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National park near Jūrmala, Latvia
Photo: Gatis Pāvils, Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Ķemeri National Park (Latvian: Ķemeru nacionālais parks) is a national park west of the city of Jūrmala, Latvia. The territory of the park is mostly occupied by forests and mires, the most significant of them being the Great Ķemeri Bog (Latvian: Lielais Ķemeru tīrelis). There are also several lakes, that are former lagoons of the Littorina Sea. Lake Kaņieris is a Ramsar site.
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A fort near Lake Kanieris and is accessible via the Kanieris Hill Fort Trail.
Birdwatching venue.
Once part of the Littorina Sea shores, it is now a sand dune, several kilometres long.
Lielais Ķemeru tīrelis
Head south, and you will find a trail made of planks across the swamp including an observation tower (but without a roof, so not good for overnighting without a tent)—see included track in the following. It seems that (from the satellite view) starting from the observation tower (popular with photographers for sunrise and sunset scenes), there is a trail leading even further south into the swamp, probably requiring rubber boots – check out the trail, also included with this listing. Nevertheless, also northwest of Ķemeri village trails lead through the swamp, check them out on OpenStreetMap, which many mobile Apps like OsmAnd or Mapy.cz, etc. use, or any other preferred map.
Ice cream shop.
Historic hotel. Includes jacuzzi (hot tub) and sauna.
Known for its smoked fish.
The park is 11 km west of Jūrmala on the A10 road — about a 2 hr 15 min walk.
Read in the guideThe P128 road gets through parts of this route. Other parts can only be reached by foot.
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