scenic viewpoint
Pyynikki Observation Tower
Stone tower on Finland's highest gravel ridge in Tampere, with views over two lakes and a café known for doughnuts.
10 km · about 20 min drive
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Hervantajärvi
Pirkanmaa, Finland · Europe
About Hervantajärvi
Hervantajärvi is worth a stop: 58km from Häme Castle.
Hervantajärvi is in Pirkanmaa, Finland, with about 25,000 people. You drive on the right here.
Hervantajärvi is a lake in Pirkanmaa, Finland, located in the between of Tampere's Hervantajärvi district and Lempäälä's Sääksjärvi district, which belongs to the Moisionjoki catchment area of the Vanajavesi–Pyhäjärvi area in the Kokemäki River watershed. Lake Hervantajärvi is part of the catchment area of LakeRead more
Höytämönjärvi.
Hervantajärvi belongs to the small and medium-sized low-humic lakes. Its water is clear, but runoff from the marshes on the east and south sides of the lake brings humus to the lake. In the 1980s, Hervantajärvi was considered a lake at risk of acidification. Then the acidity of the water regularly went below six. Today, as the acid load has decreased, the acidity value of the water has remained consistently above 6,4 and the buffering capacity of the water has increased to avoid. The water quality of Hervantajärvi is between good and satisfactory class. The lake is still sensitive to acidification, and especially in winter the accompanying load of runoff consumes the lake's oxygen resources. Algae blooms are also occasionally found on the lake.
On the 1953 basic map, there were two small farms on the south shore of the lake. A road led to them from Messukylä in the north. Already at that time, more than 20 holiday homes had been marked on the beaches. On the map of 1975, the cottage village of Majaranta was marked on the north-western basin. Other cottages also appeared on the shores of the lake. The road to the lake improved considerably when construction began on Hervanta.
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Within an hour or so of Hervantajärvi: Pyynikki Observation Tower (10 km), Ahvenisto Race Circuit (57 km), Häme Castle (58 km).
Where is Hervantajärvi?
Hervantajärvi is in Pirkanmaa, Finland.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 25,231
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Finland
- Region
- Pirkanmaa
- Timezone
- Europe/Helsinki
- Coordinates
- 61.4387, 23.8732
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Essential numbers in Finland
Winter tyres mandatory December–February.
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Worth the detour from Hervantajärvi
3 notable places within an hour's drive.
racetrack
Ahvenisto Race Circuit
A narrow, undulating 2.9km circuit threading through a forested esker ridge in southern Finland, with no run-off and a genuinely old-school character. Also a public recreation area.
57 km · about 65 min drive
castle
Häme Castle
Red-brick medieval castle in Hämeenlinna beside the Helsinki-Tampere corridor, an easy motorway detour with on-site parking.
58 km · about 65 min drive
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- Right herePyynikki Observation TowerStone tower on Finland's highest gravel ridge in Tampere, with views over two lakes and a café known for doughnuts.
When to drive here
May to September
Far northern latitude: short daylight hours outside summer make long drives harder.
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