Provinces
of Oulu and Lapland; North Ostrobothnia and Lapland Regions
Municipalities of
Pudasjärvi (www.pudasjarvi.fi),
Taivalkoski
(www.taivalkoski.fi, in Finnish), Posio
(www.posio.fi, in Finnish)
Area: 299 sq.km. Established 2000.
The area is
managed by Metsähallitus.
The landscape of Syöte
National Park, with its rugged hills, special bogs on hill tops and slopes, and
old spruce forests create an attractive setting for a hiker. Syöte is the
largest of the four parts of the Park, and it offers excellent possibilities for
hiking in the summer as well as skiing in the winter. The cross-country skiing
trails in the National Park form a remarkable part of the skiing trail network
that serves the tourist centres of Syöte. The areas in the municipalities of
Taivalkoski and Posio are quieter and very suitable for trekking.
Syöte National Park is a chain of old-growth forests, part of
which is high altitude forest. One fourth of the area of the Park is mires of
different types. Most of these are North Ostrobothnian aapa bogs, but some are
hanging bogs on the hill slopes at altitude of even 300 metres. Many of the
mires represent the old meadow culture. Remains and marks of the slash-and-burn
agriculture, reindeer-herding, and forestry of the old times can be seen in many
places.
Syöte National Park is managed respecting the nature and the
history of land use in the area. The buildings are being renovated or rebuilt,
the traditional agricultural landscapes are being restored, and the recovery of
plant populations there is being studied.
The Syöte National Park was awarded the European Charter for Sustainable Tourism
in Protected Areas (www.european-charter.org) by the EUROPARC Federation in
2004. By signing and committing to the Charter, the Syöte National Park obtained
the right to use the Charter logo as a sign of having taking into account the
development of sustainable tourism in the area in an exemplary manner.
Syöte National Park Turns
10!
Syöte National Park was established in 2000.
This is the web page www.outdoors.fi/syotenp
Take a look at Syöte National Park related products at the Outdoors.fi online
shop (kauppa.luontoon.fi).
