• Stora Envättern nature reserve.
    Stora Envättern nature reserve.
    Photo: Stockholm County Administrative Board
  • Över stock och sten i Stora Envätterns naturreservat
    Över stock och sten i Stora Envätterns naturreservat
    Photo: Stockholm County Administrative Board
  • Vattnet i sjön är klart
    Vattnet i sjön är klart
    Photo: Stockholm County Administrative Board
  • Flera ställen vid sjön passar bra för fikapaus
    Flera ställen vid sjön passar bra för fikapaus
    Photo: Stockholm County Administrative Board
  • Spana efter fiskgjuse och storlom
    Spana efter fiskgjuse och storlom
    Photo: Stockholm County Administrative Board
  • Flygbild över Stora Envättern
    Flygbild över Stora Envättern
    Photo: Stockholm County Administrative Board

Stora Envättern

  • Nature reserve
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Drive carefully. The roads leading to the reserve are currently not in good condition. Please drive carefully. The land owner, Sveaskog, will repair the roads shortly.

Beware of falling trees. Trees
in this nature reserve have been affected by spruce bark beetles. There are
many dead standing spruces in the forest and along paths. Dead trees may
fall suddenly and without warning. Watch out and avoid visiting the nature
reserve when it is windy.

Description

The water of Lake Stora Envättern is crystal-clear due to the low nutrient content in the lake. Ospreys are a common sight and black-throated loons breed here. The old pristine forest around the lake is rich in dead wood and rare fungi.

Explore the forest paths or hike the Sörmlandsleden trail along the north side of the lake. Finish the day with a hot meal prepared at one of the fire pits.

Please note that fishing is not allowed.

Get here by public transport

Activities And Facilities

  • Nature reserve

Facts

Protected since: 1996

Size: 149 hectares of which land 111 hectares

Character: lake, coniferous forest, wetland

Municipality: Södertälje

Landowner: Sveaskog

Administrator: County Administrative Board

Form of protection : nature reserve

Other : Natura 2000 area Stora Envättern SE0110008

Directions

By bus: The closest public transit is in Järna, about 15 km from the reserve. For current information on bus routes and schedules, see SL.se

By car: Drive west on Route E20 from Södertälje for about 10 km. Exit on the left at Nykvarnsavfarten and drive south towards Järna. After 7 km, exit on the right towards Gnesta. After 6 km, you will pass a narrow bay at Lake Yngern, Yngsviken bay. Proceed about 600 m before taking a right at the sign "Naturreservat", onto a small gravel road. After about 1.1 km, just before you reach a gate, take a left and drive about 600 m to the parking lot. It is also possible to hike to the reserve via the Sörmlandsleden trail from Yngsviken bay. There is a parking lot and section information about the Sörmlandsleden trail.

Regulations

In order to protect the Stora Envättern nature reserve, please respect the following rules.

Within the reserve, it is forbidden to:

  1. destroy or damage rock, soil or stone by drilling, cutting, blasting, carving, digging, painting or similar,
  2. break branches, fell or in any other way damage living or dead trees and bushes, or damage the vegetation in general by digging up plants, such as shrubs, herbaceous plants, mosses, lichens or remove fungi growing on wood,
  3. disturb wildlife (e.g. by climbing nesting trees, trapping or killing mammals, birds, reptiles or amphibians),
  4. fish,
  5. trap and collect invertebrates,
  6. bring dogs that are not on a leash,
  7. camp for more than two consecutive nights,
  8. make a fire outside of designated sites,
  9. put up a message board, placard, poster, sign or make inscriptions,
  10. operate motorised vehicles or bicycle off-road.

Contact

Email address

Länsstyrelsen i Stockholm

naturskotsel.stockholm@lansstyrelsen.se

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Något som inte framgår i varken text eller på kartan är att det finns en stig runt hela sjön som är enkel att följa. Kombineras med Sörmlandsleden och gulmarkerad stig. Totalt 5.5 km från parkeringen.

Som ”Jojje” skriver följde vi stigen som går runt sjön. Mycket fin tur, ganska blött på sina ställen såhär en mild decembermånad.

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