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Huosilampi accessible trail

—•Hiking Trails

0.8 km

Route

P 1

Description

Visit Suomussalmi – Huosilammen esteetön polku+

Description

For up-to-date structures and distances around Huosilampi, start with Visit Suomussalmi’s Huosilampi trail page. Metsähallitus, Parks & Wildlife Finland presents the wider Hossa National Park destination on Luontoon.fi—useful context when you are planning services, permits, and seasonal rules in the park. Suomussalmi lies in Kainuu a short way from the busy Hossa Nature Centre at Jatkonsalmentie 6. The trail is about 0.8 km; Visit Suomussalmi describes roughly 1.3 km when you include the approach from the nature centre parking and the circuit along the lake. The route is an easy, family-friendly walk in spirit but carries Finland’s “demanding accessible” label because natural gradients and boardwalk edges still require judgment for manual wheelchair users—expect the kind of shore descent and soft spacing other vaativa esteetön routes warn about, and check the official pages before travel. Huosilampi is one of the most approachable corners of the Hossa visitor area: clear water, pine shores, and a northern mire arm explained on wide boardwalks with information boards. At the south end of the lake ring you reach Huosilammen invakatos and Huosilampi invalaavu beside Huosilampi tulipaikka—good targets for a sheltered break—with Huosilampi laituri 3 and Huosilampi laituri 4 offering wheelchair-level reach over the water. Huosilampi tulentekopaikka sits a little farther along the shore, and Huosilampi laituri 2 continues the dock line before the path lifts toward Öllöri laituri and Hossan luontokeskus with Luontokeskus pysäköintipaikka. Keihäslampi pysäköintipaikka and Huosilampi pysäköintipaikka give extra access points if you arrive by car from the Huosi–Keihäslampi parking cluster. Regional tourism pages for Hossa note that visitors in wheelchairs can fish stocked rainbow trout from the accessible piers—an unusually direct lakeshore experience for barrier-free travel. Vapaa-ajan Kalastaja’s Hossa fishing guide explains how the Huosilampi piers are laid out, why fly casting space varies between docks, and how stocked rainbow trout use the deep southern basin—worth reading if you plan to combine the walk with angling. The long Hossa mountain bike route Sininen saavutus shares the same lakeshore fabric if someone in your group wants a longer pedal after a slow walk here.

Length & route

The trail is about 0.8 km. Visit Suomussalmi lists about 1.3 km for the full outing that includes the link from the nature centre parking and the lake circuit around Huosilampi. Walkers usually treat it as a short ring by combining both arms around the water.

Getting there

Drive to Hossa Nature Centre at Jatkonsalmentie 6, 89920 Suomussalmi. Visit Suomussalmi places the day-use parking on the opposite side of Jatkonsalmentie from the centre, roughly 50 metres away, and the accessible path starts from that edge. You can also stage from Luontokeskus pysäköintipaikka by the visitor building, Huosilampi pysäköintipaikka, or Keihäslampi pysäköintipaikka when you are linking a lake visit with fishing or a shorter walk from the Huosi–Keihäslampi parking pocket. Jere Huovinen’s Vapaa-ajan Kalastaja report notes that wheelchair users should follow the Huosilampi shore track dropping from Jatkonsalmentie rather than trying to reach the water straight from the woodland parking pocket, because the road-side path is the barrier-free approach he could use with a sports wheelchair.

Good to know

Fishing: Vapaa-ajan Kalastaja reminds readers that Hossa Nature Centre sells Metsähallitus angling permits and that Huosilampi and Keihäslampi are stocked family fisheries with tackle restrictions such as fly-and-lure-only rules and bans on boats and live bait on these ponds—read the current permit booklet before fishing. Dogs and open fires follow wider Hossa rules; confirm fire status on Luontoon.fi during dry periods.

Managed by

Suomussalmi

Official Maintenance

GPX data from: © Metsähallitus, 2024

Trail info

Walk either arm of the lake boardwalk; most visitors link the south shelter corner with the northern mire loop for a short circuit.

Route direction

Marked Route

Route Signs

Stroller Friendly

Accessibility

Wheelchair Accessible

Accessibility

Open / Good Condition

Activities allowed

Hike / Walk

Activity

Terrain & conditions

0.8 km

Distance

About 25–45 minutes with photo and fishing stops

Est. Time

Wide Track

Route Type

Partial Shade

Shade

Light Traffic

Traffic

Location

65.46508°N, 29.50365°E

Parking coordinates

FinlandCountry

KainuuRegion

SuomussalmiCity

Hiking TrailsCategory

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Answers to your questions

Our data was researched from Suomussalmi, 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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