Nemunas loops regional park

DATE OF ESTABLISHMENT 1992

AREA 25,080 ha

Administration Visitors’ centre in Birštonas Tylioji str. 1, LT-59206 Birštonas

Phone: + 37031965610 Email: [email protected]

Nemunas loops regional park

EXCLUSIVE VALUE OF THE REGIONAL PARK The Great Nemunas Loops is a geological-hydrographical phe nomenon, unique not only in Lithuania but also in Europe. The exclusive Nemunas River valley is decorated with plenty of steep exposures, slopes, ravines, and washes. There are new islands still formed in Nemunas. In the valley, there is a unique Škėvonys ridge, erosional remnants, and hollows. An incredibly beautiful Verknė River valley. The Great Loops surrounds the stands of the old forests. The early Lithuanian pine forests of Punia with its characteristic features is well known far outside the borders of Li thuania. The forests of Punia and Prienai features the highest trees in Lithuania. The area also features the Degsnė larch tree forest. Nemunas valley is rich in mounds. This national park has one of the most distinctive landscape structures in Lithuania.

The Nemunas Loops Regional Park has been established to protect the unique landscape of the great Nemunas loops and the Punia pine forest, its natural ecosystem as well as other natural and cultural heritage values.