Hara Bay ( Estonian : Hara laht ) is a bay in Harju County , Estonia . The bay is located between Juminda and Pärispea Peninsula . The bay's area is 9859 ha.
5-433: A part of Hara Bay is under protection ( Lahemaa National Park ). Two rivers flows into the bay: Valgejõgi and Lohja Stream. 59°37′N 25°38′E / 59.62°N 25.63°E / 59.62; 25.63 This Estonia location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Lahemaa National Park Lahemaa National Park is a park in northern Estonia , 70 kilometers east from
10-468: The area is rich in flora and fauna. The landscape has many raised bogs , including the 7,000-year-old Laukasoo Reserve. The park, marked by several trails, teems with wildlife, including a population of boar , red deer , wolves , bear and lynx . The coast is covered with rocks and boulders, used each year by cranes as a stopover on their way to the Bosphorus and Egypt. There are four manors situated in
15-637: The capital Tallinn . The Gulf of Finland is to the north of the park and the Tallinn-Narva highway (E20) to the south. Its area covers 747 km (including 274.9 km of sea). It was the first area to be designated a national park of the former Soviet Union . It is the largest park in Estonia and one of Europe's biggest national parks. Its charter calls for the preservation, research and promotion of North-Estonian landscapes, ecosystems, biodiversity and national heritage. The name Lahemaa originates from
20-567: The most thoroughly studied and visited part of the North Estonian coast, where four large peninsulas ( Juminda , Pärispea , Käsmu and Vergi ) are separated from each other by four bays ( Kolga , Hara , Eru and Käsmu ). Lahemaa translates roughly as "Land of Bays". The national park, established in 1971, is one of the main tourist draws in Estonia. Several companies offer day tour packages from Tallinn, while many people drive themselves. With forests covering more than 70 percent of Lahemaa,
25-551: The national park: Palmse manor, the picturesque Vihula manor, Kolga manor, and the baroque Sagadi Manor, Estonia's most visited manor which together with the other three comprise one of the most unusual group of manors in the country. Prior to 1991, the Soviet Union operated a large secret submarine base at Hara. The base was built in the 1950s during the height of the Cold War . The ruins of this former Soviet submarine base
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