Žemaitija National Park
Samogitia National Park or Žemaitija National Park is a national park in Lithuania. It is situated on the Samogitian Upland, 45 km from the Baltic Sea.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Forest reserve
- Description: national park in Lithuania
- Also known as: “Zemaitija National Park”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Paplatelė Trail Watchtower and Plokštinė missile base.
Paplatelė Trail Watchtower
Scenic viewpoint
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Paplatelė Trail Watchtower is a scenic viewpoint.
Plokštinė missile base
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Plokštinė missile base was an underground base of the Soviet Union. It was built near Plokščiai village, 13 kilometres north of Plungė, in the sparsely populated Plokštinė forest near Plateliai Lake, Samogitia, Lithuania.
Pakastuvos Lake
Lake
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Pakastuvos Lake is situated 3½ km northwest of Žemaitija National Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Platakiai and Virkšai.
Platakiai
Village
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Platakiai is a village, which is situated 3½ km east of Žemaitija National Park.
Virkšai
Village
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Virkšai is a village, which is situated 3½ km north of Žemaitija National Park.
Paežerės Rūdaičiai
Village
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Paežerės Rūdaičiai is a village, which is situated 3½ km northwest of Žemaitija National Park.
Žemaitija National Park
- Category: national park
- Location: Lithuania, Baltic states, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Žemaitija National Park” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Parc Nacional de Žemaitija”
- Chinese: “薩莫吉提亞國家公園”
- Czech: “Národní park Žmuď”
- Czech: “Žmuďský národní park”
- Danish: “Žemaitija nationalpark”
- Dutch: “Nationaal Park Zemaitija”
- Dutch: “Nationaal Park Žemaitija”
- Esperanto: “Nacia parko Ĵemajtio”
- Estonian: “Žemaitija rahvuspark”
- Finnish: “Žemaitijan kansallispuisto”
- French: “parc national de Žemaitija”
- French: “Parc national de Žemaitija”
- Georgian: “ჟემაიტიას ეროვნული პარკი”
- Georgian: “ჟემაიტიის ეროვნული პარკი”
- German: “Nationalpark Žemaitija”
- German: “Žemaitija-Nationalpark”
- Italian: “parco nazionale di Žemaitija”
- Latvian: “Žemaitijas nacionālais parks”
- Lithuanian: “Žemaitijos Nacionalinio Parko”
- Lithuanian: “Žemaitijos nacionalinis parkas”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Žemaitija nasjonalpark”
- Norwegian: “Žemaitija nasjonalpark”
- Polish: “Żmudzki Park Narodowy”
- Russian: “Жемайтийский национальный парк”
- Russian: “Национальный парк Жемайтия”
- Samogitian: “Žemaitėjės naciuonalėnis parks”
- Slovak: “Národný park Žmuď”
- Spanish: “Parque nacional de Žemaitija”
- Swedish: “Žemaitija nationalpark”
- Turkish: “Žemaitija Millî Parkı”
- Ukrainian: “Жемайтійський національний парк”
- Ukrainian: “Жемайтський національний парк”
- “Žemaitėjės naciuonalėnis parks”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Paplatelė and Likšai.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Paplatelės Miškas and Miškas Miežlaukis.
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