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Nahkiaispolku Trail

—•Hiking Trails

2 km

Route

P 1

Description

Luontoon.fi – Nahkiaispolku+

Description

Nahkiaispolku Trail is about 2 km as a loop through Nuuksio National Park, with Haukkalampi as the usual starting edge. Vihti covers much of the Nuuksio highlands; the Haukkalampi trailheads sit where Vihti meets the wider Helsinki area. For the official trail listing and park rules, start from the dedicated Nahkiaispolku material on Luontoon.fi. Visit Vihti’s Nuuksio introduction points visitors toward Vihti-side gateways and links Metsähallitus instructions for the national park. Natura Viva, which operates Haukanpesä services beside the lake, notes brown cone markings, very rough footing, and a walk of well under an hour for fit hikers. Compared with many other Nuuksio paths, this route leans into short but sharp climbs and steps, including hand-rope assisted slopes in places, and follows stream banks with duckboards and small bridges. Themed nature-trail boards explain habitat restoration; the Myllypuro valley shows how an older ditch was replaced so the brook could meander again, and Purola’s old farm clearings still read as open meadow among the forest. At forest junctions the markings meet other networks—for example Yhdyspolku Högbacka - Purola - Haukankierros passes the same Haukanholma fireplaces, while Reitti 2000 waymarks appear where cycling and hiking corridors overlap. For longer outings, Solvalla-Haukkalampi yhdysreitti reaches toward Solvalla and Suomen luontokeskus Haltia on shared signage. Immediately around Haukkalampi, our map ties Nahkiaispolku to practical support points: Haukkalampi iso pysäköintialue and Haukkalammen pieni pysäköintialue serve cars, Haukkalampi Haukanpesä varaussauna and the Haukkalammen laituri and Haukanpesän laituri support breaks and lake access, and Mustalammen shore clusters bundle Mustalammen tulentekopaikka, Mustalampi tulipaikka2, Mustalammen keittokatos, Mustalammen pieni keittokatos, Mustalammen itäpuolen telttailualue, Mustalammen länsipuolen telttailualue, and nearby Haukanholman keittokatos, Haukanholman tulentekopaikka, and Haukanholman telttailualue for cooking, campfires, and tenting when you combine the loop with lakeshore time. The marked Nahkiaispolku itself is for walking and interpretation rather than on-trail grilling, so plan fires at those nearby designated spots or check current Metsähallitus guidance. Retkipaikka’s walk-through by Luontopolkumies is worth reading for board-by-board detail, elevation feel, and how to pick the correct departure corner at the Haukkalampi junctions. Keep dogs on a leash in the national park; Visit Vihti links the current Metsähallitus instructions. Dedicated YouTube searches did not return a clip whose title clearly confirmed only this named trail, so video is omitted for now.

Length & route

The trail is about 2 km on our map as a national-park loop. Footing alternates between rocky forest slopes, staircases, flatter forest floor, and streamside duckboards; one trip report estimates on the order of fifty metres between the high and low parts of the loop. Broader brochures still describe Nuuksio’s mix of groomed trails and quiet forest.

Getting there

Drivers normally aim for Haukkalampi’s parking by Haukkalammen pieni pysäköintialue or Haukkalampi iso pysäköintialue. One detailed field report explains that Nahkiaispolku’s signed start sits near the second parking area toward the lake, not the first forest corner where nature-trail numbers seemed reversed. Metsähallitus trail publishing for Nahkiaispolku sits on Luontoon.fi for any revised map note. Visit Vihti’s Nuuksio page links park PDFs and rule sheets alongside Vihti-side access ideas. Cafe and rental opening seasons at Haukanpesä follow Natura Viva’s seasonal pages.

Good to know

Finnish national parks require pets on leash; follow the linked Metsähallitus instructions referenced from Visit Vihti’s Nuuksio page. Pay services at Haukanpesä (cafe, sauna, snowshoe rental) are commercial and seasonal per Natura Viva. Nahkiaispolku is a hiking and nature-trail experience; nearby Solvalla-Haukkalampi yhdysreitti and other connectors reach Haltia and wider networks for longer days.

History

Along Myllypuro, twentieth-century drainage works lowered and straightened the stream for fields; after the national park was established the ditch was filled and the channel was steered back into a meandering course, with later stonework to add pools for aquatic life—details echoed on on-trail boards and in hiker write-ups. A separate small dam built for a summer cottage in the 1960s was opened in the 1990s and left as a historical feature beside Haukkalammen puro.

Managed by

Vihti

Official Maintenance

Trail info

Official visitor mapping does not insist on one compass direction; follow brown cone posts clockwise from the Haukkalampi trailhead the way Natura Viva describes the departure. If trail numbers feel reversed, double-check that you left from the lake-side signing cluster.

Route direction

National Park

Area

Recreation Area

Lake

River

Brown cone symbols on posts; some junctions also show blue-and-white symbols where Reitti 2000 shares the corridor.

Route Signs

Dogs (On Leash)

Dogs

Open / Good Condition

Natura Viva – Nahkiaispolku+

Activities allowed

Hike / Walk

Activity

Terrain & conditions

2 km

Distance

Under one hour of walking for many adults at a normal pace; one detailed outing logged about forty-five minutes without a snack stop while still covering just over two kilometres including junction corrections.

Est. Time

Dirt / Duckboards

Surface

Loop, Single Track

Route Type

Partial Shade

Shade

Moderate Traffic

Traffic

Natura Viva – Nahkiaispolku+

Location

60.30975°N, 24.51695°E

Parking coordinates

FinlandCountry

UusimaaRegion

VihtiCity

Hiking TrailsCategory

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Answers to your questions

Our data was researched from Vihti, 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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