Rokiškis District Municipality
Rokiškis District
Sartai Regional Park observation tower
Baršėnai area, Sartai Regional Park, Rokiškis District Municipality
55.84100, 25.83900
30-60 minutes
May-October for Lake Sartai panorama, clear days for distant views
Baršėnai Observation Tower, Sartai Regional Park Baršėnai Observation Tower
Baršėnai Tower by Sartai
On the official Saugoma.lt page, Sartai Observation Tower is called the Sartai Regional Park (Baršėnai) observation tower. Visitors usually search for it as Sartai tower because the main view is the panorama of Lake Sartai.
The tower stands in Rokiškis District, in Sartai Regional Park. It is a good place to understand the Aukštaitija lake landscape: long lake branches, wooded shores, and open village and field spaces merge into one view from above.
From 22 to 33 metres
Saugoma.lt states that the tower was built in 2003 by AB Rokiškio sūris. Its initial height was 22 m, and it was later raised to 33 m.
This history matters because the tower is not a contextless decoration but part of local initiative and regional-park infrastructure, later adapted for a better panorama.
What to see from the top
The main view is Lake Sartai: long, branched, and deeply cut into the Aukštaitija landscape. From the tower you see water areas, shore forms, forests, homestead surroundings, and more distant horizons.
Sartai is strongly associated with horse races, but from the tower the first impression is the lake's scale. That helps explain why the lake itself became a regional symbol.
Sartai Regional Park context
Sartai Regional Park protects a lake-rich and wooded Aukštaitija landscape. VLE gives the park area as 12,107 ha (2018) and states that it protects the Lake Sartai landscape formed at the intersection of glacial channels; the highest point is 162 m above sea level and the lowest, at 100 m, is the lake surface.
If travelling through Rokiškis or Zarasai regions, Sartai tower is a short but informative stop between lakes, manors, and small towns.
How to visit
Allow 30-60 minutes. On a clear day the view is wider, and evening light shows the bays and shores more beautifully. In windy weather it can be colder at the top than below.
Climb carefully, hold the rails, and do not overload the upper platform. With children, agree on stair and platform behaviour before climbing.
