Daugavgrīva nature trail
Nature trails, Accessible, Accessible to parents with baby-strollers, Accessible toilet, Parking lot for handicaps
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Description:
The trail is easy to reach from the city centre, therefore, similar to Mangaļsala, this is an ideal destination for those who want to have a short break out from the city fuss and enjoy nature.
The trail allows to take a tour in the nature park and see its reeds and lagoons. This is a perfect place for bird watching, since the whole territory is crossed by one of the most important bird migration routes in Europe. There is a bird viewing platform along the trail, built in two levels, allowing to observe the birds and the wide meadows of the nature park.
The first stretch of the trail (brick paved straight path leading to the sea), as well as the first level of the bird viewing platform, are accessible to people in wheelchairs. The beach sand area, though, is not accessible, so it will not be possible to reach the water in a wheelchair. The continuation of the trail – the wooden boardwalk of the Cognitive path stretching through the park meadows and reeds – is not accessible to people in wheelchairs, since the width of the boardwalk is only 75cm. Depending on the type of the baby-stroller and skills of the driver, the boardwalk, although quite narrow, might be accessible to parents with baby-strollers.
Accessibility
Wheelchair users can access the first stretch of the trail, as well as the viewing platfrom.
Facilities
Rules to follow
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Location:
Nature Park Piejūra, Riga
Suggested starting point:
Last stop of bus No.3
GPS coordinates:
Lat:57.03688, Lon:24.01852
Hiking time:
Whole loop - 1 h. Hiking time for the accessible stretch – 0,5h (one direction).
Distance:
Whole loop - 4 km. Length of the accessible stretch - 1 km (one direction).
Marking:
Direction sign in the beginning of the trail and at the start of the Cognitive path
Type:
Accessibile path: out-and-back. Whole track - loop.
Trail surface:
Accessible sstretch - brick paving (total width incl. the cycling lane is 3m, pedestrian lane - 1,7m wide). Cognitive path - well-trodden path, wooden boardwalk 75 cm wide, no exchange areas, not accessible for people in wheelchairs. Start of the trail at the parking lot and dry toilets – asphalt.
Getting there:
With a car or with a bus till Daugavgrīva
Trail administrator:
Nature Conservation Agency, Pierīga Regional Administration, T: +371 67730078, E: pieriga@daba.gov.lv; Riga City Council City Development Department, T: +371 67105800, E: pad@riga.lv
Info:
Riga Tourism Information Centre, Rātslaukums 6, Riga, T: +371 67037900, info@rigatic.lv, www.liveriga.com
Closest shops, gas stations:
Nīca, Liepāja
Slope:
Turning off the brick paved path on to the Cognitive path ~20% slope, 4 m
Watch the trail video:
Description:
The trail is easy to reach from the city centre, therefore, similar to Mangaļsala, this is an ideal destination for those who want to have a short break out from the city fuss and enjoy nature.
The trail allows to take a tour in the nature park and see its reeds and lagoons. This is a perfect place for bird watching, since the whole territory is crossed by one of the most important bird migration routes in Europe. There is a bird viewing platform along the trail, built in two levels, allowing to observe the birds and the wide meadows of the nature park.
The first stretch of the trail (brick paved straight path leading to the sea), as well as the first level of the bird viewing platform, are accessible to people in wheelchairs. The beach sand area, though, is not accessible, so it will not be possible to reach the water in a wheelchair. The continuation of the trail – the wooden boardwalk of the Cognitive path stretching through the park meadows and reeds – is not accessible to people in wheelchairs, since the width of the boardwalk is only 75cm. Depending on the type of the baby-stroller and skills of the driver, the boardwalk, although quite narrow, might be accessible to parents with baby-strollers.
Accessibility
Wheelchair users can access the first stretch of the trail, as well as the viewing platfrom.
Facilities
Rules to follow
Download the GPX of the trail
In order to open the GPX file with the trail route on a mobile phone or computer, please install one of the hiking apps or maps, e.g., Wikiloc, Outdooractive, ViewRanger, OS Maps or any other GPX file reading programme or application.
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