Wikiloc | [2021] Top of the Top (day hikes) - Rusnė Island Greater Loop Trail

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Distance: 14.52 mi
Elevation gain: 23 ft
Technical difficulty: Moderate
Elevation loss: 23 ft
Max elevation: 27 ft
TrailRank: 30
Min elevation: -115 ft
Trail type: Loop

Time: 4 hours 53 minutes
Coordinates: 3518
Uploaded: July 11, 2021
Recorded: July 2021

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near Rusnė, Klaipėdos apskritis (Lietuva)

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Itinerary description

Well, this is remote.
Fantastic trail around Rusnė Island, taking in Rusnė, the wetlands and the unique polder/dike system, Uostadvaris port and lighthouse, a birdwatching tower (rather useless as the stairs to the top have collapsed), Pakalnė channel and the village of the same name, a suspended footbridge...
Tons of wild birds (herons, wild geese, cranes, cormorants...) and placid cows.
More info here: http://www.nemunodelta.lt/49829/pesciuju-marsrutai/ilgasis-marsrutas-po-rusnes-sala.html
https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=1LwVg1lEeMvtCkG1H4-Hv9J-n1Ppm6iEj&ll=55.31994815346743%2C21.330085599999975&z=13
If you get addicted to the landscape, you could also try out the Lesser Loop trail:
http://www.nemunodelta.lt/49825/pesciuju-marsrutai/trumpasis-marsrutas-po-rusnes-sala.html
https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=1oRGUveNHVhg2HlwS87CmV3_eH1-zjlmn&ll=0%2C0&z=13

Waypoints

Start - Rusne Lutheran Church

Regional Park Visitors Centre

Lowest point in Lithuania (-2m)

Uostadvaris Lighthouse

Disused viewing tower

Nice spot / trail along the canal

Suspended footbridge

Beach / river border with Russia

Old Bridge remnants

Lutheran Church

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