Käsmu nature and culture historical trail (4.2 km)

The trail starts at the Käsmu cemetery and chapel, running through the rocky forest to Matsikivi and on to Vana-Jüri, before returning along the village road. In the cemetery you will find the names of almost all the famous captains from the nearby captains’ village, including those who died far from home.

This 4.2 km loop starts at the Käsmu cemetery and chapel, where almost every famous captain of the village is named, including those who died far from home. It then crosses Estonia's largest boulder field, some 400 hectares of erratics dropped by the melting ice sheet, to Matsikivi, also called the Hermit, the biggest at 14.7 m round and 4.7 m high. From Vana-Jüri point you see Lobineem, Saartneem or Devil's Island and Palganeem. Käsmu, first recorded in 1453, became a village of sailors; its maritime school ran from 1884 to 1931, and pale captains' houses line the village road.