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Seitseminen National Park is a nature reserve in Ylöjärvi's Länsi-Aure and on the borderlands of Ikaalinen. There are marked routes and nature trails. Seitseminen Nature Centre offers accommodation in the immediate vicinity of the national park's outdoor and camping areas. It is about 33 km from the centre of Parkano via Parkano-Kurutie 332. A hiking trail called Paroonin taival runs from Parkano via Aurejärvi to Seitseminen National Park.
Seitseminen National Park is located in the municipalities of Ikaalinen and Ylöjärvi in Finland. The national park was established in 1982 and later expanded in 1989. It now covers 45.5 square kilometres (17.6 sq mi). The park is a typical mix of upland and lowland coniferous boreal forests of the Suomenselkä watershed region. Upland areas are dominated by closed productive stands of Norway spruce and Scots pine while lowland areas are covered by sphagnum swamp and bog areas that also contain stunted and shrublike. These swamp and bog areas appear to be barren due to the sparse tree densities. Parts of the park contain some of the most ancient and oldest forests that are accessible to public in Finland.
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Parkanon metsämuseo
The Forest Museum presents the history of forest work from the rise of the sawmill industry in the 1860s to the mechanization of the 1960s. In the area of the forest museum there is an exhibition hall, a lumberjack, a sauna, a horse stable and forest machines. In addition, in the vicinity of the museum you will find a nature trail, Messukallio, beach, sheds and campfire sites.