Harimäe observation tower

A scenic view of Southern Estonian landscape. An observation tower stands at Tartu Marathon trail.

Rebuilt in 2025, the Harimäe tower near Otepää is a 27.5-metre steel structure softened with wooden detail, with four platforms, the highest 24 metres above the ground. From the top you see across the hills of the Otepää upland to the Valga lowland and the Karula upland, a classic South Estonian patchwork of hills, lakes and forest. The course of the Tartu Ski Marathon runs past the foot of the tower, as does the 15 km Kekkonen trail, named after the Finnish president's visit in 1964. Autumn colours and winter frost are the times to climb.