the Visitor Centre´s ramp.
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Location:
Tipu, 71280 Viljandi county
Phone:
+372 526 1924
Website:
Beaver trail study trail
Type of trail:
Round (in and out)
Trail cover:
Wooden boardwalk
Distance:
1.8 km
The trail begins next to the Soomaa National Park Visitor Centre and can be accessed by transport year-round. During winter and spring floods, however, most of the boardwalk is submerged. The Beaver Trail takes you through different types of forest – a shady spruce stand, a bright birch forest with ferns, and a wet alder forest along the banks of the Mardu stream, where a beaver family has settled. Along the way, you can observe the traces of their activity up close. Information boards along the trail highlight interesting natural features and the achievements of beaver construction.
Description
The trail starts in front of the visitor centre and continues over a grass-grid surface onto the boardwalk. The boardwalk has edges and occasional handrails on either the right or left side. There are passing points along the way. At the beginning of the trail, there is a toilet with limited accessibility and a resting area. There are also two additional resting areas along the trail.
There is a short tactile path leading to the ramp that leads to the Soomaa National Park Visitor Centre where there is an accessible toilet, a platform lift to the second floor. The Visitor Centre offers nature education programmes for educational institutions and an exhibition The soon-to-be-opened (from 2026) permanent exhibition “Through Soomaa with a Dugout Canoe”.
There is another toilet at the beginning of trail, which can be hard to access with mobility aid.
The trail is covered with wooden boardwalk and is round, because not it´s not wheelchair accessible throughout. There are seating options and viewingpoint on the trail.
No markings or information with QR codes for the blind. However, the boardwalk has a railing which might make it easier to navigate. Also, there is guidepath from the parkingspot to the Visitor Centre´s ramp.
Accessibility
Facilities
11 Photos
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