See and experience

At Lake Mallinkaistenjärvi, there is a municipality-owned forested hiking area, where you can find beautiful lakeshore for swimming and four open air fireplaces with lean-to’s. In many places along the trails following the lakeside, there are great steep rocks such as Valskerinkallio. At Saparonniemi grows ash trees and forest lindens that are protected by Nature Conservation Act.

There is an extensive sequence of longitudinal ridges going from Hausjärvi through Janakkala and all the way to Hämeenlinna. The ridges were formed after the ice age when melting water separated different soils from each other. The rougher grounds formed ridges to the soil which enables the absorption of rainwater and melting water into the groundwater. In fact, the ridges are the secret of the good quality of household water in Janakkala.
The finest open-surfaced spring in the ridge area is Someronlähde. A spring is formed when ground water inside the earth reaches the surface and erupts as surface water. The spring has biota of its own kind which flourishes all year round in cold water and shade.
The trails crisscrossing on top of the ridge and the ridge area are great for hiking even longer distances. You can hike along the ridge almost persistently from Turenki to Kolmilammi in Hausjärvi. Near Someronlähde spring at the hut of Janakkalan latu hikers have a lean-to at their disposal.

Suurisuo swamp-area has great hiking opportunities along duckboards. Suurisuo belongs to Natura network and it is one of the most remarkable swamps in Southern Tavastia. The swamp complex is an example of a Southern Finnish ombrotrophic raised bog which also has some features of a minerotrophic bog. In an ombrotrophic raised bog the middle part of the swamp is raised, low in nutrients and depends on rain waters. More nutritious waters flow to the edges of the swamp which shows in more eutrophic types of swamps on edge zones. In the swamp, you can see the types of swamps typical of a Southern Finnish ombrotrophic raised bog which are illustrated at pole-marked locations, the brochure and the web pages. Nature in the swamp is diverse, on the edges there are deep forests and pine bogs; there is a treeless bog in the middle. There are numerous endangered and rare plant and insect species and birds at Suurisuo. There is also a bird watching tower and great berry picking areas at Suurisuo.