Outdoors.fi - Home
Metsähallitus

Päijänne National Park 

Island scenery in late winter. Photo: Timo Nieminen
Location of Päijänne National Park in Finland
Southern Finland, Päijät-Häme Region
Municipalities of Padasjoki (www.padasjoki.fi, in Finnish), Asikkala (www.asikkala.fi, in Finnish) and Sysmä (www.sysma.fi)
Area: 14 sq.km. Established in 1993
The area is managed by Metsähallitus.
The Emblem of Päijänne National Park - Lesser Black-backed Gull

Lake Päijänne is the second largest lake in Finland, and in the middle of its open waters you can find a treasure; Päijänne National Park, which consists of small islets and bigger islands with steep rocks or sandy eskers. It is situated in the southern part of the lake, where about fifty uninhabited islands and islets, and parts of inhabited ones belong to the National Park.

The park is most suitable for canoeing and boating, and almost all the areas of the park are only accessible by water.

This is the web page www.outdoors.fi/paijanne

Last updated 3/30/2012

Customer Service

 

Päijännehouse

(during the summer)

 

Häme Visitor Centre

Nearby Destinations

Metsähallitus, P.O. Box 94 (Vernissakatu 4), FI-01301 Vantaa, Tel. +358 205 64 100