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Pähkinäpolku

—•Hiking Trails

3.7 km

Route

P 1

Description

City of Kirkkonummi – Pähkinäpolku+

Description

Pähkinäpolku is a marked hiking loop of about 3.7 km in Kirkkonummi, Uusimaa, on the Eerikinkartano estate south of Veikkola. Locals also call the circuit Erik’s three lakes tour because it circles Haapajärvi, Kurkistonjärvi, and Kalljärvi through manor fields, lakeshore forest, hazel groves, and small wetlands before returning to the salt-store trailhead beside the estate buildings. For numbered posts, the printable PDF map, and walking-only rules, start from the City of Kirkkonummi’s Pähkinäpolku page. The UUVI destination page for Eerikinkartano repeats that dogs and other pets must stay leashed and that lighting campfires is not allowed across this outdoor area. Follow blue posts—Eerikinpolku, which starts in the same yard, uses red posts so the two routes are easy to tell apart once you commit to one colour. The municipality describes the path as mostly easy walking but not barrier-free, with boardwalks or crushed stone in wet hollows and wooden stairs on a couple of steep pitches; allow roughly two to four hours if you read the nature posts and linger at the lakes. Amenities called out by Kirkkonummi and UUVI include picnic tables and benches, a viewing platform in the reedbed at Kalljärvi, and a small dock on Kurkistonjärvi, while a taller bird tower at Haapajärvi remains a future upgrade on paper. Terhi Ilosaari’s article on Retkipaikka follows the numbered signs into a mature hazel stand where nutshells crunch underfoot, past damp soils busy with insects in midsummer, and out to open meadows where deer and birds are often visible; the same piece recounts how planner Pekka Borg anchored the line on a protected hazel woodland together with Kirkkonummi’s environmental planners in 2016. Pair the circuit with the shorter Eerikinpolku if you want cultural stories about the Koski–Navala manor landscape, or glance toward Veikkolan urheilupuiston latu and Veikkolan urheilupuiston kuntorata by the sports fields—both sit within a few hundred metres on our map but are groomed as their own ski and running circuits.

Length & route

Our mapped loop measures about 3,7 km as a single circuit from the trail geometry. Kirkkonummi’s signage and brochures usually round the same tour to about 4,4 km, which reflects the full marked walking line with all lakeshore legs. The city materials describe 19 numbered interpretation posts along the blue-marked route downloadable as a PDF guide.

Getting there

The Kirkkonummi Adventure pages list car access to Eerikinkartanontie 164, 02880 Kirkkonummi, beside the estate courtyard, and name the Eerikinkartano bus stop Ki1220/Ki1221 for public transport. On our map, Eerikinkartano Parking sits tight to the courtyard loop, while Eerikinkartano parkkipaikka is a slightly larger gravel bay a few hundred metres east along the approach; use whichever side matches your first blue post when walking the circuit.

Good to know

Mountain bikes and motor vehicles are not permitted on Pähkinäpolku; stick to walking and travel at your own risk. Waterproof footwear pays off after wet weather because clay stretches can stay soft even with boardwalks. Combine the PDF guide from Kirkkonummi with the parallel cultural sheet if you also walk Eerikinpolku.

History

Retkipaikka quotes planner Pekka Borg explaining that the hazel-themed route was conceived to showcase a protected hazel woodland on the estate and that the first joint planning outing with Kirkkonummi environmental staff took place in April 2016 after Borg produced a habitat survey that fixed the line through the most representative lakes, fens, and individual trees.

Managed by

Kirkkonummi

Official Maintenance

Trail info

Either direction around the loop; follow the blue posts clockwise or counter-clockwise.

Route direction

Recreation Area

Lake

Blue posts with running numbers on the interpretation stops; parallel Eerikinpolku uses red posts.

Route Signs

Dogs (On Leash)

Dogs

Open / Good Condition

City of Kirkkonummi – Pähkinäpolku

Activities allowed

Hike / Walk

Activity

Terrain & conditions

3.7 km

Distance

About 2–4 hours if you read the numbered nature posts and pause at the lakes; faster hikers finish closer to 90 minutes.

Est. Time

Duckboards / Dirt / Gravel

Surface

Loop, Single Track

Route Type

Light Traffic

Traffic

Partial Shade

Shade

Location

60.25424°N, 24.44517°E

Parking coordinates

FinlandCountry

UusimaaRegion

KirkkonummiCity

VeikkolaVillage

Hiking TrailsCategory

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Veikkolan urheilupuiston kuntorata

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Answers to your questions

Our data was researched from Kirkkonummi, 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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