Ojaäärse forest trail (3.5 km)

The trail begins and ends at RMK’s Riverside Holiday House, winding through the forests between the Kuresoo and Pikapõllu streams. The forest trail is marked with signs and colour markings on the trees.

From RMK's Ojaäärse nature house in Lahemaa, this 3.5 km loop winds through the forests between the Kuresoo and Pikapõllu streams. These woods once belonged to Palmse manor, then to the state forest districts of Sagadi and Oruveski, while farms stood by the streams. Heritage survives in the landscape: boundary or cross stones, a tar kiln, the sites of old bridges, ancient roads, milestones, a temporary sawmill site and old place names. The forests are mostly bright pine; the far part lies outside the national park, among mushroom-rich young pines, some planted by schoolchildren in 2012. Follow the signs, as the route has changed.