Sanginjoki Nature Reserve

29.11.2023
Extensive renovation and construction work is underway in the Sanginjoki Nature Reserve. The parking areas and rest areas in the area are out of use. There is a lot of heavy machinery in the area. The work will be completed in autumn 2024.
A group of snowshoers queues up in a winter forest.

A drawn oval emblem with a dart on a tree trunk on a green background.Sanginjoki Nature Reserve is located at a distance of about 20 kilometres from the city centre of Oulu. The area chiefly consists of former multiple-use forests, but there are also old spruce forests, wooded mires and dry esker heaths. There are ponds, mires and springs along the trails. Sanginjoki Nature Reserve offers a wide range of hiking and outdoor activities, and it is popular among berry and mushroom pickers. The forest area of Sanginjoki – which covers more than 2,500 hectares – was signed over to Metsähallitus in the spring of 2021.

The Sanginjoki forests chiefly consist of old heath forests, which become more varied thanks to the pine mires, lush wooded mires, as well as springs and small waterbodies. The Asmonkorpi old-growth forest and the old, moss-covered coniferous forest of Iso Polvikangas have remained untouched for a long time. In the Sanginjoki Nature Reserve, you can sight many rare forest bird species, such as the Siberian jay, red-flanked bluetail, three-toed woodpecker, capercaillie and the Eurasian pygmy owl.

The area is managed by Metsähallitus, Parks & Wildlife Finland.

This is the web page nationalparks.fi/sanginjoki