Inari · Finland
Kiilopää fell
Bare fell top (546 m) in Urho Kekkonen National Park, about 2 km up a marked trail from the Kiilopää fell centre. A walk in the dark: bring a headlamp and warm layers.
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Why it works for the aurora
- View
- Treeless fell top, open all round; almost no artificial light.
- 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 43 km by road from Inari (estimate), roughly 50 min by car.
- Parking
- Kiilopää fell centre car park, about 2 km below the top.
- Coordinates
- 68.3460, 27.4610 · Open in OpenStreetMap
Before you go
The summit is an exposed fell walk of about 2 km, not a drive-up spot: stay at the car park unless you are equipped.
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 laplandnorth.fi.