Levi · Finland
Road 79 rest area facing Pallas · Muonio
Snow-ploughed rest area on road 79 between Muonio and Kittilä, on the stretch where the road looks north to the Pallas fells.
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Why it works for the aurora
- View
- North towards the Pallastunturi national landscape..
- 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 41 km by road from Levi (estimate), roughly 47 min by car.
- Parking
- Free rest area; ploughed in winter.
- Coordinates
- 67.8706, 24.0399 · Open in OpenStreetMap
Before you go
Park inside the rest area only.
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.