Description
Nummela 11 km cycling loop is about 11.4 km as a circuit through Nummela in Vihti, tying together the town’s sports belt, the wooded ridge at Nummelanharju, Pajuniityn recreation fields, and the Enäranta shoreline on Lake Enäjärvi. Visit Vihti’s Nummelanharju page describes wide, well-kept gravel fitness trails (pururata) of about 2.5–10 km on the dry pine heath of the ridge—shared by cyclists, walkers, and runners—with some hilly sections and lighting on part of the network; winter grooming turns many of those corridors into ski tracks, and live trail status is published via the municipality’s winter sports service linked from that page. The City of Vihti places Nummela alongside Nuuksio National Park and municipal hiking, canoeing, and cycling networks as a county where nature stays close to everyday life. Away from the ridge, the loop uses local streets and paths past schools, ball fields, and services, then opens into Pajuniityn MultiGolfPark and obstacle-course pockets profiled on Visit Vihti’s Pajuniityn Bootcamp page. For a broader picture of long road and MTB circuits that touch Vihti, Jälki.fi’s Vihti area index lists community-contributed rides from fatbike loops toward Hanko to Sääksi-area MTB classics—useful if you want to stitch a longer day from the same town.
Starting from the Nummela station block, the first kilometres thread the Kaarenkierros corner near Väinämöinen sports courts, pass Nummelan työväentalo, and climb toward the Nummelanharju cluster where Vihdin uimahalli, Nummelanharjun kuntoportaat, and the outdoor gym on the NLA fitness loop sit within a few hundred metres of each other. That is the natural place to join Kaarenkierroksen lähiliikuntareitti for a micro-loop or to peel off toward Nummelan kuntorata 5 km, valaistu, Nummelan kuntorata lentokentänpuoli, and Tykilumilatu when you want a lit gravel lap or winter ski geometry instead of this mixed loop.
After the airport-side fitness strip—where winter crews sometimes flood a 750 m tour-skating lane on the airfield—the line drops toward light-industry roads and Pajuniityn, passing padel halls and outdoor courts before Muistolanpuisto’s gym island, Linnanniitun kuntoportaat, and a simple Laavu shelter in the same kilometre band. Multigolf, an obstacle play track, and more ball fields follow as you curve back toward housing. Around Enäranta you ride the lake margin where the public beach, sand court, and skating slab give a clear swim-and-picnic pause on warm days. The northern closing arc crosses Ratapuisto’s artificial turf, Kuoppanummi schools and ice halls, and finally Health Club and station-side gyms—so the ring doubles as a sampler of Nummela’s public sport geography.
Treat this as a shared-use community circuit: yield on narrow path shoulders, ring a bell before passing runners on pururata sections, and keep speed sensible where children cross toward Pajuniityn or schools.