Iceland
Northern lights in Snæfellsnes
10 viewing spots around Snæfellsnes, chosen for a dark sky and an open view. For each one: how dark it is, which way it looks, where to park and how to get there. Under the auroral oval: aurora can be overhead even on quiet nights.
- Viewing spots
- 10
- Dark or very dark
- 9
- Magnetic latitude
- 65.3°
- Clearest dark month
- November 28 % of hours clear or partly clear
Which of these spots is clear tonight, and when? Aurora Atlas scores every spot hour by hour from the cloud forecast, darkness, the moon and live aurora activity.
See tonight's live scores for Snæfellsnes in Aurora AtlasViewing spots
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Kirkjufellsfoss · Kirkjufell
Waterfall in front of Kirkjufell, Iceland's most photographed mountain, with a paid car park by the road.
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Búðakirkja · Búðir
Black wooden church on the Búðahraun lava field, a classic night photo subject.
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Arnarstapi
Hamlet with basalt sea cliffs and arches on the south coast of the peninsula.
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Djúpalónssandur
Black pebble beach in Snæfellsjökull National Park.
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Öndverðarnes lighthouse
Orange lighthouse at the end of a gravel road at the western tip of Snæfellsnes.
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Súgandisey · Stykkishólmur
Basalt island with a lighthouse linked to Stykkishólmur harbour by a causeway.
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Saxhóll crater · Snæfellsjökull National Park
Free car park at the Saxhóll scoria crater in Snæfellsjökull National Park, with stairs to the rim and a wide view…
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Skarðsvík beach
Small free car park above Skarðsvík, a north-facing cove inside Snæfellsjökull National Park.
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Gerðuberg basalt cliffs
Small free car park below the Gerðuberg basalt-column cliff on the south side of the peninsula.
- Kolgrafafjörður · Berserkseyri Car park on the shore of Kolgrafafjörður, a still fjord crossed by road 54 that Guide to Iceland lists for aurora…
Drive times are estimates from the middle of Snæfellsnes by straight-line distance, as the app estimates them before it knows your route; ferries and winter closures are not counted.