Rental hut
Mustajärvi Croft
Number of beds
6 beds
Size (in square metres)
126 m2
Address
Rahtijärventie 214, 16970 Hämeenlinna
Coordinates
Euref-Fin (~WGS84) lat: 61° 12.851° lon: 25° 07.150° ETRS-TM35FIN: N: 6788099 E: 398969
Mustajärvi Croft rental hut (common room, hall, bedroom and vestibule with kitchen) is located in the Evo Hiking Area and is a former forest ranger's farm. The farm's old forest pastures and meadows are significant conservation areas due to the value associated with their landscape and nature. The timber-framed Mustajärvi main building, the reservable double hut, is built in the 1850s and 1860s, and radiates the history of the Evo crown park. The location is a popular shepherd site in the summer. There is also a sauna in the yard.
A rental hut is a place for an overnight stay that can be rented for only your use.
Reservations
The reservation day for reservable and rental huts begins at 2 pm and end at 12 noon.
Bring along your invoice and proof of payment to the hut.
202: Available for rent from 3 May to 29 May and 22 August to 31 October.
Basic details of the destination
- Municipality
- Hämeenlinna
- Region
- Kanta-Häme
- Location
- Evo Hiking Area
- Heating
- Fire place, wood-burning baking oven
- Electricity
- Yes
- Cooking
- Electric cooker/oven, refrigerator
- Drinking water
- Well (only in the summer)
- Toilet
- Dry toilet
- Staying overnight
- Bed, blankets, mattresses, pillows
- Pets
- Allowed
- Sauna
- Yes
Arrival instructions
Driving Instructions
When arriving from the south, turn from the Lammi–Padasjoki road (no. 53) and follow the Evo signs. After the Evo Centre (Häme University of Applied Sciences), continue on Rahtjärventie for approximately 2 km, and then turn left to enter the yard (Rahtjärventie 214). You can park your car along the driveway of the Mustajärvi farm.
When arriving from the north, turn from the Lammi–Padasjoki road (no. 53) to Opistontie and follow the Evo signs. Continue on Opistontie for approximately 1.5 km and turn left to Rahtjärventie, then drive on for approximately 2 km and turn left to enter the yard (Rahtjärventie 214). You can park your car along the driveway of the Mustajärvi farm.
By Public Transportation
There are no bus connections to Evo. The closest bus stations are in Padasjoki and Lammi. Timetables (matkahuolto.fi).
The closest railway station is in Hämeenlinna. Timetables (vr.fi).
Search for public transport routes and timetables to Evo (opas.matka.fi).
Read more about the area and more detailed arrival instructions on Nationalparks.fi.
Yard
There is a dry toilet, well and woodshed in the yard.
The open grounds are surrounded by old buildings at the edge of a pasture. The sand road passes behind the sauna.
Camping in the yard is prohibited.
Keys
The key is in a key cabinet on the hut wall. The cabinet is protected with a code. Instructions and the code are sent to you by e-mail at the time of booking.
Facilities
Heating and lighting
The hut is heated by a large, heat-storing, brick-built baking oven in the hall and a fireplace in the bedroom. Please note! The use of the wood-burning stove in the kitchen area and the fireplace in the common room is forbidden for the time being. Please use firewood sparingly: two full loads of wood per day is enough to heat the heat-storing fireplaces. Please note that it takes some time before the hut is properly warm.
It is advisable to first keep the fire burning low in the heat-storing fireplaces of the hut to give the chimney time to warm up (no smoke inside). You must open the fireplace dampers before lighting a fire. Double dampers: one for ventilation and the other for the fireplace. Both dampers shall be kept open. Do not leave the fire unattended when lighting it!
The hut also has electricity and electric lighting.
Remember to pack a torch. We recommend a head torch which leaves your hands free for sauna duties. For safety reasons, candles must be burned on a non-combustible surface and constantly monitored.
Cooking
The kitchen area has an electric cooker and oven, a refrigerator (with an ice compartment), crockery and cutlery.
Drinking water
There is a well in the yard. Please note that the well water must be boiled before drinking.
Drinking water is also available from the tap of the machine room located in the yard of Evo Centre or from the well at Evo Camping Centre.
Staying overnight
Beds, mattresses, pillows and blankets for 6 persons.
Please bring your own linen or a sleeping bag and towels.
Sauna
There is a separate building with a veranda, washing facilities and a wood-heated sauna.
Toilet
There is a dry toilet near the hut. Please bring your own toilet paper.
Waste disposal
There are no waste containers by the cabin. Visitors are advised to take their accumulated waste with them.
Metsähallitus follows the principles of litter-free hiking. Visitors are adviced to bring their own waste out of the area. Read more about hiking without littering (nationalparks.fi).
Other things to keep in mind
Pets must be kept on leash also in the yard (and entering the pasture with pets is prohibited).
There are no accessible services in the hut.
Smoking is prohibited inside the hut.
Please clean the hut before you leave.
Safety
Although Finland has a broad network for mobile phones, there are some areas in the park without signal. If this happens try to climb to a higher place or go into an open area. Check the mobile network coverage with your mobile phone operator before your trip.
There are fire alarms at wilderness huts, but we recommend to bring a 9 V battery and/or your own travel fire alarm with you.
Read more about the area and its current information at Nationalparks.fi.
Hut maintenance
Maintenance and Management: Metsähallitus, Parks & Wildlife Finland.
If you notice that anything requires maintenance, kindly let us know: Nationalparks.fi/feedback.
