The forest around Kaltene features a natural miracle – the rocks of Kaltene, which are also known as the barrier rocks. The rocks are 2-3 m from the sea and date back to the Ice Age. The Devil’s rock is the largest one. It used to be a beautiful pile of rocks that “stretched to the tops of the trees.” In older maps it is described as being 20 m high. It had many natural rocks, including some that were completely round, while others resembled plates. The rock was almost completely destroyed in the 1960s and 1970s, when it was chopped up to build roads. A fairly small part of the rock survives today, and it is 300 m long and 2 m high. Scientists believe that these rocks used to be sacred locations, because there are many legends and stories about them. There is a forest path with wooden pathways, information stands and a small car park there. (Source: Roja TIC)
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Walk the different routes and learn more about this unique formation of nature in nearby town Kaltene “Kaltenes Kalvas” is a unique this kind of formation in Latvia and also a protected natural monument on national significance. But what exactly is it? Those are large pile-up of stones in a forest approximately one-and-a-half-kilometres from Kaltene Beach, which the locals call Kalvas. The huge mossy stones were created thousands of years ago as the Baltic Ice Lake was receding. There are two special routes for visitors to observe the stones: the shortest one is less than 1 km long, while the other is 1,5 km long.
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