Bergstigen och kalkbrottsleden

The Bergstigen is a 6 km long cultural heritage and nature trail through varied and beautiful environments, characterized by the 300-year-old stone industry in Degerhamn.

The trail winds past lime kilns, loading docks, large slag heaps and other very powerful remains from the stone industry, which today have been enclosed in and become part of nature. Along the path you can study the Linné wall which Carl von Linné (Carl Linneaus) visited in 1741.

Right next to Kalmarsund is Södra bruket, which is a very well-preserved mill environment from the early 19th century. Back then, alum production was in full swing here and you can see old workers' housing, the mill and the forge.

In the undulating landscape among the mill ruins rises a tall chimney, visible from afar. Here there is an exhibition area and a geological garden. The hiking trail continues along the beach up Stora alvaret.

Here the trail turns into the Kalkbrottsleden where an older, beautiful limestone quarry is passed and takes you on to the larger, recently closed limestone quarry. A nice natural area that is slowly being filled with water.

The mountain path is managed by the Södra Möckleby Hembygdsförening and is marked with red arrows, the lime quarry trail is marked with orange-painted stones.