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Þingvellir: Hjarta lands og þjóðar

Þingvellir: Hjarta lands og þjóðar from directly overhead

Þingvellir: Hjarta lands og þjóðar is a museum, at a modelled elevation of 201 m. Syðstasúla stands 1,093 m to the north, 5.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Hestagjá, a cliff 0.1 miles away. Ring Road passes 17 miles off.

The exhibition "Heart of Iceland" combines with interactive method both history and nature of Thingvellir National Park. The Visitor centre is located near the park´s main viewpoint at Hakið, where a footpath leads down into the great Almannagjá fault.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Þingvellir National Park
Fee
Yes
Step-free access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates64.25613, -21.12983

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls
Peaks
  • Stórhöfði: 0.9 mi
  • Selfjall: 2.1 mi
  • Arnarfell: 3.1 mi
  • Orustuhóll: 3.4 mi
  • Bæjarfell: 3.5 mi
Artworks: 43
Attractions: 31
Historic sites: 28
Cliffs: 26
  • Hestagjá: 0.1 mi
  • Almannagjá: 0.2 mi
  • Almannagjá: 0.2 mi
  • Skötugjá: 0.3 mi
  • Kattargjá: 0.3 mi
Springs: 25
  • Mud Pot: 11.8 mi
  • Mud Pot: 11.9 mi
  • Mud Pot: 11.9 mi
  • Mud Pot: 11.9 mi
  • Mud Pot: 13.2 mi
Nature reserves: 16
Parks: 15
  • Yndisskógur: 16.4 mi
  • Skrúðgarðurinn: 17.7 mi
  • Hallsteinsgarður: 21.4 mi
  • Tryggvagarður: 22.4 mi
  • Sigtúnsgarður: 22.5 mi
Museums: 11
Hot springs: 3
Gardens: 3
Picnic sites: 1
  • Guðmundarlundur: 17.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.6 miles of Þingvellir: Hjarta lands og þjóðar. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
SyðstasúlaN 351°1,093 m5.6 mi
MiðsúlaN 354°1,086 m6.2 mi
VestursúlaNNW 346°1,086 m6.9 mi
HáasúlaN 356°1,023 m7.1 mi
SúlnabergN 2°954 m6.4 mi
SkefilfjöllENE 72°897 m10.6 mi
KlukkutindarENE 71°880 m12.0 mi
KálfstindarE 86°877 m8.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2718:3519:39
June solstice02:5022:0500:04
September equinox07:0818:2519:29
December solstice11:22—15:25

Local time (Atlantic/Reykjavik).

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/7151310570

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