Talsu novads, Latvia · Europe
Mērsrags sits on the route: 25 minutes from Engure, 51km from Ķemeri National Park.
Mērsrags is a town located in Talsu novads, Latvia. With a population of 1,860, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Mērsrags sits in Latvia, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Riga time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Mērsrags to your route.
Mērsrags (German: Markgrafen) is a small harbor town in Talsi Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia, located on the west coast of the Gulf of Riga beside Lake Engure and surrounded by extensive woodlands. The total area of the former Mērsrags municipality was 109 km2 (10896.2 ha), 63.7% of this area wasRead more
woodland and Lake Engure covered 20.4%, the coastline was about 12 km long. The town center is some 42 km from Talsi, the main city of the area and some 95 km from the capital, Riga.
Mērsrags had a population of 1986 in June 2008.
Many types of landscape can be seen; seaside, lake reservation, everglades, lagoons, the bed of the dried-up Litorīnas lake (Litorīnas ezers), the sand dune forest, and rural and urban landscapes.
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Mērsrags is located in Talsu novads, Latvia, Europe. The coordinates are 57.3353 latitude, 23.1245 longitude.
Mērsrags has a population of approximately 1,860 people, making it a town in Latvia.
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4 notable places within an hour's drive.
national park
A vast mosaic of raised bogs, sulphur springs and pine forest just west of Jūrmala. The Great Ķemeri Bog boardwalk winds past dark pools and dwarf pines to a viewing tower: magical at sunrise.
51 km · about 60 min drive
beach
Latvia's premier seaside resort stretching along 33 kilometers of white sand beach, famous for its charming wooden Art Nouveau villas.
56 km · about 65 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Headland where the Baltic Sea meets the Gulf of Riga, producing visible colliding waves, with a car park and coastal pine forest walk.
56 km · about 65 min drive
coastal drive
The wild tip of Courland where the Gulf of Riga meets the open Baltic, reached by a lonely forest-lined coastal road through tiny Livonian fishing villages. Waves collide off the cape in two directions at once.
57 km · about 65 min drive
May to September
Far northern latitude: short daylight hours outside summer make long drives harder.
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