Area
900 ha
Address
Luukintie 33, 02970 Espoo
Services
information boards, parking areas, campfire site, cooking shelters, dry toilets, marked routes, sauna
Nature in the Luukki area is versatile with several north-south bound ponds and bogs. The forests in the area are diverse, ranging from rugged rocky landscapes to small herb-rich groves. In the north-east and north-west of Luukki, there are extensive forest areas in their natural state: the Kaitalampi and Luukkaa primeval forests.
Area maintainer homepage: City of Helsinki
You are allowed to build a fire in the cooking shelters and campfire sites intended for the purpose. When a forest fire warning is in force, fires can only be made in cooking shelters.
Luukki does not have camping facilities.
Dogs and other pets must be kept on a leash.
Area maintainer homepage: City of Helsinki
Nature in the Luukki area is versatile with several north-south bound ponds and bogs. The forests in the area are diverse, ranging from rugged rocky landscapes to small herb-rich groves. In the north-east and north-west of Luukki, there are extensive forest areas in their natural state: the Kaitalampi and Luukkaa primeval forests.
Destination information
The Luukki recreation area includes numerous signposted routes. The longest one of them takes the visitor past seven ponds, and a few of the shores include cooking shelters for heating your picnic.
Recreational fishing is permitted in the area’s ponds and lakes, which have natural fish stocks. Kaitalampi and Halkolampi offer opportunities for catching rainbow trout and other game fish, but for that you need a Luukki fishing permit.
There is also a swimming beach on Lake Luukinjärvi.
In the winter, the routes in the area are made into cross-country skiing tracks.
Routes
There are signposted routes in Luukki of which 15 km have a stone dust surface and 7 km are natural. In the winter, the trails are turned into tracks for classic-style cross-country skiing.
Luukkaa nature trail:
There are two trail alternatives to choose from: a 9-km and a 6-km trail. The start of the walk is the same for both. Along the journey, hikers will find nature trail signposts marked with a pinecone symbol and a numbered information board at each sight. The route runs along the recreational trails and is mostly easy terrain with a couple of steep hills. The trail provides information on the surrounding forest nature, its management and conservation and introduces the local history.
Accessibility
The area is not accessible. The majority of the area’s routes run along a trail with a hard surface, but they also include steep climbs.
Additional information
There is a café in the Luukki manor, where you can also book the local sauna for hire.
Luukki also features a camper van site.
Luukki is one of the recreation areas in the Nuuksio lake district, which also includes Vaakkoi, Salmi, Yli-Takkula, Karjakaivo, Kattilajärvi, Pirttimäki, Oittaa, the Sorlampi nature trail and Nuuksio National Park.