Sports parks and local sports areas

Address: Einari Vuorelantie 4–6, Keuruu Athletics Ground, Keuruuntie 23, Keuruu

The Keuruu Sports Centre is located in the town centre, near the school. The Sports Centre also houses the depot for the Sports Department’s outdoor facilities maintenance staff.

The sports centre offers the following activities:

Ice rink

Maintenance building and wrestling hall

– 2 changing rooms
– a café area (you can organise a café yourself during events)
– 2 public toilets (including a disabled toilet)
– the wrestling hall also has some weights

In the summer

– a large sand pitch (e.g. for Finnish baseball) – a tennis court

– a padel court – Jupla padel – the
Seiponmäki fitness trail (2.3 km), with a gravel surface; lights switch off at 9 pm – exercise
equipment behind the ice rink, alongside the fitness trail
– an athletics track

In winter

-skating area and mini rink
– Seiponmäki ski trails, 2.3 km

Address: Tervantie 14, Keuruu

The area is open in the summer; no winter maintenance is carried out

a toilet and 2 changing rooms
water tap
2 from the roof
the stands and the kiosk
playground
skate park and pump track
Gympark outdoor fitness equipment

Artificial turf pitch

available for use outside of bookings
Game slots always take priority over standard bookings
Standard booking lists and match schedules on the noticeboard
Apply for regular slots by 15 April via the booking calendar (link above)

Grass pitch

available for free use
training sessions when there are matches on the artificial pitch

Tennis and basketball courts, beach volleyball and boccia courts

Apply for regular slots by 15 April via the booking calendar (link above)
other bookings directly to the notice board lists
free of charge

Bowling alley

The Sports Services department is responsible for the maintenance of sports facilities, whilst the Parks Department is responsible for shelters, green spaces and the playground.

Address: Wegeliuksentie 12

The outdoor area features a walking trail with boardwalks and two campfire sites (no firewood provided)
There is a sandy beach and three moorings at the jetty
Climbing frame, GymPark and fitness equipment
In winter, a toboggan run and a sled
Disabled toilet

The city’s parks department is responsible for maintaining the area during the summer.

Address: Keuruuntie 18, Keuruu

The grounds of Keuruu School Centre serve as a local sports park during leisure hours.

versatile play structures
playing area
Panna Arena
exercise machine
street planters
outdoor table tennis tables

The Parks Division of the Technical Services Department is responsible for playgrounds

sand pitch
in winter, ice for skating and an ice rink
multi-purpose arena with artificial turf
two outdoor ice rinks on the site.

The Sports Department is responsible for the pitches and ice rinks, whilst the Property Maintenance Department is responsible for the rest of the grounds and equipment.

Ketvelniemi Local Sports
Park, Runkotie 96,
42700 Keuruu

The area features a large playground, a toboggan run, a small, flat cross-country ski track, exercise equipment, and a sand pitch with basketball hoops and football goals.

The Parks Department is responsible for green spaces, the playground and the toboggan run. It also looks after sports facilities, including sports fields, ski trails and fitness equipment.

Keurusseläntie 14, Keuruu

The area offers excellent opportunities for outdoor activities or organising events. For events, please contact the Leisure Manager in advance. Contact details below.

Outdoor trails

The area boasts an extensive network of outdoor trails. The trails offer the opportunity to exercise at your own pace across a network totalling approximately 80 km. A trail map and trail markings are available immediately upon arrival at the sports park, next to the footbridge. There are also plenty of other trails in and around the stadium area.

Route map

In summer, you can run, walk, go Nordic walking and cycle along the trails in the sports park.
An updated orienteering map and sprint map for the area, covering the hotel and sports park, are available for 2025. Keuruun Kisailijat/Orienteering.

The area also has a network of fixed checkpoints.

