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Tårnfoten

Tårnfoten from directly overhead

Tårnfoten is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Hauggjelsvarden stands 673 m to the east-southeast, 3.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Mor og barn, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away.

What the record says

Built
1148

What to expect

Operated by
Bergen Kommune

How to reach it

Coordinates60.38998, 5.33252

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Peaks
  • Fløyfjellet: 0.7 mi
  • Søre Midtfjellet: 1.0 mi
  • Nordre Midtfjellet: 1.0 mi
  • Skillingsbollen: 1.2 mi
  • Strandafjellet: 1.3 mi
Artworks
Parks: 46
  • Øvre Ole Bulls plass 1 AS: 0.4 mi
  • Verftsparken: 0.7 mi
  • St. Markus Kirke: 0.8 mi
  • Koengen: 0.8 mi
  • Fredriksberg park: 0.9 mi
Waterfalls: 23
  • Bogstifossen: 2.0 mi
  • Urteigfossen: 7.4 mi
  • Fossen: 10.5 mi
  • Giljafossen: 10.6 mi
  • Gjerstadfossen: 10.7 mi
Beaches: 16
  • Møhlenpris badeplass: 0.6 mi
  • Vollane: 3.6 mi
  • Nygardsvika friluftsområde: 4.9 mi
  • Skjoldbukta: 5.4 mi
  • Kollavågen: 8.4 mi
Gardens: 10
Picnic sites: 7
  • Kletten: 7.0 mi
  • Juditslund: 7.0 mi
  • Stuperen: 7.1 mi
  • Bjørnemarken: 7.1 mi
  • Sekkeviken: 7.1 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Geithelleren: 3.3 mi
  • Hakkstein: 7.4 mi
  • Skiphammaren: 7.7 mi
  • Balhammaren: 19.8 mi
  • Laddberget: 23.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 4.8 miles of Tårnfoten. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
HauggjelsvardenESE673 m3.1 mi
UlrikenESE643 m2.0 mi
GrønetuaENE642 m3.2 mi
VardeggaNE590 m3.2 mi
RundemanenNE568 m2.0 mi
BlåmanenNE551 m1.3 mi
KvitebjørnenN484 m2.3 mi
LøvstakkenSSW477 m2.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4217:5718:52
June solstice04:1121:5023:12
September equinox07:2318:4619:42
December solstice09:4513:0415:30

Local time (Europe/Oslo).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/333781402

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