Lyngenfjord · Norway
Innereidet car park · Nord-Lenangen
Gravel car park at Innereidet on Lenangsveien near Nord-Lenangen, at the northern end of the Lyngen peninsula.
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Why it works for the aurora
- View
- Partly open to the north: the land rises to about 5° at most, lowest towards the north-north-east..
- Darkness
- Mostly dark sky, grade 2 on a scale from 0 (darkest) to 5. Some light from a village, houses or a road nearby.
- Aurora
- Under the auroral oval: aurora can be overhead even on quiet nights.
Getting there
- Distance
- About 64 km by road from the middle of Lyngenfjord (estimate), roughly 1 h 13 by car.
- Parking
- Fine-gravel car park.
- Coordinates
- 69.8917, 20.1363 · Open in OpenStreetMap
Before you go
The Fv7922 nearby has avalanche-danger closures: check varsom.no and road status after snowfall. Do not block ski-touring parking.
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 Norway before a night drive. See our winter safety note.
Spot information from openstreetmap.org.