Lappajärvi

A Town by Europe’s Largest Crater Lake
In Lappajärvi, you can enjoy the great outdoors on water and dry land. The most interesting places to visit can be found around the crater lake and on its islands, where visitors can also spot impactite, a rare rock created by the impact of the meteorite. Lappajärvi is located on plains and its lakeside landscapes are characterised by fields, villages and farms and summer houses. The beautiful Karvalanraitti lakeside road offers plenty to see.
Juuri sitä parasta

Kohokohtia

Lakeaharju

Wildlife & Nature

The Pyhäjärvi-Lakeaharju Hiking Trail offers lake landscapes in terrains of Lappajärvi, a crater lake created by the impact of a meteorite about 76 million years ago. The crater is surrounded by a bench rising to 100 m from the surface of the lake on the south-eastern shore of the lake, as a hogback consisting of the hills of Lakeaharju and Pyhävuori. When seen especially from the rocky top of Pyhävuori, the landscape of Lappajärvi is very steep by South Ostrobothnian terms.