7 forests near St. Petersburg for autumn walks

Ecotropes on the shore of Oredezha

Gladyshevsky reserve

Koltush heights

Ecotropa "South Coast"

Reserve "Valley of the Smokers River"

Reserve "Tox Heights"

Forest in the area of ​​the catch

Ecotropes from a boarding school, sand hills with cycling, a reserve with three-fingered woodpeckers and a forest on the lake, in which you can collect berries and mushrooms,- “Paper” has chosen seven suburban locations for relaxing autumn walks.

There is an ecotropic in Siversky, which goes along the coast of Oredezha. The route was invented by teachers of the Siversal Special Boarding School "School". Together with the pupils, they laid the path through the forest and landed along it ate. The trail begins and ends near the school building on Red Street 30. It passes through several stations: “Devonian cliff”, “Aspen grove” and “Alley of 25 birdhouses”. The length of the route is about 3 kilometers.

How much to go from St. Petersburg: 1.5 hours

Gladyshevsky reserve adjoins the Lindulovsky grove, its area exceeds 7 thousand hectares. On the territory there is a Gladyshevskoye lake, but its shores are mostly difficult to pass. But you can take a walk near the Gladyshevka River: a 10-kilometer pedestrian route was laid there. In the reserve, spruce and pine trees grow, as well as plants from the Red Book. In local rivers and lake, salmon fish and rare mollusk live - ordinary pearls .

How much to go from St. Petersburg: from 40 to 80 minutes

Koltush’s heights occupy the northern part of the Koltush Upland, adjacent to Vsevolozhsk, Koltusha and other settlements. These are sand hills with basins, some of which are occupied by lakes and swamps. On the slopes, 100-year-old coniferous trees have been preserved, from the peaks a view of the meadows opens. In the forest, boars, hazel grouse, partridges, hares live in the forest. Several routes for tourists were organized on the territory: from a 3-kilometer " hare path " to cycling .

How much to go from St. Petersburg: from 25 minutes to hour

The “trail of the South Coast” is a route of 60 kilometers with a length of Lomonosov with a pine forest. The trail almost entirely passes along the southern coast of the Gulf of Finland, you can get on it anywhere in the route - for example, in the area of ​​the village of Lebyazhye. From there there is a way to the fort of Krasnaya Gorka (it was built in 1915, and four years later, the Red Gorka soldiers began an anti -Bolshevik uprising). Next to the red hill is another fort, a white horse.

How much to go from St. Petersburg: from 1.5 hours

Not far from the village of Orekhovo, there is a state reserve "Valley of the Kurorodinki River". The river is unique in a height drops of 80 meters characteristic of a half -native type. Mostly coniferous forests grow in the reserve, but in the first half of the 2010s the Sortavala highway was built through it, and later the territory was subjected to mass cutting. But the reserve is still pleasant to walk, and there you can also meet beavers, a holly reassurance, a long-tailed nonsense and woodpeckers.

How much to go from St. Petersburg: 1.5 hours

The natural monument “Toksov’s heights” is located at an altitude of 103 meters above sea level, it covers 59 hectares near the southeast coast of Lake Kavgoolovsky and the Gulf of Sevyunlahti. In this territory, you can see the kamovic hills of a round and elongated shape, small swamps. In the coniferous forest with fir trees and pines, the age of which reaches 120 years, three -fingered woodpeckers are found. You can go along the reserve along the route " spruce hills ", its length is about 4 kilometers. It is better to walk here in spring, summer and early autumn, although the route can be used for skiing in winter.

How much to go from St. Petersburg: from 30 minutes

Sosnovo - a village in the Priozersky district of the Leningrad region, known for the abundance of lakes, large and small. The most famous reservoirs in this area are the Razdolinsky and Close Lakes, connected to each other with a small duct. Over the past decade, the forest in the area of ​​Lake Razdolinsky has been developing, but a large territory with pines and other trees is still adjacent to the catch lake. On the banks of the reservoir, paths are laid, and in a forest belt east of the reservoir you can collect mushrooms and berries.

How much to go from St. Petersburg: from 60 to 100 minutes

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