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Bæjarhlið

Bæjarhlið from directly overhead

Bæjarhlið is an artwork, at a modelled elevation of 113 m. Grænadyngja stands 398 m to the east, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Bæjartröllin, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Ring Road passes 22 miles off.

What the record says

Material
stone

How to reach it

Coordinates63.96283, -22.43827

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Historic sites: 53
Attractions: 50
Parks: 38
  • Aragerði: 2.3 mi
  • Thorkellinsgarður: 2.5 mi
  • Skrúðgarður Njarðvíkur: 3.7 mi
  • Skrúðgarður: 4.5 mi
  • Óla Run tún: 15.8 mi
Museums: 37
Nature reserves: 33
  • Litli Rauðamelur: 12.4 mi
  • Fjárskjól við Stórhöfða: 15.6 mi
  • Ástjörn og Ásfjall: 15.9 mi
  • Fjaran við Kasthúsatjörn: 16.4 mi
  • Riddaralundurinn: 16.4 mi
Cliffs: 10
  • Selsvellir: 9.5 mi
  • Hafnaberg: 10.8 mi
  • Lambafellsgjá: 10.9 mi
  • Lambafellsgjá: 10.9 mi
  • Krýsuvíkurberg: 13.4 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Búrfoss: 21.0 mi
  • Ullarfoss: 21.1 mi
  • Sjávarfoss: 21.2 mi
  • Skáfossar: 21.3 mi
  • Stórifoss: 21.4 mi
Gardens: 5
Picnic sites: 2
  • Vífilsstaðahlíð: 18.4 mi
  • Hjallaflatir: 19.2 mi
Springs: 1
  • Skátalaug: 12.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.9 miles of Bæjarhlið. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
GrænadyngjaE 99°398 m10.7 mi
MiðdegishnúkurESE 103°392 m12.6 mi
LanghóllSE 128°391 m6.4 mi
TrölladyngjaE 98°379 m10.5 mi
GrænavatnseggjarESE 105°359 m10.6 mi
FíflavallafjallE 100°359 m11.2 mi
Stóri-HrúturSE 134°357 m7.9 mi
FramfellESE 118°353 m9.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3218:4119:44
June solstice03:0222:0800:02
September equinox07:1318:3119:34
December solstice11:22—15:35

Local time (Atlantic/Reykjavik).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1193823982

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