Riisa study trail

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Description:

You will find a sign by the Jõesuu-Tõramaa Road that invites you to a boardwalk in the beautiful Riisa bog. The trail passes 8 rest stops and a watchtower. A motorway, a car park, and an outhouse are located right by the gate at the beginning of the trail. The hike begins in a spacious bog and briefly runs through the forest. In places like these, you can see the forest turning into a bog and vice versa – dry ground is replaced by wet land, and swamp plants with ancient spruce forests. You can also see some beautiful swamp pools by the trail. This is perfect location for a family picnic as well.

The bus stop at the beginning of the trail doesn´t have an elevated platform which makes it difficult to arrive by bus. Parking spaces available at the beginning of the trail with a ramp leading to the path. At the beginning of the trail, there is a toilet (no handrails, but enough space for a larger wheelchair). At the end of the trail, there is a swimming spot with wooden handrails for support, a few steps, and a resting bench. The boardwalk has edges and passing points along the trail. The accessible part of the trail is an out-and-back route.

There are no tactile signs or other elements to support visually impaired visitors along the route.

Wheelchair users and parents with baby-strollers can access the first stretch of the trail (till the first swamp pool at the 1,2 km mark)

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.