Nature coservation areas

Tallinn Recreation Area and Viimsi Nature Centre of the State Forest Management Centre
Viimsi Nature Centre of the State Forest Management Centre, operating as the centre for the Tallinn Recreation Area, is located in the former office of the Viimsi forest district. There is a permanent exhibition in the renovated cattle-shed located in the courtyard of the Nature Centre, dating back...
Tuhala karst region and hiking trail
Tuhala is located in Harju County, which has been settled for approximately 3,000 years. Nearby there are 11 sites of ancient settlement, 30 cult stones with little hollows in them, three stone barrows, four sacrificial groves and more. In Heinasoo, located between Tuhala church and the manor park...
Aegviidu-Kõrvemaa recreation area and Visitor Centre / Information point
The old folk say about this lovely area, known as the ‘Estonian Switzerland’, that the Devil wrinkled up the ground in Kõrvemaa. The landscape is characterised by its ‘mountains’, swamps, swamp lakes, and forests. The ‘mountains’ are actually steep eskers formed by melting permafrost. The largest...