Driving instructions/sights/activities
Driving instructions
Link to site map provided by Eniro
Link to site map provided by National Land Survey of Finland
From east
Petrozavodsk - Prääzä - Kolatselkä - Impilahti - Läskelä -Rytty - Ruskeala - Värtsilä-Niirala border station: drive approximately 16 kilometres along road 70 to Tohmajärvi and then approximately 15 kilometres to Onkamo. Then turn left to highway 6 and drive approximately 1 kilometre. When you see a blue-and-white sign saying "Suur-Onkamon Loma", turn right to road Säkäniementie. Then drive approximately 3 kilometres, until you see a sign to road Kirtsinniementie. Turn left and drive 1,3 kilometres. Now you have reached the destination. The main building, where we live, is located to the left. Ring the doorbell and you will get the cabin keys and some guidance. Welcome!
From south
Highway 6 - Helsinki - Lappeenranta - Imatra - Särkisalmi -Tolosenmäki: Drive from Tolosenmäki towards Joensuu approximately 19 kilometres. When you see a blue-and-white sign saying "Suur-Onkamon Loma", turn left to road Säkäniementie. Then drive approximately 3 kilometres, until you see a sign to road Kirtsinniementie. Turn left and drive 1,3 kilometres. Now you have reached the destination. The main building, where we live, is located to the left. Ring the doorbell and you will get the cabin keys and some guidance. Welcome!
From north
From Joensuu drive along highway 6 approximately 40 kilometres. Pass the intersection left to Tohmajärvi and right to Sintsi and drive towards Lappeenranta for 1 kilometre. When you see a blue-and-white sign saying "Suur-Onkamon Loma", turn right to road Säkäniementie. Then drive approximately 3 kilometres, until you see a sign to road Kirtsinniementie. Turn left and drive 1,3 kilometres. Now you have reached the destination. The main building, where we live, is located to the left. Ring the doorbell and you will get the cabin keys and some guidance. Welcome!
Distances
Helsinki 400 km
St.Petersburg (Russia) 375 km
Petrozavodsk (Russia) 300 km
Lappeenranta 200 km
Nurmes 175 km
Imatra 165 km
Kuopio 160 km
Koli 110 km
Savonlinna 110 km
Sortavala(Russia) 100 km
Ilomantsi 70 km
Joensuu 45 km
Joensuu airport 55 km
Spa, Water Park, Zoo and dance pavilion 36 km
Värtsilä-Niirala border station 35 km
Kitee 30 km
Kitee aerodrome 20 km
Tohmajärvi 19 km
Highway 6 4 km
Services
Hairdresser and barber, taxi, car repair shop in Onkamo 6 km
Convenience store in Tikkala 10 km
Shops and stores, restaurants, cafés, kiosk,
bakery, health care centre, pharmacy,
Kela office (The Social Insurance Institution of Finland),
service station, post office, police, bank, travel agency,
local newspaper etc. in Tohmajärvi 19 km
Train station in Kitee 23 km
Alko's Corporate Service shop in Kitee 30 km
Museums/Exhibitions/Sights
“Puun sielu“ (Spirit of Wood)- Exhibition in Onkamo 9 km
Museum of Illegal Alcohol in Kitee 17 km
Parish Museum and Nyman House Museum in Tohmajärvi 20 km
Summer theatre in Tohmajärvi 20 km
The Evangelical Lutheran church in Kirkkoniemi 25 km
Railway Museum in Hammaslahti 25 km
Hydroelectric Plant Museum in Saario 30 km
School Museum in Kaurila 30 km
The Kitee zoo and Water Park in Kitee 36 km
Pajarinhovi´s Great Dance Pavilion in Kitee 36 km
Mill Museum in Värtsilä 40 km
Art Museum and North Karelian Museum in Joensuu 45 km
Bunker Museum and the Salpa Defence Line in Joensuu 50 km
Sport and exercise possibilities
Football and javelin field in Onkamo 6 km
Sports ground in Tohmajärvi 18 km
Indoor sports arena and tennis courts in Tohmajärvi 20 km
Lit running/ski track Tohmajärvi 20 km
Indoor swimming bath, indoor ice rink, jumping hills,
finnish baseball field in Kitee 30 km
Kuusvaara golf course 30 km
Aquatic Centre Vesikko in Joensuu 45 km
Joensuu Arena (indoor sports arena) 45 km
Pärnävaara Sports Centre 55 km
Biathlon Stadium in Kontiolahti 55 km
Ski Centre in Mustavaara 55 km
Karelia Golf course in Kontioniemi 65 km
Nature trails and tours/Trekking paths
Snowmobile route 0,5 km
Jänisjoki river canoeing route 30 km
Jänispolku (Nature trail) 30 km
Kemien luontopolku (Nature trail) in Tohmajärvi 20 km
Aconitum-polku (Nature trail, famous for its Monkshood Grove) in Kirkkoniemi 25 km
Värtsintaival (Nature trail) in Värtsilä 40 km
Bird watching tower in Peijonniemi 30 km
Sääperi bird lake in Värtsilä 40 km
22.2.2011