Blue Lakes Kamenskoye "Elizavetovskiy trough"

Blue Lake Kamenskoye "Elizavetovsky trough" - pine forest and sandy beach in one place

Who is looking for Blue Lake Dnipro, know that it is the same that the Blue Lake Kamenskoye and, in general, it is not a lake, but an artificial pit) Conventionally the whole pit can be divided into regions:

•     sandy beach and water slides - civilization zone, entry is paid, but on foot you can safely get for free. For example, between 1 and 2 you can even try to find a place and park for free and go to the beach number 1. There is also a "sovdepovskie" gazebo for recreation. There are very few trees, or rather no trees, i.e. in summer there is no shade to wait for.⭐⭐
•     cozy pavilions and a sandy beach - civilization zone, entrance is paid, but the territory is very small.⭐⭐⭐⭐
•     The pine forest is a wild recreation area. Everything is free, but as they say find a place to park and rest... The forest is loudly said, or rather a piece with coniferous plantations. There is also a sandy beach. If you walk to the right of the parking lot, there will be fewer people, the views are more beautiful and more pine trees) There are more beautiful and comfortable places closer to the region number 4.⭐⭐⭐⭐
•     Zanzibar and Zaimka is a lounge area with a sandy beach and lots of gazebos. All pay and reservations are desirable. There are cottages nearby that are rented out for vacations. There is only sand and in the season there are crowds of people, sitting though each in his gazebo, but almost at arm's length!
•     Pine forest and a precipitous coast. All free and wild. In the season there are a lot of people! This is basically the best place on the entire cauldron. People come here with tents for overnight stays. Despite the precipitous coast, there are descents to the sandy beaches. It's very beautiful and there are a lot of conifers. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
•     Athens - sandy beach and gazebo. There is a fee to enter. The pine trees are almost gone, as well as the trees in general.⭐
•     Places along the water - wild recreation, no pine trees. Everywhere you can drive by the edge of the water. There is no special beauty, but there are a lot of places for wild rest.

To the section 1 we drive from the road Kamenskoye - Elizavetovka. Between sites 1 and 2 in April 2021 there is a section of free parking and the opportunity to get to 1 and 2 from one place on the beach exactly. Plots 2 and 3 similarly, you have to go back to the road and find your exit from it. Between 2, 3 and 4 there is no direct connection by car, you have to go through the track. To site 4 you still have to go through the private sector, after the exit from the highway. From 4 to 5 is a dirt road, first through the private sector, then through the "fields and woods". From 5 to 6 you have to give a ring, bypassing half of the pine forest, as accesses to 5 there are on both sides, but through you can pass except for a tractor. There is a lot of sand. Plots 7 and 1 are not connected for cars, as there is a canal. It is possible to get from 7 to 1 on foot through the water. Therefore, from 7 we drive away along the canal to the left bank of the town of Kamenskoye. The road is also unpaved, so after the rains and snow is better not to go there - solid mud and ruts.

Site #1 is a long sandy strip. In summer, there is a mini water park with water slides and a cafe. This is probably the most frequently visited place of Yelizaveta pit. Located near the road, so it is convenient to rest here who came by public transport. But if you are not too lazy, it is better to walk to a more beautiful and less crowded places, namely site number 3. The photos below are taken from the region between #1 and #2.

Further to site #3 we can walk across the sand and water. We pull out onto the road and dive into the next corner to get closer to the pine tree just by car. Parking isn't big and there isn't much space at all, but everything is free. If you want you can take bags with provision and go to the right, the walk is not long 5-7 minutes, but the number of people decreases significantly. You cannot drive there by car.

We go back to the road and look for the next exit to the private sector. We move toward the lounge beach area of Zanzibar and Zaimka - Blue Lakes section #4. What beautiful words, but in fact a bare sandy beach with gazebos on each other's heads without a single tree. The only plus, there are houses and cottages for rent and you can stay overnight. But the prices are European level, about 1000 UAH per night for 2! It seems that there is a place where you can go and for 1500 hryvnia to stay 10 people .... We did not even want to be interested, let alone spend the night!

You have to get to this site, although it is in fact one in the same as section 1 and 2.

From Zanzibar we go back a bit to the private sector and take a dirt road into the forest - wild, coniferous and beautiful) Site #5 is the best part of the Blue Lakes. There is a sandy beach and pine forest and relatively plenty of room to rest. Here you can safely stay overnight in the wilderness. You can walk through the whole pine forest to Athens in 15 minutes one way.

The local sands are not even risky to drive through, so you can get to Athens by driving around the pine forest on the edge. This is why section 5 is divided into 5.1 and 5.2. There is a run on both sides, between them will pass a select few)

Athens on the Blue Lakes (site #6) is another paid recreation area with a sandy beach and pavilions, but the pine trees are no longer there.

Then we go from Athens directly on the dirt road along the water. Plot #7 is all over the site with the same type of views. Due to the fact that there is a lot of space, there are few people. However, there is no pine trees here at all, in some places there are even few trees) From the peninsula, almost at the end of site #7, a beautiful view of the pine forest #3 opens up.