Getting here

You can reach the national park by bus or car. Long distance travelers can take the train to the neighboring cities and continue the journey by bus.

Line 50 between Örnsköldsvik and Härnösand stops on request 3 km from the west entrance (Entré West). Walking to the entrance takes approximately 1 hour due to the topography. You can find the current timetable at County Transit in Västernorrland county (Dintur). 

Dintur's website

Line 50 between Örnsköldsvik and Härnösand stops on request at Skuleberget and the High Coast Naturum visitor centre (the stop is called Naturum Höga kusten E4). You can find the current timetable at County Transit in Västernorrland county (Dintur). 

Dintur's website

From the visitor center you can hike Höga Kustenleden (the High Coast trail) to the national park’s south entrance (Entré Syd), a distance of about 10 kilometres.

Please note that line 50 is not in traffic during weekends, only week days. 

Local public transport within Örnsköldvik municipality, lines 421 and 422, serves the village of Näske about three kilometres north of the north entrance (Entré Nord). More bus lines also serve the nearby communities of Bjästa and Köpmanholmen. In these communities there are grocery stores, motels, a hostel and more. 

You can find the current timetable at County Transit in Västernorrland county (Dintur). 

Dintur's website

By train from Umeå or Sundsvall, you will reach Örnsköldsvik for transfer to bus 50 to the High Coast Naturum visitor centre or the west entrance or local buses to Bjästa/Köpmanholmen for further connections to the village of Näske (lines 421 and 422).

Proceed on route E4 between Örnsköldsvik and Härnösand. About five kilometers north of Skuleberget and the High Coast Naturum visitor centre, there are signs for Skuleskogen National Park, Entré Väst (West Entrance). Follow the signs for three kilometers up to Nylandsruten mountain where you can park.

Proceed on route E4 between Örnsköldsvik and Härnösand. Just in front of the High Coast Naturum visitor centre by Skuleberget mountain’s immense eastern slope, about two kilometres north of Docksta, there are signs. Follow the signs on the eight kilometers towards Skuleskogen National Park, Entré Syd (South Entrance).

Proceed on route E4 between Örnsköldsvik and Härnösand. In Bjästa, about 25 kilometres south of Örnsköldsvik, turn off the E4 and follow the regular road signs towards Köpmanholmen. At Coop/Konsum in Köpmanholmen, turn right towards the village of Näske and follow the signs towards Skuleskogen National Park, Entré Nord (North Entrance).