Vesterålen · Norway
Gullesfjordbotn rest area
Small rest area at the inner Gullesfjord, which Nordnorge names for cloudy-weather chases from Harstad: towering peaks around the fjord and pockets of clear sky between the mountains.
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Why it works for the aurora
- View
- North up the Gullesfjord between towering peaks..
- 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 30 km by road from the middle of Vesterålen (estimate), roughly 35 min by car.
- Parking
- Small rest area for about 3 cars; a larger one (4 cars) is 1.5 km north.
- Coordinates
- 68.5469, 15.7439 · Open in OpenStreetMap
Before you go
The Rv85 here is avalanche-exposed: check vegvesen.no/trafikk.
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.