Lilastes tank landfill
Around 1984, I took part in tourism matches that took place on the north-eastern shore of Lake Ummja. At that time, I was surprised by the fact that at a distance of a few hundred meters - in the forest along the shore of the lake are moving Soviet army tanks, the base of which was probably somewhere closer to the sea. At the same time as the tourist matches, a two-tank training trip took place.
From that time to the present day, the old tank road (overgrown with pine trees) has survived, which led from Lilaste station along the northern shore of Lake Ummja and then turned south to Dzirnezers. Where it went further - to be clarified. The former location of the tank road from Lilaste to Dzirnavezers is very visible in aero and satellite companies. In nature, it manifests itself as a relatively straight, sandy and overgrown wide trail, where modern off-road riders "try their hand".
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In fact, in the Lilaste area near the sea in Soviet times there was a tank training ground. And near Brasa station there was a tank repair plant. The repaired tanks were loaded onto wagons and transported in trainloads by rail towards Saulkrasti. Before reaching the Lilaste station, in the forest, the tanks were unloaded and they were heading for a run-in after repairs. Moreover, they often went directly to the coast of the bay. An acquaintance of a tanker, who at one time did this, told me about this. When I was little, I lived opposite the railway on Viestura Ave. and I remember very well how we, boys, ran to look at the tank trains that often passed by and we were naturally very interested in looking at them :)
The tank road started from the Ādaži landfill and went to the sea. The tanks turned from the landfill to the power transmission clearing, crossed the A1 highway at the turn of Serģi Street, through the forest to Ummis Lake, then along the Lilaste Street crossing, to the sea past Garezeri.