South Coast · Iceland
Hjörleifshöfði north car park
Paid car park (P1) on the north side of Hjörleifshöfði, the hill on the black-sand plain east of Vík with the "Yoda cave"; the plain gives a wide northern view.
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Why it works for the aurora
- View
- North across the flat Mýrdalssandur outwash plain to Mýrdalsjökull; the glacier rises on the far horizon..
- Darkness
- Very dark sky, grade 0 on a scale from 0 (darkest) to 5. No towns or road lights nearby; the faintest aurora shows.
- Aurora
- Near the edge of the auroral oval: aurora on most active nights, low in the northern sky on quiet ones.
Getting there
- Distance
- About 67 km by road from the middle of South Coast (estimate), roughly 1 h 17 by car.
- Parking
- Paid car park.
- Coordinates
- 63.4237, -18.7668 · Open in OpenStreetMap
Before you go
Mýrdalssandur is a jökulhlaup (glacial flood) path from Katla; follow civil-protection warnings.
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 Iceland before a night drive. See our winter safety note.
Spot information from openstreetmap.org.