Lake Vadasa and its reservoir

On the border of the Hegyhátszentjakab settlement is Vadása Lake, which began to be developed in 1968, mostly through social work. It was created on an area of 4 hectares, in a wonderfully beautiful environment, by damming up the water of the stream of the same name. Its name comes from the fact that there were many foxes in the area, and they dug holes along the stream, which is how it became vad-ásta, Vadása stream, and lake.

Its water is crystal clear, and the lake is fed by 12 springs. The lake was formed at the beginning of the 20th century, but after the 1920s the area was completely neglected. On February 6, 1968, at 3 p.m. in the village club, during a discussion about the past, present and future of Őrség, the elderly people mentioned that Count Sigray once had a lake in the valley of the Vadása stream, where he sometimes brought foreign guests.

The conversation started the local population to come together and the work of cleaning up the neglected lake began. Since then, Lake Vadása has been one of, if not the most famous, holiday areas in the Őrség. It is located in a wonderful environment, which is also a nature reserve. The well-traveled tourist trails of the Örség National Park converge here. The small reservoir and the larger lower lake, which also has a beach, form a double lake complex. At the upper lake, a magnificent picture greets the visitor: lots of stumps in the water, dense forest on the shore. The lower lake, 'A Vadása', is completely different: a beach and people walking on the shore, and the effect of the holiday area and the campsite is more noticeable. The water is a little deeper than in the eastern places. On the slightly more indented western shore, we can find a small bay at the height of the beach.

Mapping Lake Vadasa

The survey of Lake Vadása and its reservoir, which is under the fishing management of the Vas County Association of Sport Fishing Associations, was completed with the offer of Tibor Lajos, a specialist in riverbed mapping. At the same time as the survey, newly developed equipment was also tested. The data was collected on August 13, 2014, and after its processing, the underwater world of the wonderful fishing lakes of Őrség became known to all our fellow anglers.

The survey documentation can be downloaded here >>>>

At the beginning of 2019, only an empty riverbed welcomed tourists on Lake Vadása, one of the most visited still waters in the Őrség. Due to previous weather-related adversities, the people of Hegyhátszentjaka had to temporarily give up on the lake, but this ended in the spring of 2019. The lakeside was once again full of life at the beginning of June, and is now resplendent in its old and new guise. A report on this can be seen here:

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Nearby accommodation

• Juhász Porta - Guesthouse at the Gate of the Guard, Kerkavalva (8973 Kerkafalva, Petőfi utca 6.)

Related ticket consignee

• Lake Party Buffet (9933 Hegyhátszentjakab, Vadása út 432/2 hrsz.)