Hotels at Sorsakoski booking.com

Sorsakoski

Booking.com

Sorsakoski

General information - Location

Country	Finland
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 27.6602,Lat: 62.4502
Elevation	87 meter above sea level
Local time	0:45:00am
Name province/region	Eastern Finland (Itä-Suomen aluehallintovirasto)
Name Maakunta	Pohjois-Savo#Norra Savolax
Name Kunta	Leppävirta

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Leppävirta	8 km	NorthEast
2 Jäppilä	14 km	SouthWest
3 Pussilanjoki	15.9 km	EastSouthEast
4 Varkaus	18 km	SouthEast
5 Kuvansi	23.5 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Helsinki	Finland	291 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tallinn	Estonia	372 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Stockholm	Sweden	625 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Finland is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 200 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Russia.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Vuoksi - Tributary 1, part of the larger catchment area Neva. The nearest bigger lake is Sorsavesi (77.9 km² at a height of around 97 meter above sea level) at a distance of 0.1 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Russian-Finnish border with a straight distance of 144.5 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 202 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Pohjois-Savon järviseutu

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Helsinki Vantaa Airport (at a distance of 277 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Varkaus Airport (at a distance of 33 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

53.4 km2

67.9%

Nature

1.8 km2

2.3%

Agriculture

3.4 km2

4.3%

Urban area

1.7 km2

2.2%

Water - Lakes

18.4 km2

23.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Sorsakoski in country Finland

Sorsakoski at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Petäjävesi Old Church	Finland	130 km	WestSouthWest
2 Verla Groundwood and Board Mill	Finland	163 km	South
3 Fortress of Suomenlinna	Finland	292 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Sorsaveden saaristo	FI	3.3 km	WestSouthWest

Social media - Maps

	Video's op youtube van Sorsakoski
	Video's op Vimeo
	TikTok
	Instagram
	Flickr
Filming Location	IMDB Sorsakoski
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Leppävirta

Type of weather in Leppävirta	few clouds
Current temperature:	3 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.7 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	16 hour and 52 minutes
Sunrise :	03:39 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:32 Europe/Amsterdam