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The Martimoaapa hiking trail is about 19 km point to point through Metsähallitus’s Martimoaapa mire reserve in southern Lapland. For trail-specific descriptions, reserve rules, and the latest official guidance, begin with the Martimoaapa hiking trail page on Luontoon.fi(1). Keminmaa.fi rounds up practical detail for visitors arriving from the Kivalot side—roughly how much of the hike travels on duckboards, where red paint marks appear in forest sections, and how a short accessible loop near the mire edge complements the wider network(2). Martimoaapa.com collects trip stories and route notes from the aapa bog; their page for this trail spells out how it shares ground with Järviaavan reitti before splitting at Poropellonaho, and flags a short stretch with worn, muddy footing(3). Metsähallitus also hosts printable brochures with maps and reserve background at julkaisut.metsa.fi(4). Lapland wraps this lowland mosaic of open aapa strings, spruce forest, and richer wooded islands. Keminmaa is the municipality many hikers associate with the Kivalot trailhead, while the opposite end sits near Hangassalmenaho on the Simo side—both sides use small parking areas with information boards and dry toilets according to the local visitor guide(3). From Kivalot P-alue you can link straight onto Kallinkangas - Kivalo retkeilypolku or bundle extra distance using Kivalon hiihtoreitti Latu and Kivalon ulkoilureitti when you want a longer day. At the start, Kivalot P-alue sits beside Kivalon P-alueen laavu and a service area—handy to sort gear before the mire. About 3 km along you reach Saunasaaren autiotupa with Saunasaari tulentekopaikka nearby; in the same cluster Martimoaapa.com mentions rough tread for a few hundred metres where the path toward the hut can stay wet. Near 6.4 km, Koivuselkä autiotupa and Koivuselkä lähde form a natural lunch stop—Koivuselkä tuentekopaikka sits beside the shelter cluster for a campfire—and dry toilets serve the stop. Farther south the route brushes Martimojärven laavu and the short Järviaavan reitti ring; Martimoaapa luontopolku branches toward Martimoaavan luontopolun lintutorni, Järviaapa kotalaavu, and Hangassalmenahon laavu before you finish at Hangassalmenaho P-alue. Read more on our pages for Saunasaaren autiotupa, Koivuselkä autiotupa, and Martimojärven laavu when you plan overnight stays or firewood etiquette.

Kallinkangas luontopolku is about 3.1 km on our map as one walking line through the Kalli outdoor hill in Keminmaa, Lapland, beside the municipal ski slope and wider trail network. The City of Keminmaa manages the area as a protected recreation site with nature-education signboards about barren summit rock, pine forest, lush meadow mires and calcareous fen plants(1). The municipality describes two themed signposted loops you can combine: a roughly 1.9 km ring from the west end of the Kallinkangas playground on Kalliotie with 13 panels, and a roughly 1.5 km ribbon route starting below the steep north face near the ski finish area with nine panels—both are aimed at dry-summer travel in ordinary trainers when conditions allow(1). Visit Kemi gives the visitor address at Kallinkankaantie 169 and rounds the loops to about 1.7 km (Hiidenpolku, kettle hole and landforms) and about 3.8 km (Linnénpolku, vegetation)(2). Metsähallitus catalogs the trail family on Luontoon.fi under the name Kallin luontopolut(3). Starting from Kallinkankaan lähiliikunta-alue you are immediately among shared outdoor facilities: Kallin kuntoportaat ja ulkokuntosali, Kallin agilityrata and many junctions with Kallin kuntopolut and Kallinkankaan hiihtolatu. About 1 km into the nature walk, Kallinkankaan luontopolun laavu offers a sheltered break beside the marked path. Farther on, the line crosses terrain that independent hikers describe as moderately demanding, with duckboards over rocky patches, short peatland sections and noticeable height gain toward the ski hill top(4). Peikkomaan kodat sit near Kallin frisbeegolfrata and Kallin laskettelukeskus—a cluster where winter lift infrastructure and summer disc golf share the same spur roads. Finish at Kallinkankaan näköalatorni on the hill above Kallin laskettelukeskus; walker reports highlight wide views over Keminmaa and the Bothnian Bay fringe from the tower after the climb(2)(4). The same upper yard links visually and on the ground to Kalli nature trails and longer ski or running circuits around Kalli-Lautamaa latureitti for guests who want a longer day. Trail travellers share space with runners, skiers and dog-sports users around Kallinkangas(1)(4). Luontopolkumies’ illustrated report on Retkipaikka notes brown-and-white hiker symbols, a side spur with a small kettle hole and viewing platform off the Linnénpolku branch, roughly 50 metres of cumulative ascent on his loop, rocks and roots underfoot, and about an hour and a quarter on foot for the longer loop variant he tracked near four kilometres(4). City guidance asks people to stay on existing paths and boardwalks and to leave protected plants untouched(1).

