The area is connected to Jyväskylä by the large Kärkistensalmi bridge acrossing the lake Päijänne.

[3] Vespuoli is separated from the rest of Korpilahti by the lake Päijänne and is connected by the Kärkistensalmi bridge.

Putkilahti is slightly older, as a farm by that name (later known as Peuha) was established between 1539 and 1543 by Mikko Niilonpoika on lands belonging to the village of Hahkala in Jämsä proper.

[4] The farm of Oittila was established in 1561 by Erkki Oittinen, a Savonian who settled on former hunting grounds of Sääksmäki by the Synsiänlahti bay.

The chapel community included not only modern Korpilahti, but also Muurame as well as some smaller surrounding areas.

The northernmost European hazels (Corylus avellana) in Finland grow in the Oittila elm grove and the bordering Vaarunniitty meadow.

Sheep's bit (Jasione montana) is a southern species that can be seen on the Vaarunjyrkkä cliff, along with plants native to the fell area: glaucous bluegrass (Poa glauca) and alpine saxifrage (Micranthes nivalis).