Ylivieska Hiking Trails

Hyypänkallio nature trail is about 1,4 km through a protected old-growth pocket in Ylivieska’s Liikuntapuisto sports park, minutes from the town centre in North Ostrobothnia. The City of Ylivieska describes a marked branch that leaves the bark track about 100 metres from its start, bound for quiet forest that feels deliberately separate from the busy exercise zone around the stadium(1). Within a few hundred metres of that hub you pass Hyypänkallion kuntoportaat—25-metre fitness stairs with a midway landing—and Salmiperän moukarinheittopaikka, then thread toward Liikuntapuiston kota - Ylivieska and Liikuntapuiston parkour-alue Ylivieska as the path ties the woodland section to the larger park(1). Those stairs double as a leg-burning warm-up before you slip into the aarnimetsä stretch the municipality promotes as a calming, almost storybook forest setting(1). Further along the line toward Liikuntakeskus you skirt indoor facilities such as Padel Ylivieska / sisäkentät, Ylivieskan Liikuntakeskuksen squash-halli, Ylivieskan Liikuntakeskuksen uimahalli, Ylivieskan Liikuntakeskuksen tennishalli, and Ylivieskan Liikuntakeskuksen Sisäkiipeilyseinä—handy landmarks if you arrive by foot from Närhitie(1). The same park hosts the roughly 5,8 km Liikuntapuiston valaistu kuntorata and parallel Liikuntapuiston valaistulatu; walkers on those loops reach Koivukallion laavu and Huhjan esteetön laavu with not much extra distance if you want a fire or shelter after the short nature walk(1). Safaripuiston latu crosses the ski network near Liikuntapuiston kota - Ylivieska for a winter add-on(1). If you enjoy smartphone orienteering, MOBO control plates sit in the same woods and the club landing page explains the free app download(1)(3). Keskipohjanmaa reporting on Liikuntapuisto’s participatory-budget work notes how new cycling lines are being layered beside the existing nature paths near the centre—useful context if you also ride the vajaa 2 km maastopyöräreitti the city finished in autumn 2025 with larger jumps at Hyypänkallio(1)(2).

For shelters, firewood, access roads, and seasonal grooming, start with the City of Ylivieska’s outdoor recreation pages(1). The Joonaala Trail is about 14.7 km point-to-point through forest between the Liikuntapuisto–Huhja area and the Huhmari outdoor area in Ylivieska, North Ostrobothnia. It follows the same corridor as the Salmiperä–Joonaala–Huhmari winter connection track: in winter that link is an unlit ski trail that needs more snow than the groomed stadium loops; in summer and autumn you walk or ride the same kind of forest paths and track beds that locals use for hiking, skiing, and mountain biking between the sports park and Huhmari(1). From the Huhja end, the accessible lean-to at Huhjan esteetön laavu sits near a short, bridged approach with resting spots and bird boards along roughly 700 m from Huhjantie(1). About three kilometres farther along the route you reach Kivinevan laavu, where the city keeps a traditional log lean-to with a fireplace and, after a late 2025 renewal, a new sheltered kota-style lean-to and refurbished duckboards funded under Finland’s Suomi liikkeelle programme for nearby recreation areas(1)(2)(3). Around the midpoint, Joonaalan kota stands on the Ylivieska–Huhmari track: the parish owns the kota and a small bookable cabin nearby, with the kota open on a self-service basis and the cabin for small groups by reservation(1). Farther toward Huhmari, Rämekummun laavu offers a small shelter roughly halfway between Joonaala and the stadium hills, and Huhmarlammen laavu sits by a rocky shore at the end of Huhmarlammen forest road, with a fireplace and woodshed and swimming off the rocks in warm weather(1). The route finishes near Huhmarin kota and the Huhmarkallio parking area beside Huhmari’s competition and training facilities—close to lit ski loops, the MTB Huhmari route, fitness stairs, and other Huhmari services you can combine for a longer day(1). The same corridor doubles as Joonaalan latu in winter; Liikuntapuiston valaistu kuntorata and other Liikuntapuisto trails meet the Huhja end of the line. For a different long day hike in the same municipality, Törmälän luontopolku links some of the same Huhmari facilities into a separate network(1).