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Bakomsmitt naturreservat

Bakomsmitt naturreservat from directly overhead

Bakomsmitt naturreservat is a nature reserve, at a modelled elevation of 533 m. Kvigtinden stands 1,699 m to the south-southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Kvernhusforsen, a waterfall 1.6 miles away. 121 named places lie within 25 miles, 45 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Built
2017-11-10
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Statsforvalteren i Nordland
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates65.50183, 14.07699
Around it

121 named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls: 58
  • Kvernhusforsen: 1.6 mi
  • Trongforsen: 1.6 mi
  • Troforsen: 1.7 mi
  • Storforsen: 1.8 mi
  • Pantdalsliforsen: 2.2 mi
Peaks: 45
  • Hatten: 8.0 mi
  • Storklumpen: 8.5 mi
  • Luspievaerie: 8.5 mi
  • Rotfjell: 8.9 mi
  • Arefjell: 10.2 mi
Nature reserves: 15
Picnic sites: 2
  • Bjørkåselva rasteplass: 10.4 mi
  • Kotvika: 15.7 mi
Museums: 1
  • Grane bygdetun: 19.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bakomsmitt naturreservat. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
KvigtindenSSW 203°1,699 m20.7 mi
GolverfjelletSW 219°1,682 m13.3 mi
Gåelviensnjurhtjie - GolvertindenSW 218°1,661 m12.8 mi
GeittindenNNW 334°1,556 m21.1 mi
MåsskardfjelletSSW 205°1,536 m20.2 mi
GierkietjahkeSW 215°1,514 m14.2 mi
RainesklumpenSSE 161°1,450 m19.8 mi
RørskardtindenSSW 212°1,415 m21.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:0617:1218:18
June solstice01:3921:5700:33
September equinox06:4618:0319:09
December solstice10:26—13:39

Local time (Europe/Stockholm).

Wildlife nearby
  • Eurasian Tree Sparrow2 obs
  • Eurasian Siskin1 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/993683060

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