Nummijärvi - Katikankanjoni mountain biking route
Round-trip route connecting Nummijärvi camping area and Katikankanjoni. The route is marked with green-white painted posts and signs. Guidance is complemented by a GPX track available from Outdooractive.
An easy route mostly following old forest roads and also suitable for beginners. Along the route, sights include Lapinkaivo and Lapinharju, the Hunger Years memorial, and the erosional channels of Katikankanjoni. The trail is rideable by mountain bike, gravel bike, or fat-tired touring bike.
At the starting point at Nummijärvi Camping, accommodation and restaurant services are available, as well as an opportunity for sauna. At the endpoint in Katikankanjoni, there is a lean-to shelter, campfire site, dry toilet, and firewood. Katikankanjoni also features a demanding 2 km nature trail. Pickup service is available for the route.
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The route starts at the Nummijärvi Camping parking area, where there is a route information point. The route passes through the campsite gate and continues straight through the yard area, circling the shooting range to the left onto Nummilahdentie. Turn right and continue about 500 m, then turn left at the intersection onto Lammin kiertotie and immediately left onto a forest road. Continue about 800 m and reach an intersection where you can turn left to detour to Lapinkaivo and the Hunger Years memorial.
The route continues right at the intersection and passes by Lapinharju. About 700 m ahead is an intersection where you turn left. Continue about 600 m, then turn right at the next intersection. About 150 m ahead turn left and continue on the forest road about 1.1 km. Arrive at an intersection where you turn right.
Continue about 1.4 km and turn left at the forest road intersection. Continue 1.8 km and turn left following the signs. Continue on the forest road following route markings about 1.8 km until you reach the edge of a field. The route continues as a field and village road to the other side of the field clearing (approx. 700 m). About 1 km after the forest section, turn right at the intersection, continue about 600 m until you reach Kiviluomantie. Turn right, continue about 200 m and then right again to the Katikankanjoni parking area.
From the Katikankanjoni parking area, it is about 300 m to the Katikankanjoni lean-to shelter, which has a toilet and firewood shed. Return the same way. Alternative return route follows the National Parks cycling route or a separately arranged pickup.
No public transport
By roadFrom Kauhajoki towards Nummijärvi, continue on road 44 but do not turn towards Kankaanpää; instead continue straight on road 6700 to Nummijärvi. Drive through the village of Nummijärvi and follow signs to Nummijärvi Camping.
From the south on road 44, drive to Kauhajärvi, turn right onto Kiviluomantie, continue about 5 km and turn right onto Kivijärventie, after about 6 km turn right onto Nummilahdentie, continue about 2 km, then turn left and after about 400 m follow signs to Nummijärvi Camping.
From the north on road 3, at Jalasjärvi turn right about 1.7 km after Juustoportti towards Karvia, continue 16 km and turn right towards Nummijärvi. After about 9 km, turn left towards Nummijärvi village and after the village follow signs to Nummijärvi Camping.
From the south on road 3, turn left from Parkano and after the ramp turn right towards Karvia. In Karvia turn right and drive through the church village. About 3 km ahead turn left at the intersection towards Kauhajoki and continue about 19 km and then follow signs left towards Nummijärvi Camping.
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