Hot spring · Iceland

Fosslaug

Fosslaug from directly overhead

Fosslaug is a hot spring, at a modelled elevation of 110 m. Lambárhnjúkur stands 1,282 m to the northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Reykjafoss, a waterfall less than a tenth of a mile away. Ring Road passes 2.7 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Fee: No
Step-free access: No

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directions Plan a drive around it

Coordinates65.49424, -19.38361

2.7 mi off the Ring Road

Overlooks nearby

Bólugilsfoss · 6 mi

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks

Akraöxl: 5.2 mi
Akrafjall: 5.5 mi
Sólheimafjall: 5.8 mi
Móðólfsfell: 5.9 mi
Glóðafeykir: 6.2 mi

Museums6

Náttúrugripasafn Skagafjarðar: 4.5 mi
Glaumbær: 8.8 mi
Sögusetur Íslenska Hestsins: 18.2 mi
Nýibær: 18.3 mi
1238 The Battle of Iceland: 19.4 mi

Attractions5

Hólar: 18.2 mi
Auðunarstofa: 18.3 mi
Ernan (skipsflak): 18.4 mi
Skagafjörður: 18.5 mi
Hannesarskjól: 19.1 mi

Waterfalls4

Reykjafoss: 0.0 mi
Bólugilsfoss: 6.1 mi
Háaleitisfoss: 19.4 mi
Ingjaldsfossar: 22.2 mi

Historic sites3

Stephan G. Stephansson: 4.5 mi
Tyrfingsstadir á Kjálka: 10.4 mi
Tungufell: 24.8 mi

Parks1

Biskupagarður: 18.2 mi

Springs1

Gvendarbrunnur: 18.2 mi

Nature reserves1

Hraun í Öxnadal: 23.1 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.4 miles of Fosslaug. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Lambárhnjúkur	NE 50°	1,282 m	10.9 mi
Grasárdalshnjúkur	NE 39°	1,264 m	11.6 mi
Sólheimafjall	E 92°	1,171 m	5.8 mi
Fletjárdalshnjúkur	E 89°	1,153 m	10.7 mi
Akrafjall	ENE 76°	1,151 m	5.5 mi
Mælifellshnjúkur	S 173°	1,147 m	7.3 mi
Reykjahnjúkur	NE 36°	1,137 m	12.5 mi
Kleifahnjúkur	E 88°	1,129 m	12.0 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:20	18:26	19:32
June solstice	01:54	22:10	00:46
September equinox	07:00	18:16	19:22
December solstice	11:40	—	14:53

Local time (Atlantic/Reykjavik).

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1280935054

More hot springs in Iceland

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Plan a drive More hot springs

Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Fosslaug.

Byway plans around your taste, mapped places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.