Hiiumaa: stories, campsites, saunas and trails

Ghost story 7 all over Estonia →

• The phantom horseman of Suuremõisa cellar
• The laughing apparition of Viilopi lake
• The goblins' paths on Ümatsi hill near Puski
• The evil spirit's ride to Pühalepa parsonage
• The child-shaped water spirit of Kärdla river
• The black dog at Heltermaa harbour
• The ghost boat of the torch-fishers, Mänspää

Legend 14 all over Estonia →

• Suur Tõll and Leiger
• The Hill of Crosses, Hiiumaa
• The false lights of Hiiumaa
• The Old Devil's pocket stones at Pühalepa
• The devil's door-stone at Kõpu
• Suur Tõll's jealous throw at Käina church
• The hiis maidens of Kassari and their red dogs
• The golden fish of Kalana
• The grey boy of the plague at Hellamaa
• The Devil's forge in Kallaste cliff
• Leiger's hills at Reigi
• Leiger's grave at Kõpu
• Kuri: the hill where the Devil wrecked a church
• The vanishing millstones of Kõrgessaare manor

Mystery or the unexplained 3 all over Estonia →

• Kärdla crater: the volcano that wasn't
• The shipwrecked sailor's labyrinth at Kootsaare
• A Swedish dowser hunts for oil at Vaemla

True crime 2 all over Estonia →

• Baron Ungern-Sternberg and the death of Captain Malm
• The graves at Oomäe

Smugglers, spies & escapes 2 all over Estonia →

• The last fight of the Emmaste Forest Brothers
• Alar, the ship that missed its escape

Shipwreck or sea mystery 18 all over Estonia →

• HMS E18, the submarine that never came home
• The lightship of Hiiu Shoal
• Kassari's survivors row to Kõrgessaare
• The minelayer West in Hari Strait
• The Latvian steamer Krimulda in the Väinameri
• E. Russ, the freighter full of cars
• Gullkrona: shipwrecked Finns taken for spies
• The minesweeper Shchit off south-west Hiiumaa
• The brig Aid, aground off Hiiumaa
• Minesweeper T-212 Shtag in Soela Strait
• Submarine M-94, torpedoed off Hiiumaa
• Submarine M-81 on the Laine bank
• Minesweeper Imanta at the entrance of Soela Strait
• German motor torpedo boat S-106 north of Hiiumaa
• Houtdik, a Dutch steamer mined off Kõpu
• Zemlya, one of U-26's victims off Vormsi
• Survivors of the barque Neptun row ashore at Ristna
• Tormilind, pride of the Baltic sailing fleet, capsizes off Tahkuna

Battle or uprising 1 all over Estonia →

• Operation Siegfried lands on Hiiumaa

Fire, flood or disaster 4 all over Estonia →

• Kärdla air crash
• Muhu masons strike at the Kõrgessaare silk factory
• An unknown aircraft drops bombs near Leigri
• The great forest fire at the gates of Kärdla

Famous life 3 all over Estonia →

• Rudolf Tobias's birth home in Käina
• Ahto Walter's round-the-world yacht puts into Kärdla
• The wind turbine that howled like a siren in Kärdla

First or record 1 all over Estonia →

• The first airmail to Hiiumaa lands on the sea at Kärdla

Lost building or monument 2 all over Estonia →

• Kärdla cloth factory, the mill that built a town
• A child's explosives burn down Kassari manor house

Manor 6 all over Estonia →

• Partsi Manor
• Kõrgessaare Manor
• Suuremõisa Manor
• Lauka Manor
• Loja Manor
• Orjaku Manor

Folk song 2 all over Estonia →

• Folk tune from Emmaste: “Sõrmiline (roopill): “Torupilli Jussi labajalg””
• Folk song from Ülendi: “RAHVALOOMINGU VARASALVEST. Lisette Laur, Marie Jugapuu ja Leena Pihel”

Ancient site 2

• Põlise leppe kivid
• Kootsaare kivilabürint

Memorial or cemetery 4

• Käina cemetery
• Kärdla cemetery
• Kivi-Jüri
• Kärdla Cemetery

Archive documentary 2

• The X-ray bus at Kõpu lighthouse, 1976
• President Päts visits Hiiumaa, 1938

Historic recording 3

• With a microphone on Hiiumaa, 1961
• Elli Küttim sings the songs of Kõpu, 1962
• Kärdla children's music school is named after Rudolf Tobias, 1973

Landscape 2

• Ristimägi
• Suuremõisa manor park

Erratic boulder 9

• Kukka kivi
• Kõpu suurkivi; Lepistepao suurkivi; Kõrgessaare suurkivi
• Hiiesaare Silmakivi
• Suurikpõllu suurkivi
• Unikivi
• Leiger's pocket stone at Sõru
• Leiger's stone at Männamaa
• Tõll's seat on the Tihu hay meadow
• Aresma, the Devil's sleeping stone at Kerema

Church or chapel 11

• Reigi Church
• Emmaste Church
• Käina Church
• Kärdla Church
• Kuriste Church
• Pühalepa Church
• Kõpu Orthodox church
• Paluküla Church
• Käina Churchyard
• Puski orthodox church
• Kassari chapel

Historic building 2

• Suuremõisa Dutch mill
• Kärdla fire station

Windmill or watermill 1

• Pihla tuulik

Lighthouse 5

• Kõpu Lighthouse
• Tahkuna Lighthouse
• Ristna Lighthouse
• Sõru rear lighthouse
• Hiiessaare lighthouse

Campsites 9 all over Estonia →

• Hirmuste campsite
• Kaleste campsite
• Luidja campsite
• Mägipä campsite
• Ninaotsa campsite
• Palli campsite
• Sääretirbi campsite
• Sarve campsite
• Tõrvanina campsite

Free forest huts 5 all over Estonia →

• Kalurikoja forest hut
• Kapasto forest hut
• Leemeti forest hut
• Metsapere forest hut
• Tihu forest hut

Forest houses to rent 1 all over Estonia →

• Leemeti rental hut

Saunas 2 all over Estonia →

• RMK Ristna Visitor Centre
• Roose sauna house

Hiking trails 2 all over Estonia →

• Kärdla hiking trail (4 km)
• Leemeti hiking trail (2+3 km)

Nature study trails 11 all over Estonia →

• Hirmuste study trail (1.3 km)
• Kaleste study trail (1.8 km)
• Kõrgessaare orchids’ study trail (100 m)
• Neljateeristi study trail (3 km)
• Orjaku study trail (0.7 km to 2 km)
• Palli study trail (1.5 km)
• Rebastemäe study trail (1.5 km)
• Ristna study trail (1.5 km)
• Tihu study trail (1.2 km)
• Tõrvanina study trail (4 km)
• Vanajõe valley study trail (1 km)

Observation towers 3 all over Estonia →

• Orjaku study trail’s Silmakare observation tower (700 m from the parking)
• Rebastemäe study trail’s Kaplimäe observation tower (700 m from the parking)
• Rebastemäe study trail’s Rebastemäe observation tower (70 m from the parking)

Campfire sites 6 all over Estonia →

• Autobaasi campfire site
• Laasimetsa campfire site
• Ränkaja campfire site
• Remmelko campfire site
• Säärenina campfire site
• Vanajõe valley campfire site

Rest stops 2

• Kallaste cliff rest stop
• Kõpu Suurkivi rest stop

Visitor centres 1

• Ristna Visitor Center

• Kõpu lighthouse
• Tahkuna lighthouse
• Ristna lighthouse
• Sääretirp spit
• Hill of Crosses (Ristimägi)
• Orjaku bird tower