Çubuk lake lies 11 kilometres north of Göynük, with the village of Çubuk on its shore and pine forest around it: 15 hectares in area and about 13 metres deep. Fishing with rod and line for its carp and trout is permitted, and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism describes both as very good eating.
The windmills standing around the lake are not old: they were built for a film shot here in earlier years, and have stayed as part of the setting.
Getting there
- Access
- Eleven kilometres from Göynük.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Bolu as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 0.6 °C in January to 20 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in June, July, August and September; rainfall is heaviest in May (61 mm) and lightest in August (24 mm). Long-term means for 1929-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
