Lakeside Wooden Shelter – Åsnen National Park loop from Hunshult
Lakeside Wooden Shelter – Åsnen National Park loop from Hunshult
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Lakeside Wooden Shelter – Åsnen National Park loop from Hunshult
02:02
7.80km
50m
Hiking
Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.
Last updated: March 18, 2026
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Åsnens nationalpark
Waypoints
Start point
Parking
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136 m
Lakeside Grill and Firewood Shelter
Highlight • Rest Area
150 m
Lakeside Viewing Platform with Lounger
Highlight • Viewpoint
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176 m
Lakeside Wooden Shelter
Highlight • Rest Area
451 m
Split Boulder
Highlight • Natural Monument
1.12 km
Bjurkärr Nature Reserve, Åsnen National Park
Highlight • Forest
So, in 1955, Mary Stephens at the Torne farm donated the Bjurkärr peninsula to the Swedish Forestry Agency on the condition that it be protected as a natural monument. This was done by decision of the district administration council in 1960. When the Nature Conservation Act came into force in 1964, the area was automatically converted into nature reserves due to its size. Since the protection resolution from 1960 was very brief and did not contain any regulations for the public, the district administrative council decided on a new basis for decision-making, new regulations and created a management plan in 1989. This decision included regulations prohibiting access to birdlife in the southern part of the peninsula. The nature reserve was expanded in 2001, doubling the land area of primarily deciduous forest. In 2019, parts of Bjurkärr and the surrounding water areas formed Åsnen National Park.
Bjurkärr is a nature reserve in Kronoberg county in Småland on the border between the two municipalities of Växjö and Alvesta and the municipalities of Kalvik and Skatelöv on the Hössö peninsula, about 3.5 km south of Växjö. The Hössö peninsula adjoins the municipality of Urshult in the south. Bjurkärr, along with the adjacent and medieval commons of Sundet, is one of two connections to Åsnen National Park, alongside Sunnanbron (the northern Sirkö bridge between Hössöhalvlön and Sirkön), which was inaugurated by Crown Princess Victoria on May 25, 2018.
The reserve is located on its own peninsula in Lake Åsnen with deciduous forest including beech, oak, hazel and birch. The peninsula is home to the famous Karolin prawns, which are believed to have come from Polish acorns brought there by a Swedish Caroline in the early 18th century.
Source: sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bjurk%C3%A4rr
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2.12 km
Beech forest in Åsnen National Park
Highlight • Forest
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2.81 km
Åsnen National Park
Highlight • Forest
Source: visitsmaland.se/de/erlebnisse/natur-ablebnis/nationalpark-asnen
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6.67 km
Hunshult
Nature Reserve
7.65 km
Grill Hut by the Lake, Åsnen National Park
Highlight • Mountain Hut
7.80 km
End point
Parking
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
4.81 km
1.63 km
1.32 km
< 100 m
Surfaces
3.95 km
2.52 km
777 m
545 m
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