Yeniçağa Gölü is a basin lake right by the centre of Yeniçağa district, on the Bolu–Ankara highway. It lies at 990 m, spreads over 2780 decares and reaches 12 m at its deepest point.
Its shores are rich in water birds, and a birdwatching tower stands on the bank. In the migration season the lake is an important stop for honey buzzards, ospreys and ruddy shelducks, while cranes, imperial eagles, herons, bitterns and black-winged stilts live around it. The lake holds carp, tench and crayfish, and line fishing is allowed.
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).
