Purskava allika campfire site

The Oostriku River was guided into a new riverbed, when the culvert was built in 1975. So a small island was formed, on which now the ‘Artesian spring’ campfire site can be found.

The 'gushing spring' campfire site lies on a tiny island in the Endla Nature Reserve, Järva County, created in 1975 when the Oostriku River was moved into a new bed while a culvert was being built. Its spring is man-made: decades ago geologists mapping the area struck a water vein, and groundwater burst out of their borehole pipe almost a metre high. The artesian pressure has weakened since then, just as at the nearby Valtri well, but the water still flows from a wrought-iron spout. Only one tent may be pitched here, and you must bring your own firewood. The Norra–Oostriku springs are signposted about 7 km before the site.