| Linnaistensuo Mire | |
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 Nature at Linnaistensuo | |
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| Location | Lahti, Finland |
| Nearest city | Lahti |
| Coordinates | 60°56′30″N 25°45′02″E / 60.941650°N 25.750552°E |
| Official website, in Finnish | |
The Linnaistensuo Mire is a nature reserve in Lahti, Finland.[1] Linnaistensuo is a typical southern Finnish raised bog.[1] It is located in the Kujala area near Linnaistenmäki, 7 kilometers from the city centre of Lahti.[2]
Linnaistensuo is an area of 200 hectares.[1] It contains 15 different natural mire types and the average peat in Linnaistensuo is 2.9 metres deep.[1][2] A boardwalk trail, 1,5 kilometers, crosses the area.[2] Linnaistensuo is also a popular destination for short hikes.[2]
At Linnaistensuo the ditches have been blocked and there was a project to restore the natural state of the nature between the years 2002–2004.[2][1] In the first phase, 100 hectares were protected and later the protected area has been supplemented.[2] Thanks to the new areas last added in 2003, nature reserve is now around 200 ha.[2]
Linnaistensuo was accepted into the European Union's Natura 2000 network in 1998 as a representative sample of the raised bog nature in southern Finland.[2]