Nõmmeveski campfire site

The campfire site on the right bank of Lahemaa’s largest river, the Valgejõgi River, is a suitable stopping place for passers-by on RMK’s Oandu-Aegviidu-Ikla hiking route. The campfire site offers a wonderful view of the river from the 20 metre high shore.

Nõmmeveski campfire site stands about 20 m above the Valgejõgi, Lahemaa's largest river, on the right bank of its canyon. Here the river cuts through the North Estonian limestone cliff, and the steep valley walls are strewn with broken blocks of bedrock. Just downstream it drops over the Nõmmeveski falls, about 1.2 m high, and the water has a yellowish tint from iron-rich bog water upstream. Beside the falls lie the ruins of the Nõmmeveski hydroelectric station, completed in 1927 and destroyed by fire in 1964. A shady cliff-foot forest grows in the gorge, and a spring 20 m below the falls gives drinking water.