Topuk plateau and its reservoir lie by Bıçkıyanı village in the Kaynaşlı district, thirty-eight kilometres from Düzce, at an altitude of 1,280 metres. From here you can reach Abant lake, the Odayeri and Sinekli plateaus and the Samandere waterfall.
The setting is forest meeting water: Scots pine, fir, beech and hornbeam standing around the reservoir, with a great many bird species. People come to cycle the tracks, camp by the water, walk and photograph.
Getting there
- Access
- Coming from İstanbul, leave the D-100 or the TEM at the Kaynaşlı gates; from Ankara, use the Kaynaşlı or Abant junction. The plateau and its pond are at Bıçkıyanı village in Kaynaşlı, 10 km from the D-100: from Darıyeri-Bakacak in Kaynaşlı, follow the road towards Dipsizgöl village, with signs along the way.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Düzce as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 3.8 °C in January to 22.5 °C in July; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June, July, August and September; rainfall is heaviest in December (101 mm) and lightest in July (47 mm). Long-term means for 1959-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
