Lake Päijänne

Lake Päijänne, lying 78m/255ft above sea level, is 140km/87mi long and up to 28km/17mi wide, with an area of some 1,111sq.km/430sq.mi. Its shores are wooded and for much of the way rocky and rugged. Immediately beyond the bridge Road 314 goes off on the right to Asikkala (pop. 7,600), continuing over the narrow isthmus of Pulkkiilanharju, 8km/5mi long, to the eastern shore of Lake Päijänne, along which it runs north to Sysmä (pop. 7,000), with a fine stone-built 15th century church and a Doll Museum and dolls' house (Onkiniemi).