Entrance and parking lot, Stora Envättern

Protected since: 1996

Size: 149 hectares of which land 111 hectares

Character: lake, coniferous forest, wetland

Municipality: Södertälje

Landowner: Sveaskog

Trustee: County Administrative Board

Form of protection: nature reserve

Other: Natura 2000 area Stora Envättern SE0110008

By foot: Section 13 of the Sörmlandsleden trail takes you to the reserve.

By car: Drive west on Route E20 from Södertälje for about 10 km. Exit on the left at Nykvarnsavfarten and drive south towards Järna. After 7 km, exit on the right towards Gnesta. After 6 km, you will pass a narrow bay at Lake Yngern, Yngsviken bay. Proceed about 600 m before taking a right at the sign "Naturreservat", onto a small gravel road. After about 1.1 km, just before you reach a gate, take a left and drive about 600 m to the parking lot. It is also possible to hike to the reserve via the Sörmlandsleden trail from Yngsviken bay. There is a parking lot and section information about the Sörmlandsleden trail.

In order to protect the Stora Envättern nature reserve, please respect the following rules.

Within the reserve, it is forbidden to:

1. destroy or damage rock, soil or stone by drilling, cutting, blasting, carving, digging, painting or similar,
2. break branches, fell or in any other way damage living or dead trees and bushes, or damage the vegetation in general by digging up plants, such as shrubs, herbaceous plants, mosses, lichens or remove fungi growing on wood,
3. disturb wildlife (e.g. by climbing nesting trees, trapping or killing mammals, birds, reptiles or amphibians),
4. fish,
5. trap and collect invertebrates,
6. bring dogs that are not on a leash,
7. camp for more than two consecutive nights,
8. make a fire outside of designated sites,
9. put up a message board, placard, poster, sign or make inscriptions,
10. operate motorised vehicles or bicycle off-road.