- Place
- Trakai District Municipality
- Region
- Aukštadvaris Regional Park
- Type
- protected geomorphological natural-heritage object
- Address
- Strėva Sinkhole, Strėva Forest, Trakai District
- Coordinates
- 54.58400, 24.69300
- Visit duration
- 30–60 minutes
- Best time
- dry daylight with footwear suited to forest paths
A distinct natural-heritage object
Strėva Sinkhole lies in Strėva Forest, about 1.5 km west of Strėva village. It belongs to the Aukštadvaris Regional Park landscape but remains a separately protected geomorphological object.
The coordinate 54.584, 24.693 marks a representative object point, not a precise car park or even trailhead.
How the hollow formed
The depression is thermokarst. As the last glacier withdrew, a buried block of ice melted, the sediment above collapsed, and the conspicuous hollow remained.
This is neither a quarry nor a limestone canyon. Its value lies in glacial processes expressed through the landform and naturally wooded slopes.
Dimensions and boggy floor
The sinkhole covers about 1.5 hectares, is roughly 150 m long and up to 100 m wide, with slopes around 20 m high; some encyclopaedic descriptions also give a depth of 22.5 m.
Water lies about 0.3 m below the floor surface, and the lower part is boggy. This is not a lake, beach, or swimming place.
The loop around the depression
The Strėva Green Trail passes the site, while a roughly 600 m loop called Around Strėva Sinkhole and a viewpoint serve the immediate visit. The short circuit is not the whole Green Trail.
Stay on the existing path, especially after rain when roots and slopes become slippery. Forest conditions can change after storms or maintenance.
Accessibility limits
Saugoma states that the place is not adapted for visitors with mobility disabilities. Steep natural slopes, forest ground, and a representative rather than entrance pin mean that no barrier-free route is formed here.
Check park information before travelling, do not drive blindly down forest tracks, and protect the edges of the heritage object.
Visiting Strėva Sinkhole
Allow 30–60 minutes for the short circuit and wear footwear suited to forest paths. Slopes and roots can be slippery after rain.
Treat an onward walk on the Green Trail as a separate forest outing and allow extra time and water.
