The Dipsiz lakes are on the Erikli yayla, in the Teşvikiye area of the Çınarcık district of Yalova, within the Çınarcık forest district. There are two of them: the larger lake is 2.5 kilometres from the town forest at an altitude of 530 metres, and the smaller lies a further 1.5 kilometres on at 570 metres. The forest flora and the wildlife around them are, in the provincial directorate's judgement, a match for the better known Yedigöller region.
Coming from Yalova, follow the Çınarcık and Teşvikiye route; coming from the direction of Armutlu, Gemlik or Bursa, the town forest can be reached by way of the villages of Hayriye and Selimiye, whose road is now asphalt, and the Delmece yayla. The lakes are about ten kilometres from Teşvikiye.
Getting there
- Access
- About 10 km from Teşvikiye.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Yalova as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 6.6 °C in January to 23.6 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June, July, August, September and October; rainfall is heaviest in December (113 mm) and lightest in July (25 mm). Long-term means for 1931-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
