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Open the map and Select a county

The home page offers two large choices. The full cards are clickable, and mobile screens also show the same choices as clear green buttons inside the cards.

1. Choose Open the map if you want to search for a place or protected area, or browse the whole country on the map.
2. Choose Select a county if you want to discover nature without knowing an area name or location first.

Learn about the county and View it on the map

The county directory has one card for each county. On mobile, use Jump to a county to move straight to the right card.

1. Choose Read about the county for an introduction to its landscapes and a selection of national parks and nature reserves.
2. Choose View the county on the map to open all protected areas shown for that county.

Nature areas near the city

A county page gives you the wider landscape before you choose a destination. The Nature areas near the city button opens the county’s selected city page.

1. Use the Nature areas near the city link near the top when you want to begin with places close to the selected city.
2. Continue through the page to understand the county and compare the highlighted areas.
3. Open an area on the map from its card, or use the map button in County at a glance to view the whole county.

Buttons on a city page

A city page presents three nearby outings and explains the natural character of each one.

1. Compare the area descriptions and choose the kind of landscape you want to explore.
2. Open one area directly on the map, or use the map button to view protected areas around the city.
3. Select the county name in the breadcrumb line above the heading when you want to return to the county page.

Buttons on the map

The map works both when you know a name and when you simply want to see what is protected nearby.

1. Enter a town, county, nature reserve or national park in the search box and choose the correct result.
2. Move or zoom the map. Select a numbered circle to move closer, or choose an individual marker to open that area.
3. Choose Show nearby to search around the centre of the map. The question mark in the panel explains the radius, and the slider changes the distance.
4. Choose an empty point on the map to search around that exact location instead. The green area shows how far the search reaches from the point.
5. Choose Help to open this page. Back to map returns to the same map view.

Buttons in an area panel

Opening a nature reserve or national park brings together the available information for that particular area.

1. Read the description, nature details, location, size and protection year when those details are available.
2. Use the question mark beside an IUCN category to understand the international management category.
3. Choose Open in Google Maps to open the area coordinates in Google Maps.
4. Choose Official website for current regulations and information from the responsible authority.
5. An area opened from a county or city guide includes a link back to that guide. After a normal search, you can continue to the county page instead.

The Before you visit button

Choose Before you visit in the main menu for a short checklist covering regulations, weather, daylight, maps, clothing, water, fires and care for the surroundings.

Always check the area’s official website before setting out. Rules and conditions differ between places and may change.

EN, SV and Home

Choose SV or EN in the main menu to change language. On light pages, the Skogstrollet name and character lead to the home page. On the map, use Home to leave the map.