Kaņieris Castle Mound Trail
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- Distance
- 0.86 mi
- Elevation gain
- 23 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Easy
- Elevation loss
- 23 ft
- Max elevation
- 86 ft
- TrailRank
- 28
- Min elevation
- 26 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Time
- 18 minutes
- Coordinates
- 196
- Uploaded
- March 17, 2019
- Recorded
- June 2018
near Čaukciems, Engures novads (Latvijas Republika)
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Itinerary description
Kaņieris Castle Mound Nature Trail stretches along the forest and the rich fen to the Kaņieris Castle Mound. Historians still argue on the age of the Castle Mound and on who actually inhabitated it. Ones are of the opinion that this a very old tribal settlement place, the others – that it had been used by sea robbers to attack the ships. On the way, the trail crosses the stone formations. Over the time, scientists have come with a number of hypotheses on these peculiar stone formations, yet it had been concluded that they have most likely been formed by glacier melting processes. There is a watching tower at farthest point of the trail, opening a wide view to the Lake Kaņieris. There is a nice picnic area at the Castle Mound as well. Behind the picnic site, where the wooden boardwalk starts, try to move as quiet as possible and you shall hear the grass-snake crawling around the reeds, and if you’re lucky, you might even spot one laying under the sun on the boardwalk:)
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