- Place
- Ukmergė District Municipality
- Region
- Aukštaitija
- Type
- flowing borehole and visited groundwater source
- Address
- Šaltinio St., Bečiai, Vepriai Eldership, Ukmergė District, Lithuania
- Coordinates
- 55.13707, 24.56108
- Visit duration
- 30-60 minutes for the spring and a short walk; longer with Bečiai Pond and the Vepriai area
- Best time
- May to October; the forest path and spring surroundings can be wet after rain
Bečiai mineral spring, Bečių šaltinis
Bečiai Spring lies beside a pond in the grounds of a former manor park
Bečiai Spring is in Bečiai village, Vepriai Eldership, Ukmergė District, on the northwestern side of Bečiai Pond. The coordinates 55.137068, 24.561083 mark the spring itself, not the whole approach or a separate parking area.
The setting is best read as a landscape together: water lies on one side, while old park trees and a slope remain on the other. This is more than a village well; it is a small meeting point between a historic park landscape and groundwater.
The spring flows through a small well-house
The Lithuanian Geological Survey classifies Bečiai Spring as an artificial spring - an abandoned flowing borehole. A borehole and well-house were installed here during the Soviet period. Today water runs through a pipe, so the place feels more like an adapted groundwater outlet than an open muddy seep or marshy eye.
The water forms a wet basin and a short run among stones. After rain the ground can be slippery, while the flow and standing water depend on the season and underground-water conditions.
Cold, mineral-bearing water is not an automatic guarantee of potability
The Lithuanian Geological Survey describes water at about 7.8°C, mildly alkaline, with a pH of 7.25 and 582 mg/l of mineral substances. These figures help explain the character of the source, but they are not a laboratory test carried out on the day of every visit.
Local people and nearby residents have used the water for food, but visitors should not treat that history as a permanent drinking-water certificate. If you want to taste it, first check the latest on-site information and look for warning signs, unusual smell, or changed appearance.
Bečiai Pond preserves traces of an old park and mill
Bečiai Pond is part of the spring landscape. Its edges retain former manor-park trees and traces of older planting, while tourism descriptions also mention the setting of former water-mill foundation remains. A short stop can therefore become a walk through a fading estate-park layer.
The pond was connected with Lake Vepriai by a canal, and the relationship between pond and spring shows the site as a small hydrographic system. The spring and Lake Vepriai are still separate places: one is a source, the other a larger landscape water body.
The visit is short, but the place rewards a slower look
Allow about 30-60 minutes to see the spring and take a short walk around it. Coordinates help find the point, but park only where local conditions permit, keep the road clear, and do not drive into a meadow or private land.
A dry season is more comfortable, when the forest edge and spring approach are less saturated. With children, stay close to the water and stones; this is not a playground or a step-free recreational site.
Respect the source, pond, and former park surroundings
Do not damage the well-house, climb onto its roof, pull away moss, or widen paths down the slope. Do not wash objects in the pond, leave litter, or light fires beside the water. The place remains special when its small infrastructure is not overloaded.
The spring surroundings are both natural and historic. You can continue to Lake Vepriai or the town, but use roads and established paths rather than trying to cross wet banks or private former-estate grounds.
