Lake Liepāja Zirgu Island Trail
Nature trails, Audio info available, Tactile objects and/or info in Braille, Accessible, Accessible to parents with baby-strollers, Accessible toilet
Object list
Trail audio:
Listen to trail audio
Trail’s Relive video
Video with Māris Ceirulis
Description:
Lake Liepāja Zirgu Island trail is a nice walking trail, with several pathways at the start, including a wide, good-quality wooden boardwalk along the coast with few viewing platforms. There are few outdoor gym devices and resting areas with picnic tables and grilling sites along the boardwalk. At the end of the boardwalk, the path continues along a narrow dam, with a watching tower for bird watching and enjoying the nice views over the lake landscape.
The trail is accessible to wheelchair users and parents with baby strollers (except the watching tower). Yet, movement on the dam stretch of the trail may be challenging due to small stones on the pavement. Assistant is also suggested at the wooden boardwalk stretch – although planks are situated perpendicularly to the direction of movement, yet space between planks exceeds 1 cm and when turning the wheelchair, the small wheels might get stuck.
Accessibility
Facilities
There is also a Nature house at the start of the trail (accessible).
Rules to follow
Jet skis forbidden.
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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Location:
Nature Reserve: Lake Liepāja, Liepāja
Suggested starting point:
Zirgu Island parking lot
GPS coordinates:
Lat:56.51718;Lon:21.03084
Hiking time:
0,5 – 1 h (one direction)
Distance:
2 km (one direction)
Marking:
Not marked, but can easily follow the trail. Direction sign at the start of the trail.
Type:
Loop
Trail surface:
Wooden boardwalk, gravel road
Getting there:
With a car, with a bus
Trail administrator:
Liepāja City Council, T: +371 63404750, E: pasts@liepaja.lv
Info:
Liepāja Region Tourism Information Office, 5/6 Rožu Square, Liepāja, T: +371 29402111, info@liepaja.travel, liepaja.travel
Closest shops, gas stations:
Liepāja
Trail audio:
Listen to trail audio
Trail’s Relive video
Video with Māris Ceirulis
Description:
Lake Liepāja Zirgu Island trail is a nice walking trail, with several pathways at the start, including a wide, good-quality wooden boardwalk along the coast with few viewing platforms. There are few outdoor gym devices and resting areas with picnic tables and grilling sites along the boardwalk. At the end of the boardwalk, the path continues along a narrow dam, with a watching tower for bird watching and enjoying the nice views over the lake landscape.
The trail is accessible to wheelchair users and parents with baby strollers (except the watching tower). Yet, movement on the dam stretch of the trail may be challenging due to small stones on the pavement. Assistant is also suggested at the wooden boardwalk stretch – although planks are situated perpendicularly to the direction of movement, yet space between planks exceeds 1 cm and when turning the wheelchair, the small wheels might get stuck.
Accessibility
Facilities
There is also a Nature house at the start of the trail (accessible).
Rules to follow
Jet skis forbidden.
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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