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Kalastonkoski Rapids path

—•Hiking Trails

0.4 km

Route

Kalastonkoski käymälä

0.4 km|Free

Outdoor Toilets

Kalastonkoski laavu

0.4 km|Free

Wilderness HutsKalastonkosken laavu

Description

Kuhmon kosket – Kalastonkoski+

Description

Kalastonkoski Rapids path is a short hiking link of about 0.4 km in Kuhmo, Kainuu, along the middle reach of the Kalliojoki lake-and-river system. For access to the rapids, parking, duckboards, and the service cluster at the water, the Kalastonkoski page on the Kuhmon kosket site is the clearest starting point. Visit Kuhmo presents the wider 33 km Kalliojoki canoeing route—easy rapids, lake sections, lean-tos and campfire stops—and reminds paddlers to double-check the latest route news on Luontoon.fi. On foot this is a quick riverside walk rather than a day hike. A path and duckboards lead from the car park toward the roughly 500 m rapid on a stretch between small lakes; at the shore you reach Kalastonkoski laavu and Kalastonkoski käymälä roughly at the same spot, with dry toilets for day users and a sheltered place to pause. Treat the lean-to cluster as the main destination: you are visiting a working fishing rapid with a campfire shore, not a long forest loop. Kalalla Kainuussa characterises Kalastonkoski as a ledge-style rapid in forested banks, with grayling as the usual catch and trout possible, and notes a lean-to, outhouse, fire pit and firewood shed beside the water for anglers and visitors. By water, Kalastonkoski laavu also appears along Kalliojoen vesiretkeilyreitti: that canoe and kayak line strings together many small rapids and lakes toward Lentua. If you are assembling a longer paddle, read more about the lean-to and toilets on our Kalastonkoski laavu page and about portages and boat access on the dedicated paddling-route page.

Length & route

The trail is about 0.4 km on our map as a single riverside link to the Kalastonkoski laavu and Kalastonkoski käymälä cluster beside the rapid. Kuhmon kosket describes a car parking area, a footpath, and long duckboards down to the water along a rapid on the order of five hundred metres in length. Treat our kilometre figure as the walking line; sources emphasise the rapid’s length along the river rather than the foot access distance.

Getting there

Approach using the Kalastonkoski site instructions on Kuhmon kosket: they link a National Land Survey map share that marks the car park, then describe the path and duckboards to the rapid. Our mapped start lies near that access corridor on the Kuhmo side of the Kalliojoki system. For combined canoe approaches from Iso-Palonen toward Lentua, Visit Kuhmo summarises put-in logic, distance, duration, and links onward options toward Sotkamo or Tervareitti.

Good to know

Angling on the Kalliojoki joint-licence water requires the correct permit; permit sales and area boundaries are documented through the national licence shop. Dedicated YouTube searches for “Kalastonkoski” did not surface a short trail-overview clip aimed at this footpath; use the official rapids page and paddling overview for planning instead.

History

The wider Kalliojoki waterway was cleared for timber floating in the twentieth century, which heavily reduced trout stocks; fisheries-focused restoration work on the rapids continued until a last major project finished in 2011.

Managed by

Kuhmo

Official Maintenance

GPX data from: © Metsähallitus, 2024

Trail info

Recreation Area

Lake

River

Open / Good Condition

Activities allowed

Hike / Walk

Activity

Terrain & conditions

0.4 km

Distance

About 10–20 minutes one way at an easy walking pace with time at the lean-to and rapid.

Est. Time

Dirt / Duckboards

Surface

Point-to-Point, Single Track

Route Type

Partial Shade

Shade

Light Traffic

Traffic

Location

64.27855°N, 30.04324°E

Approximate location

FinlandCountry

KainuuRegion

KuhmoCity

Hiking TrailsCategory

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Answers to your questions

Our data was researched from Kuhmo, and other trusted sources, in March 2026. Our route / place GPX data comes from Metsähallitus / Lipas, last updated March 2026. Always check their official website for safety-critical updates.

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