Trail in Black-alder Swamp
Nature trails, Accessible to parents with baby-strollers, Accessible toilet, Partly accessible
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Description:
The trail introduces with a moist broadleaf forest – the black-alder swamp on the coast of River Vēršupīte. The black-alder swamp is particularly exciting in spring and early summer, when the swamp forest blossoms with gorgeous spring flowers, Marsh-marigolds and lots of forest birds can be seen and heard around. Yet the trail offers a nice walk also in the fall, when herbs gradually turn yellow and the variety of mushrooms and mosses on bare tree trunks stand out. In winter, the wet dams and the frozen river is covered with snow and feature the footprints of different animals.
Almost all woodpeckers found in Latvia, including the park symbol – white-backed woodpecker, recognise the black-alder swamp as a suitable habitat. The wooden boardwalk in the black-alder swamp is connected with the Forest trail, which goes through a dry deciduous forest. Its length is around 600 m and it stretches along the paths of historical Ķemeri health resort park until the sulphurous spring pavilion The Lizard “Ķirzaciņa” (~ 800 m) and the centre of Ķemeri (~ 1 km). The Forest trail is not accessible to people in wheelchairs.
Accessibility
Wooden planks are not installed perpendicularly to the direction of movement and gaps between planks exceed 1 cm, however there is a metal sieve laid on the planks, which allows the boardwalk to be accessed by people in wheelchairs.
Facilities
Rules to follow
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Location:
Ķemeri National Park
Suggested starting point:
1 Tūristu Street, Ķemeri
GPS coordinates:
Lat:56.95192, Lon:23.51322
Hiking time:
0,5 h
Distance:
1 km
Marking:
Not marked, but can easily follow the trail
Type:
Loop
Trail surface:
Wooden boardwalk 1,2 m wide, but no exchange areas, therefore the movement direction indicated in information stands should be observed. . At the start and end of the trail – asphalt and gravel.
Getting there:
With a car. With a bus or with a train till Ķemeri.
Trail administrator:
Nature Conservation Agency, Pierīga Regional Administration, T: +371 67730078, E: pieriga@daba.gov.lv
Info:
Nature Education Centre “Meža māja”, 1 Tūristu Street, Ķemeri, T: +371 29149365, www.daba.gov.lv; Tukums County Tourism Information Centre, 5 Talsu Street, Tukums, T: +371 28311557, tic@tukums.lv, www.visittukums.lv
Closest shops, gas stations:
Ķemeri
Slope:
At the start of the boardwalk 14,4% slope, 2m
Watch the trail video:
Description:
The trail introduces with a moist broadleaf forest – the black-alder swamp on the coast of River Vēršupīte. The black-alder swamp is particularly exciting in spring and early summer, when the swamp forest blossoms with gorgeous spring flowers, Marsh-marigolds and lots of forest birds can be seen and heard around. Yet the trail offers a nice walk also in the fall, when herbs gradually turn yellow and the variety of mushrooms and mosses on bare tree trunks stand out. In winter, the wet dams and the frozen river is covered with snow and feature the footprints of different animals.
Almost all woodpeckers found in Latvia, including the park symbol – white-backed woodpecker, recognise the black-alder swamp as a suitable habitat. The wooden boardwalk in the black-alder swamp is connected with the Forest trail, which goes through a dry deciduous forest. Its length is around 600 m and it stretches along the paths of historical Ķemeri health resort park until the sulphurous spring pavilion The Lizard “Ķirzaciņa” (~ 800 m) and the centre of Ķemeri (~ 1 km). The Forest trail is not accessible to people in wheelchairs.
Accessibility
Wooden planks are not installed perpendicularly to the direction of movement and gaps between planks exceed 1 cm, however there is a metal sieve laid on the planks, which allows the boardwalk to be accessed by people in wheelchairs.
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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