Seitseminen
National Park is situated in Kuru and Ikaalinen area and has
about 42 square kilometers of preserved nature and cultural
heritage artifacts. It is located in a barren watershed area.
The landscape of the park is dominated by extensive peatlands
and forests. The bedrock of Seitseminen is barren and covered
almost everywhere with moraine. The most valuable features of
the park are the old virgin forests with their giant, old pines
reaching the age of 400 years.
The best place to start explore the park is the Seitseminen
Visitor Center where you can get information, maps and
brochures of the services offered by the park and other Metsahallitus
services. You can also read more about Seitseminen National
Park on its webpages.
Good place to start the cache hunting adventure is Kovero Tenat
farm. It gives you a picture of life in wilderness area of
Seitseminen at the begining of 20th centure. The farm has been
restored and furnished to its appearance in the 1930's. The cache
is located nearby the old wooden mill in the eastern part of the
park. You will follow by well-prepared marked trail, which goes
through the heart of the park. The way to the cache is about 5.2
kilometers long. Bob the
Cache Builder and me wish you good luck, nice weather and enjoy
the trip.
The cache is in middle-sized regular container, which initially
consists of:
- Bob the Cache Builder travel bug
- Yellow marker
- Small-sized note stickers
- Eraser
- Terva sauna aroma oil
And of course a pencil and a cachebook to log your impression of
the cache, park and trip.
After you found the cache, please put it back in exactly same
way as it was hidden before. To get a better impression you can
make a round trip and go back through Haukilampi. In this way the
whole trip become to be 13-16 km long depending from the way you
choose. Please follow the rules of the park and do not go off the
trail where it is prohibited.
Kätkölle pääsee ajoneuvolla parhaiten ehkä Kuru-Parkano
yhdystieltä. Kurusta päin tullessa kääntyy vasemmalle ja Parkanosta
oikealle. Viitassa lukee Kivijärvi. Kivijärventieltä viitta Jauli
vasemmalle. Tielle on moottoriajoneuvolla ajo kielletty -merkki Jos
et halua rikkoa tätä liikennesääntöä, ota vaikka polkupyörä mukaan
ja jätä auto risteykseen. Risteyksestä matkaa kätkölle n. 3km.
(Huoltokeikalla käydessäni ajoin Geo-pakulla perille asti, josta
kävely n. 250 m) Näyttää marjastajatkin ajavan liikennemerkin
vastaisesti, joten ei ehkä paha liikennerikkomus?