Tasku Island and Guest Harbour

Tasku Island is a great place for a day trip, whether it's summer or winter. Enjoy the archipelago scenery, admire the stunning yellow "pooki", relax on the sandy beach, and take a refreshing swim.

Tasku "pooki", a wooden, unlit navigational daymark, was built in 1853 along the northern approach to the City of Raahe. Preserved almost unchanged in its original location, the beacon is an essential part of Finland’s architectural heritage. Along the coastal stretch between Kristiinankaupunki and Tornio, only thirteen wooden beacons from the 18th and 19th centuries remain.

Tasku Island once served as a base for fishermen. Hand-stacked boat harbors can still be seen in the middle of the island. Tasku also has an old fishing hut as well as a new shelter for visitors.

Tasku is a popular hiking destination year-round, with more visitors in winter than in summer. In winter, ski trails are set up to the island from Museonranta and Thompsoninranta when ice conditions allow. In summer, visitors can reach the island by private boat or via archipelago cruises and transport services. The sandy beach on the island's southern shore is a favorite spot for summer visitors.

The island features diverse coastal meadows, species-rich dry and fresh meadows, as well as shifting embryonic dunes, which are low sand formations in the upper part of the shoreline.

Tasku Island is approximately 410 meters long and 240 meters wide.

Services include day hut, historical daymark, campfire site and benches, dry toilet/outhouse, information sign. Special: Great beach at the southern shore.

TASKU ISLAND GUEST BERTH
Coordinates: 64°42'30.5"N 24°23'21.2"E
Nautical chart series: G
Berth number: 1870