Inari · Finland
Lake Inari roadside viewpoint · Inarijärventie
Small car park with a viewpoint 0.14 km away on Inarijärventie between Ivalo and Inari village: a legal place to stop with a lake view on the main route.
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Why it works for the aurora
- View
- Over the southern bays of Lake Inari..
- Darkness
- Dark sky, grade 1 on a scale from 0 (darkest) to 5. Little artificial light; a good place for faint aurora and the Milky Way.
- Aurora
- Under the auroral oval: aurora can be overhead even on quiet nights.
Getting there
- Distance
- About 20 km by road from Inari (estimate), roughly 23 min by car.
- Parking
- Small car park.
- Coordinates
- 68.7902, 27.3879 · Open in OpenStreetMap
Before you go
Dress for standing still in the cold, bring a head torch with a red light, and park only where parking is allowed. A forecast is guidance, not a promise: check the road and weather warnings for Finland before a night drive. See our winter safety note.
Spot information from openstreetmap.org.