Simo Hiking Trails

For mapped routes, winter track notices, and sports-area maintenance contacts, the City of Simo publishes an outdoor facilities and trails hub with a link to the national outdoor map for locating individual routes(1). Lapland.fi presents Simo as a low-key Lapland destination of forests and lake shores where hiking complements winter skiing(2). Arppeenlampi lakeshore trail is a short, straight lakeshore walk of about 1.1 km beside Arppeenlampi in Simo, Lapland. It is not a loop: think of it as a compact shoreline stroll to take in the water and the quiet, wooded lake setting typical of small inland ponds here. The lake is better known as a recreational fishery and cottage destination: Fishing.fi lists Arppeenlampi as roughly five hectares in size, records fly and spin fishing as permitted methods, and notes a laavu, kota, and duckboards among the services listed for the fishing site(3). The Arppeenlampi rental accommodation pages stress how remote the pond feels from larger roads and settlements(4). None of the sources name this exact shoreline segment separately from the wider lake area, so confirm access and seasonal notices on the municipal hub before you travel. If you want a longer hike elsewhere in the municipality, use the same outdoor pages to compare distances and services; this segment suits a brief leg-stretch or an add-on when you are already staying or fishing locally.

Martimoaapa Nature Trail is about 3.8 km as one easy, marked hike through the Martimoaapa mire reserve in southern Lapland. The reserve spans Simo and Keminmaa near the coast; Simo sits on the Gulf of Bothnia side of the landscape, and Lapland gives the wider regional context. Metsähallitus publishes maps, visitor rules, and trail-specific guidance for this route on Luontoon.fi(1). The Municipality of Keminmaa describes the wider Martimoaapa hiking network—long boardwalk spans, red paint marks on the main hiking trail, and overnight huts on the long crossing—as part of the same protected mire system many day visitors combine with shorter loops(3). On the ground the outing is a peatland and forest mix typical of north Finnish aapa mires. The route on our page begins beside Martimoaavan luontopolun lintutorni, a birdwatching tower good for scanning wetland birds in nesting season. About 1.4 km along you reach Hangassalmenaho P-alue, the main car park that most people use. Hangassalmenaho varasto/invakäymälä sits near that hub with an accessible dry toilet described in local material. Farther on, Järviaapa kotalaavu and Järviaapa liiteri-käymälä form the Järviaapa rest cluster: a kota-style lean-to, woodshed, and toilet building at the edge of the open mire. Dry toilets are part of that cluster rather than separate named destinations in the walking flow. The line finishes near Hangassalmenahon laavu, another lean-to and campfire resting point before you return toward parking or connect to longer routes. Volunteer-maintained Martimoaapa.com presents this trail as a short, family-oriented nature walk with a fairy-tale theme and mostly duckboard walking, while warning that duckboards are in poor condition on the southern part of the circuit they describe from Hangassalmenaho parking(4). Your walk is linear on our map rather than their described loop, but the same boardwalk character and insect etiquette apply in summer. Retkipaikka’s detailed account of Järviaavan reitti by Mika Markkanen shows how Hangassalmenaho works as a gateway to wide mire vistas, how the accessible spur reaches a viewing platform, and how the Martimoaapa nature trail branches relative to the longer nine-kilometre circuit—useful orientation if you plan to add Järviaavan reitti or Martimoaavan vaelluspolku on another day(2). Together with Järviaavan reitti and Martimoaavan vaelluspolku, this nature trail is an accessible introduction to one of northern Finland’s largest protected mire complexes. Bring protection against mosquitoes on warm summer days, footwear you are happy to get damp, and check Luontoon.fi for the latest structural notices near Hangassalmenaho before you travel(1).