Nationalpark

Stenshuvud (H9) Lat: N 55º 39' 35.69" Long: E 14º 14' 8.50"
Stenshuvud is one of the most varied of national parks in our country. The well-known mountain is 97 meters high and this is where Linderödsåsen steeps down into Hanöbukten (the Hanö bay). The view is amazing from the top of the mountain - the flat sand fields spreading out with vast moors and dry grasslands, rich in flowers. At the foot of the mountain the coast is dramatic with clear-cut cliffs and rubble stone fields. Beyond that you can see the blue see with a free horizon and towards land, during summer, you look out across an almost comprehensive roof of deciduous forest. There are marked hiking routes and a Naturum (an information centre with facts about plants and animals in the park).

Christinehof Ecopark, Andrarum, Brösarp (E8)
The Ecopark, which surrounds the castle Christinehof, protects, cares for and shows local natural and culturel values. Open all year round. www.christinehofsekopark.se

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Nature reserves

Askebacken med Lyby stubbskottsäng (B5) Lat: N 55º 50' 28.33" Long: E 13º 36' 17.57"
The area consists of a small-scale, varied landscape. It´s of historical value due to it´s “stump shoots bed” and “vånga forest” – a soil type common in the Scanian “risbygder” (the area between the fields in the south and the forest in the north) before the parcels in the 1800s.
Lat: N 55º 50’ 28.33” Long: E 13º 36’ 17.57”

Bjära (D3) Lat: N 55º 54' 39.71" Long: E 13º 50' 47.34"
Bjära Nature Reserve is a varied landscape, dominated by beech forests with elements of other deciduous trees such as lime tree, maple tree and hornbeam. By Bjära nutritious and easily mouldered diabase crops out, enriching the soil to rich vegetation, including plants like common solomon's seal, yellow archangel and dog's mercury. North of Bjära there is a small enclosed pasture and a brook flows through the western part, where you also find many stone fences.

Boarps hed (moor) (C3) Lat: N 55º 55' 52.63" Long: E 13º 46' 42.70"
This is a nature reserve about 3 kilometres west of Linderöd. It's an example of the older type of pastureland that the common heaths represented before. The landscape is hilly with heather, juniper and grazing animals. In August, the heather is in bloom and the moor is in its most glowing colours. It has been a civilized country since the Stone Age.

Drakamöllan – Kumlan (F7) Lat: N 55º 45' 34.57" Long: E 14º 7' 41.25"
Kumlan has one of the biggest occurrences of the very rare sand steppe vegetation in the country. The sand steppe has developed through long, hard pasturage and temporary cultivation on limy sand ground. The ancient farming methods existed until the late 60's, with "moving fields", that is: a short period of growing and a long of fallow, when the field was used as pasture. The area is surrounded by pine forests in the north and southeast, and in the west borders Drakamöllan that has a similar type of scenery.

Sniberups enefälad (juniper grassland) (C7) Lat: N 55º 45' 35.47" Long: E 13º 44' 21.50"
This is one of the few remaining grasslands with juniper bushes and heather, a type of landscape that covered big parts of Linderödsåsen a 100 years ago. The area is very varied and contains, apart from juniper grasslands, also forest areas and fields that invite to excursions and outdoor activities.


Verkeåns nature Reserve (E-G7-8) Lat: N 55º 43' 19.22" Long: E 14º 11' 21.15"
Verkeån (a stream) is close to Brösarp, surrounded by powerful stratums from the Ice Age, that form the open, grazed, hilly landscape. On the northern hills you find sand steppes and grass moor vegetation with plenty of St. Bernard´s lilies, pinks (Dianthus arenarius) and helichrysums. Within the area The Glimmeboda farm is situated; a typical local farm built in a different technique. The surrounding offers an old-fashioned impression and there are a good deal of ancient remains that tells you about an open, cultivated area since the Bronze- and Iron Age.


Jären – Hörrödsåsen (E6) Lat: N 55º 45' 56.43" Long: E 14º 0' 13.60"
Jären-Hörrödsåsen also belongs to Verkeåns Nature Reserve. The ridge extends between Agusa and Hörröd and is a striking boulder ridge. This type of a ridge is called a "goat back ridge" because the crest is pointy and covered with small stones so that it looks like, from a distance, a coarse goat back. Along the crest is a hiking route with a giddy view. The sides of the ridge are covered with a very old hardwood forest. Both north and south of the ridge you find old alder marshes that have a rich and varied animal- and plant life. It is situated in connection to Hjortslingan.


Vitemölla (G8) Lat: N 55º 42' 50.14" Long: E 14º 11' 41.39"
These are steep beach hills between Haväng and Vitemölla. This is the largest area of the very rare and fragile sand steppe vegetation in Sweden. A heath with mainly grey hair-grass occurs as an area between the pine forest and the beach. You can find St. Bernard´s lilies, Anthericum ramosum, small pasque flowers and pasque flowers, milk-vetches (Astragalus arenarius), and preserved sea hollies in the area. Klammersbäcken (a brook) has eroded a deep ravine through the area that is covered with deciduous forest. A museum is housed in the so-called "Lindgrens länga".

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Kalkbrottet i Ö. Sönnarslöv (the limestone quarry) (E3) Lat: N 55º 53' 42.91" Long: E 14º 0' 43.58"
	This is an industry memorial that has become nature worth seeing. They started with the limestone quarrying in 1898 and it continued for 30 years. On the hills around the quarry there is a beautiful view across the grass-covered limestone quarry.

Kulturlandskap norr om Mjälaströ (civilzed country) (B3) Lat: N 55º 53.526' Long: E 013º 40.258'
A varied and a culture landscape worth seeing that, for example, has small fields alternated with wet pastures, wetlands, hills covered in deciduous forest and old haymaking fields. There are rest areas for drivers along the road. Skåneleden (The Skåne route - the ridge to ridge part), goes through the area.

Kulturlandskap kring S. Rörum (civilzed country) (B3) Lat: N 55º 54.802' Long: E 013º 39.889'
Här finns ett mycket variationsrikt område med allt från mossar och våtmarker till enefälader och bokskogar. En liten grusås förhöjer landskapsbilden. Den fiskrika Kvesarumssjön med sin vackra och viltrika omgivning ligger också i området.

Linderödsåsens (northern hillside with the valley of Vramsån and Olarp)(C2)
Lat: N 55º 57.856' Long: E 013º 51.114'
This is an area classified as a national interest with many insects under the threat of extinction and rare plants in a very rich flora. The entrance road is by Olarp, which is a very old village with a fantastic view across the flat land, Åhus, the chimneys in Nymölla, Ryssberget a ridge), which is situated on the border to Blekinge, about 50 kilometres away. It is connected to Bastslingan.

Mjöåns dalgång (long valley) (F4) Lat: N 55º 51.370' Long: E 013º 59.528'
This is a beautiful, narrow and beech-wood-covered stream-ravine on the northern hillside of Linderödsåsen with ground vegetation so typical for a beech wood. There is a rich animal life with, for example, a lot of clove-footed animals.