The Kalli nature trails are about 4,1 km of walking on Kallinkangas hill next to Keminmaa town centre in Lapland. The area is a municipal nature and recreation site where an interpretive path network highlights quartzite hilltop rocks, spruce forests, rich herb-rich forest, and open mire with rare plants. For the latest Finnish guidance on two official start options, board counts along each fork, and etiquette on fragile mire vegetation, check the Luontopolut materials from Keminmaan kaupunki(1). Visit Kemi(2) still summarizes the pairing many hikers know by name: the roughly 1,7 km Hiidenpolku loop for bedrock and a small kettle hole, and the longer Linnénpolku (about 3,8 km in their copy) for flora, with shared beginning and end sections. Yle(3) reported a 2021 renewal that added a lookout tower, renewed duckboards and stairs, and roughly thirty new interpretation boards covering geology through mire ecology; the story mentioned lady’s slipper and intermediate wintergreen among local botanical highlights and quoted a 54 000 euro project cost with roughly 5 000 euros from the municipality. Expect some walking on wide exercise tracks and service roads between narrower nature-tread sections, because Keminmaan kaupunki(1) notes the route is not entirely primeval forest and passes forestry land and old gravel pits as well as dedicated trail tread. Along the line on our map you soon pass everyday recreation anchors that belong to the same hill: Kallinkankaan lähiliikunta-alue, Kallin kuntoportaat ja ulkokuntosali, and Kallin agilityrata. About 1,1 km into the outing you reach Kallinkankaan näköalatorni on the ski hill top—worth climbing for wide views—and nearby on the slope side are Kallin laskettelukeskus, Peikkomaan kodat, and Kallin frisbeegolfrata. About 2,2 km along, Kallinkankaan luontopolun laavu offers a sheltered break; read more on our laavu page for firewood rules if you plan a longer stop. The hill also ties into other maintained lines that share the same trailheads: Kallinkangas luontopolku, Kallinkankaan hiihtolatu, Kallin kuntopolut, Kallinkankaan kuntorata, the nearby Kallinkankaan moottorikelkkareitti corridor in winter, and the long Kalli-Lautamaa latureitti network for ski touring beyond the immediate hill. Retkipaikka(4) published Luontopolkumies Mika Markkanen’s 2025 hiking report with practical texture: brown-and-white hiker symbols on posts, a moderately demanding feel with rock and roots, wet mire sections where duckboards help, about an hour and a quarter for a roughly 4 km loop including tower time, and a spacious car park by the ski centre at the upper end of Ylämajantie with a route board on site. Lapin Kansa(5) covered 2017 volunteer maintenance by Keminmaa Lions Club—new signage density, replaced duckboards, and barrier-free wooden approaches to the kettle viewing decks that wheelchair and stroller testers helped review—context that explains why some wayfinding feels fresher than a typical backwoods trace.

The Kallinkangas–Kivalo hiking trail is about 32.1 km point-to-point across Keminmaa in Lapland, tying the Kallinkangas / Kalli recreation side near the urban area to the long Kivalot fell ridge landscape in the east. For the eastern fells, lean-tos, and wilderness hut background, City of Keminmaa’s Kivalot page is the clearest municipal brief: the ridge line runs coastal to inland, peaks reach up to roughly 300 m above sea level, and a foot connection from Simon Martimoaapa toward these fells is on the order of thirteen kilometres(1). Visit Kemi’s Kivalot article matches that picture, spells out the log wilderness hut on Keski-Penikka (stove-heated room for four, carry-in water from about 1.5 km toward Jääkärikämppä) and the former fire tower now used as a lookout(3). Near the town side, City of Keminmaa explains Kallinkangas as a protected recreation patch with two short, board-supported nature loops that share corridors with wider exercise tracks beside ski infrastructure(2). Metsähallitus lists ”Kallin luontopolut” on Luontoon.fi as the formal trail family on that hill(6). Luontopolkumies’s Retkipaikka walk-through of Kallin luontopolku is still the richest on-the-ground colour for the Kallinkangas stacks: wide shared fitness corridors, busy junction signage, brown-and-white hiker symbols on the educational loops, duckboards through rocky patches, and the ski hill lookout as the payoff above the quartzite high point(4). Those notes describe the marked nature loops rather than every long connector, but they explain why the trailhead neighbourhood feels like a major outdoor hub. On the ground along this 32 km line you move through several shelter clusters instead of one evenly spaced straight walk. About five to seven kilometres out, Hietalammen laavu, Hietakaulan ampumarata and Rovavaaran laavu sit close together as an early break belt before the line pushes deeper toward the mires and vaara. Near mid-distance, Vähäjärvenojan laavu marks a longer leg through quieter woodland. Around twenty-four kilometres the terrain threads the Kivalot parking belt: Kivalon P-alueen laavu, Kivalot P-alue and the dry toilets there, plus Kivalon jääkärikämpän laavu slightly off the spine toward Jääkäri camp—practical staging if you also want Keski-Penikan näkötornin reitti toward Kivalon palotorni and the Kivalo wilderness hut on the shared Kivalo network. Kaltiolampi autiotupa with its campfire spot and toilets anchors the late climb-down belt near thirty kilometres, and Kurkiojan laavu caps the northern end of this geometry. Where the route meets Kivalot P-alue it crosses the same trailhead belt used by Martimoaavan vaelluspolku from Martimoaapa. Martimoaapa’s own description highlights mire crossings, duckboards and a notoriously wet, muddy 600 m pinch toward Saunasaaren autiotupa on their red-marked variant—useful warning for anyone hopping onto that parallel path(5). Kivalon ulkoilureitti and Kivalon hiihtoreitti Latu share much of the same infrastructure in other seasons, which keeps waymarking and lean-tos busy whenever snow or running training draws people to the same fells. Keminmaa is the home municipality for most of this walk, and Lapland gives the wider geographic frame. Read more on our pages for individual laavut, Kaltiolampi autiotupa, and parking where you already see pins on the map.

Paljon korkeuseroja. Radan pituus 2 km.

Hirvi-/karhuampumakoerata, luodikkorata 100 m, villikarju-/pienoishirvirata, pistoolirata, skeet-rata, trap-rata. Ampumaradan kunnosta ja vuokraamisesta vastaa Hietakaulan ampumaratayhdistys ry.

Kivalo palotorni