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Oandu old-growth forest nature trail
In Altja Oja
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Sep · highs 12–20 °C (54–68 °F)
- J-2°-6°44
- F-3°-8°31
- M0°-5°34
- A6°0°31
- M12°5°45
- J15°9°79
- J20°14°80
- A19°14°94
- S14°10°71
- O8°5°79
- N3°0°62
- D0°-4°48
Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.
How we pick months
Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.
About this trail
Oandu old-growth forest nature trail runs through a fascinating and mystical primeval forest. There are fallen trees everywhere, and the decaying trunks are home to rare fungi, lichens, mosses, and insects.
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Trail facts
- Length (signed)
- 4.6 km · 2.9 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 4.0 km · 2.5 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Stream
- Altja Oja (GeoNames)
- Nearest town
- 17 km NW of Haljala (Haljala vald, Lääne-Virumaa) · GeoNames
- Best months
- May–Sep
- Country
- Estonia
- Region
- Lääne-Viru
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- Regional route
- Operator (OSM)
- RMK
- Local name
- Oandu loodusmetsarada
- Route centre
- 59.5698, 26.0894
- Route start
- 59.5655, 26.0999
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 7708348
- Official info
- loodusegakoos.ee/kuhuminna/rahvuspargid/lahemaa-
How it’s scored
Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.
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