The Monttosvuori circuit from the sports park is 8.5 km long, of which the illuminated ‘upper circuit’ is approximately 6 km (lit until 9.00 pm)

The Peurunniemi circuit from the sports park: 5.7 km (partially lit until 9.00 pm)
A lit access route leading towards Hotel Keurusselkä, approx. 1.2 km.
The hotel also offers hiking trails and nearby ski tracks, as well as
The hotel is 7 km from Keuruu town centre.
There is also a nature trail of around 2.5 km starting from the hotel’s jetty, featuring information boards.
There is an 8 km tarmac cycle path from Keuruu town centre to Keurusselkä Sports Park
First snow trail, 1.5 km (classic/skating) – an artificial snow-covered track in the stadium area (dates to be confirmed annually)

Disc golf

18-hole courses for both professional and amateur players, free of charge, open only in summer

Other activities and attractions

Biathlon targets
– 30-lane biathlon range
Sand pitch, ball court
– a gravel-surfaced pitch with football
goals in front of the shooting range – ball sports, demonstrations, competitions, etc.
Adventure trail
– suitable for adults and children, located near the shelter in the
sports park Shelter, fire shelter
– Firewood available at the fire site
The toboggan run
is near the shelter at the northe end of the stadium area. You can sledge in the stadium area when visibility is good and it does not pose a hazard to other users or yourself.

Ice fishing hut
– approx. 7 km away, maintained by the Valkealahti Village Association. Map
– there are trees and an
outhouse – Pilkkakota geocache

Peurunniemi shelter – located
along the Peurunniemi trail, with trees nearby. Peurunniemi shelter map

Outdoor Church
– located on the hillside opposite the

sports park Experiences and excursion services: Wilde ess
guide Markku Jokela
https://puoti.munkeuruu.fi/

Buildings

The Keurusselkä Sports Park area comprises three multi-storey buildings, a maintenance and café building, and sauna and meeting facilities. Enquiries regarding the buildings and facilities can be made to the Sports Department on 040 827 2753. Bookings for the Sompala building can be made via the booking calendar, a link to which can be found at the top of the page.

sompala-sisa SOMPALA is a large main building featuring a meeting room with a kitchen (tableware for 40 people), two washrooms with saunas, and public address facilities. The area offers free Wi-Fi. The building also houses a commentary booth and office space.

TÖYSSYTUPA is a café building (133 m²) in the style of a ski lodge, which is also suitable as a meeting venue. The premises include a café with views, a kitchen and public toilets.
TRIMMI is located in the upper courtyard and is essentially a cold storage facility comprising around ten separate rooms. It can be used, for example, as a team changing room or break area. It is only available for hire for events covering the entire area.

Address: The Haapamäki School’s local sports area is located at Riihontie 15, Haapamäki, and the sports ground is located at Tavaratie 20, Haapamäki

The playground at Haapamäki School features a wide range of play equipment for all ages, a resurfaced tennis court, a sandpit and a multi-purpose arena. The school also has a sports hall and a gym. As you head
towards the sports field, the area continues, and a 9-hole disc golf course starts from the car park of the church opposite the school, winding its way through the terrain of the fitness trail. The illuminated fitness trail starts at the sports field and is 2 km long. (The lights are operated by a push-button and stay on for 2 hours at a time). In winter, the fitness trail is used as a cross-country ski track. The sports field area features performance areas and a tarmac running track, as well as a 300-metre stone dust track that circles the perimeter. There is also a covered outdoor exercise area and a grass pitch. In winter, the area features an ice rink and a small skating area. The maintenance building houses changing rooms and a kiosk.

Address: Pihlajavedentie 4, Haapamäki

Haapapuisto is a fairly new meeting place in the centre of Haapamäki. The area features a pump track and an outdoor fitness area. The playground at the local nursery can also be used. Near Haapapuisto there is a small sandpit, which is tu ed into a skating rink in winter and a small cross-country ski track. On market days, there are stalls and a café in the area.

A pump track is a track designed for cycling or scootering. Instead of pedalling, riders move forward using a pumping motion. Use of the tracks is free of charge.

There are two pump tracks in Keuruu:

Haapamäki Pump Track