• Main article Stockholm Archipelago Trail

Distance: 11.9 km Officiel web

'"`UNIQ--maplink-00000002-QINU`"'

SAT Lidö

The trail begins at the 59.77008919.0791491 Lidö ferry stop.

At the Lidö ferry stop you also have a 59.77028319.0793532 sign about the Lidö trail as the trail is good marked and follow on smaller roads, you can often manage without the electronic map, but it doesn't hurt to have it.

North of the jetty is 59.77133319.0799723 Lidö Värdshus, which today is a hotel and restaurant. The current 59.77143919.079354 main building was built in 1769 and is well worth a visit if its open. To the right of the ferry stop is the 59.77040419.0799455 Lidö Windmill. You can find the windmill on Suecia Antiqua et Hodierna mentioned as 59.7705119.080876 Lidö this is a collection of engravings of Sweden during its period as a great power.

Walking west, you will pass 59.77612819.0777727 some houses that, in the 1940s, served as 59.77639719.0770788 summer homes for housewives. If you have time, you can take a detour to visit a new 59.78197119.0621999 wind shelter with a beautiful view. Rumour has it that Lidö Värdshus can arrange food delivery.

Continuing on the gravel road and pass some 59.77866119.06881410 open fields you will see a sign 59.78147519.06879211 Russian own, that is a simple, dry-stone outdoor oven, traditionally found in Sweden’s coastal areas. It is believed to originate from the early 18th century, when Russian troops invaded parts of Sweden during the Great Northern War. These ovens were likely used for baking bread and cooking food while the soldiers were stationed in the region.

You will continue 59.78347519.06941912 in the forest and then follow the 59.78435619.07290313 coastline path a 59.78435619.07290314 small path and follow the 59.78494719.07585615 blue yellow ribbons. After 1 km you will come to a nice 59.78598119.08730816 viewpoint where you can see Arholma on the horizon. The trail turns south and you will follow 59.78044819.08759217 a forrest trail in the direction of the 59.77937819.0896518 Lidö campsite. If you are not staying here turn left on to a 59.78193319.09809219 smaller forest road that ends in a location with some 59.78704219.10176120 older military installations. Turn back in direction the campsite. At the campsite you have a small bathing area 59.77864419.09163621 small bathing area next to an 59.77873319.09168322 bbq area with toilets.

Walk the gravel street south and the trail will turn left into a 59.77638619.08816723 narrow woodland trail. You will pass a harbour for leisure boats where anchoring takes place at buoys to protect the seabed.

The path continues along the coastline and it is a rather 59.77237219.09349224 easy-to-walk trail that takes you back to the ferry stop and the restaurant.

• 59.7748219.08206131 Lidö farm
• 59.77323619.07917532 Lidö nature information
• 59.78147519.06879233 Russian oven used for baking bread and cooking food while the soldiers were stationed in the region. This oven is linked to the Russian raids when Lidö was burned in the summer of 1719.
• 59.7811519.0816234 Mink farm from 1937 to 1945, Sweden’s largest mink farm was located here, employing up to 60 people at its peak.

Dependent time of the year you can go from 59.75229719.08033938 Räfsnäs ferry stop or if it is high season take a boat from trail SAT Arholma.

• see an overview of good starting points for Stockholm Archipelago Trail

Stockholm Archipelago Trail sections - Getting in

Alphabetical Arholma • Brottö • Finnhamn • Fjärdlång • Furusund • Grinda • Ingmarsö • Landsort • Lidö • Möja • Nåttarö • Nämdö • Ornö • Runmarö • Rånö • Sandhamn • Svartsö • Utö • Yxlan • Ålö North → South Arholma • Lidö • Furusund • Yxlan • Finnhamn • Svartsö • Ingmarsö • Brottö • Grinda • Möja • Sandhamn • Runmarö • Nämdö • Ornö • Fjärdlång • Utö • Ålö • Rånö • Nåttarö • Landsort