Majakivi–Pikanõmme nature trail (7 km)

The 7 km Majakivi-Pikanõmme nature study trail starts from the car park near the village of Virve. This trail takes you through the heart of the Juminda peninsula, where sand ridges covered in pine forests alternate with strips of swamp.

Starting near Virve village, this 7 km figure-of-eight trail crosses the heart of the Juminda peninsula in Lahemaa, where pine-covered sand ridges alternate with strips of swamp. Alone in the middle of the swamp forest stands Majakivi, the largest boulder in Lahemaa, 7 metres high and 32 metres round. The Pikanõmme tower rises at the peninsula's highest point. There is a Cold War story too: in Soviet times a submarine base, a demagnetising station, was built between Virve and Hara, its underwater cables covering all of Hara bay and running 18 km out to neutral waters. Two kilometres of boardwalk help over wet ground.