Description

Ruka - Oulanka National Park region just south of the Arctic Circle on Finland's eastern border at 1:50,000 on a double-sided, GPS compatible map from Karttakeskus, the country’s national survey organization, with enlargements for Ruikatunturi area and the Pieni Karhunkierros Bear Trail near Juuma.

Contours are at 5m intervals, with colours and/or graphics indicating various types of landscape, e.g. bogs (impassable or easy to traverse), swamps, forest, arable land, boulder fields, bare rocks, etc. An overprint highlights hiking trails, including the 80km Karhunkierros Trail and the 12km long Pieni Karhunkierros Bear Trail. Also marked are routes for skiing, snowmobiles, mountain bikes, canoeing and kayaking, and nature trails. Symbols show various types of accommodation (hotels, holiday camps, campsites, huts, etc), restaurants and tourist facilities, petrol stations, information offices, fishing spots, etc.

The map includes insets at 1:20,000 of Ruka with the Rukatunturi - one of Finland's most popular tourist and ski centres, and of the Pieni Karhunierros trail from Juuma. The map has a UTM grid and latitude and longitude lines at 2' intervals. Map legend and brief notes include English.

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