Limni Gölü lies in the village of Zigana in the Torul district of Gümüşhane, on the Saronay pasture, and covers 720,000 square metres.
The lake is ringed by spruce, Scots pine, juniper, fir, bramble and the purple- and yellow-flowered rhododendrons.
It has been a recreation ground since 1999 and was declared a nature park in 2011; walking paths run round the lake. It is twenty kilometres from the district centre and forty-four to forty-five from Gümüşhane.
- Designated
- 11.07.2011
When to go
- Climate
- Across Gümüşhane as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from -1.7 °C in January to 20.3 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in June, July, August and September; rainfall is heaviest in May (70 mm) and lightest in August (14 mm). Long-term means for 1961-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
