Buttle Gute Mid-Gotland Trail

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Distance: 18.09 mi
Elevation gain: 69 ft
Technical difficulty: Moderate
Elevation loss: 69 ft
Max elevation: 197 ft
TrailRank: 38
Min elevation: 197 ft
Trail type: Loop

Moving time: 2 hours 15 minutes
Time: 3 hours 25 minutes
Coordinates: 3735
Uploaded: August 5, 2019
Recorded: August 2019

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near Buttle, Gotland (Ruoŧŧa)

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Buttle Gute Mid-Gotland Trail
This track is suitable for bicycle and walking. It passes by various landscapes and attractions. The stretch on the old railroad, the road to Tjaukle river and the forest road from Vänge to Buttle are unsealed. The road to Disrojr and Langhammar’s nature reserve is very poor and more suitable for a mountain bike or for walking. There are two alternative routes to take to avoid this road. Take the main road from Vänge to Buttle (no 534 much traffic) or continue on the unsealed road (Ekdalavägen)in the forest until you come to the sealed road between Buttle to Ala and take a right turn going to Buttle (c 5 km extra).

An initiativ from the Tjelvar project sponsored by Tillväxtverket, Region Gotland and Uppsala University!

Waypoints

Buttle Bulhus

This is Buttle Parish Community ground with an old style wooden house (Bulhus).

Buttle Community Ground

Here is the starting point if the Gute Mid-Gotland bicycle trail. This is a Commons for Buttle Parish where Midsummer celebrations and the annual Lamb Grill Party is taking place. A traditional style house “Bulhus” has been moved and set up here. Here you can find information on what to see in Buttle and if there is any pop-up lunch, fika or other activities. The community ground is managed by Buttle Hembygdsförening (Historical Society).

Änge Picture Stones

Picture Stones are unique for Gotland.The two stones at Änge is among the 15 in original position. The tall stone is the highest on Gotland. The stones are from the Viking time. A digital reconstruction show an reconstruction of the original pictures and the surrounding landscape.

Buttle Railway Station

There was a network of railroad tracks on Gotland initiated in the late 1800s but the train traffic ceased in 1960. The poet Sonia Åkesson was born here and Buttle Railway station is now a private summer house.

Tjaukle River Area

Here is a recreation and pick nick area by the river that has the original flow. The majority of the rivers and lakes on Gotland have been drained and ditched to produce more farmland around a 100 years ago. This changed the landscape completely but here is a part that have remained unchanged. This area is maintained and managed by the landowner.

Organ Museum

This small museum is dedicated to the Organ constructor Alfred Cedergren in the beginning of the last century.

Vänge Medieval Church

This Church is from the 12th century. The Font is by the master carver Hegvald and there are relief stones at the south gate by the master Bysantinos.

Art Gallery “Skolgalleriet”

The school in Vänge was built 1918 and was closed down 1970. Here are permanent and changing exhibitions by the artist couple Anders Thorlin and Karin Degerfeldt. Sometimes they arrange courses in stone masonry.

Disrojr Bronze Age Cairn

Here is one larger cairn from the Bronze Age situated on the border of Vänge and Buttle parish. The area is also geologically interesting with cracks in the limestone bedrock and a sinkhole. Disrojr refers to the cairn where the Fairies dance!

Nature Reserve Lindhammar’s Mire

Here is the south east end of the Nature Reserve Lindhammar. This is the only large mire on Gotland that have not been drained and ditched.

Buttle Medieval Church

Was built in the 12th century and have a beautiful and very old triumph crucifix. The frescoes on the wall and the triptych are from the 15th century. Parts of a picture stone is found in the floor just below the altar.