Urtagarður í Nesi
Urtagarður í Nesi is a garden, at a modelled elevation of 78 m. Esja stands 914 m to the east-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Lyfjafræðisafn, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Ring Road passes 6.9 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Lyfjafræðasafn Íslands
- Access
- Yes
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- 6.9 mi off the Ring Road
Overlooks nearby
- Bird watching · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Skuggar: 0.2 mi
- Bollasteinn: 0.4 mi
- Amlóði: 0.5 mi
- Ölduspil: 0.5 mi
- Trúarbrögðin: 0.6 mi
- Camp Grótta: 0.4 mi
- Ólafur Thors forsætisráðherra: 2.1 mi
- Skúli Magnússon: 2.1 mi
- Georg Schierbeck landlæknir: 2.1 mi
- Svarta keilan, minnisvarði um borgaralega óhlýðni: 2.1 mi
- Öskjuhlíð: 3.3 mi
- Laugarás: 4.3 mi
- Nónhæð: 5.4 mi
- Hnoðraholt: 5.9 mi
- Hvarfshólar: 6.6 mi
- Búrfoss: 5.5 mi
- Sjávarfoss: 5.5 mi
- Ullarfoss: 5.8 mi
- Skáfossar: 6.1 mi
- Stórifoss: 6.1 mi
- Kvika: 0.4 mi
- Suðurnesvarða: 0.9 mi
- Ufsaklettur: 1.5 mi
- FlyOver Iceland: 1.8 mi
- Óðinn: 1.8 mi
- Lyfjafræðisafn: 0.0 mi
- Saga Museum: 1.7 mi
- Hvalasýningin: 1.7 mi
- Víkin: 1.8 mi
- Sjóminjasafnið í Reykjavík: 1.8 mi
- Valhúsahæð: 0.4 mi
- Grótta: 0.7 mi
- Akurey: 1.6 mi
- Fjaran við Kasthúsatjörn: 3.1 mi
- Kasthúsatjörn: 3.1 mi
- Valhúsahæð: 0.4 mi
- Bakkagarður: 0.5 mi
- Landakotstún: 1.9 mi
- Kænugarður: 2.0 mi
- Fógetagarðurinn: 2.1 mi
- Gálgaklettar: 4.4 mi
- Virkið: 4.4 mi
- Lambafellsgjá: 14.0 mi
- Lambafellsgjá: 14.0 mi
- Langahlíð: 14.1 mi
- Skátalaug: 17.5 mi
- Hot spring: 21.5 mi
- Mud Pot: 22.4 mi
- Mud Pot: 22.5 mi
- Mud Pot: 22.5 mi
- Rósagarðurinn: 5.6 mi
- Vífilsstaðagarður: 6.4 mi
- Hermannsgarður í Guðmundarlundi: 8.0 mi
- Mislundur: 8.2 mi
- Vífilsstaðahlíð: 7.8 mi
- Hjallaflatir: 9.0 mi
- Hvammsvík Hot Springs: 20.0 mi
- Hverahild: 22.6 mi
- Akranesviti: 10.8 mi
- Langisandur: 11.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.1 miles of Urtagarður í Nesi. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Esja | ENE 60° | 914 m | 12.1 mi |
| Hátindur | ENE 64° | 909 m | 13.6 mi |
| Kambshorn | NE 55° | 851 m | 9.5 mi |
| Gunnlaugsskarð | ENE 65° | 843 m | 11.9 mi |
| Þverfellshorn | ENE 59° | 840 m | 10.3 mi |
| Geirmundartindur | N 8° | 643 m | 13.0 mi |
| Akrafjall | NNE 12° | 602 m | 13.2 mi |
| Háihnúkur | N 9° | 553 m | 11.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 18:39 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 02:56 | 22:08 | 00:05 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:29 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 11:23 | — | 15:30 |
Local time (Atlantic/Reykjavik).
- Common Eider172 obs
- Atlantic Puffin98 obs
- Arctic Tern77 obs
- Black-headed Gull64 obs
- Eurasian Oystercatcher62 obs
- Purple Sandpiper54 obs
- Greylag Goose54 obs
- Ruddy Turnstone51 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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