Nature reserve
Bjørkøya naturreservat
Bjørkøya naturreservat is a nature reserve, at a modelled elevation of 15 m. Hvittingen stands 404 m to the west-northwest, 6.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Lekeparken, a park 0.2 miles away.
What the record says
- Built
- 1988-01-15
What to expect
- Operated by
- Statsforvalteren i Vestfold
How to reach it
Coordinates59.51480, 10.35579
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Lekeparken: 0.2 mi
- Skøytebrygga: 0.3 mi
- Tvillingbru rasteplass: 2.1 mi
- Dulpen: 2.1 mi
- Hagemannsparken: 2.6 mi
Beaches
- Sølehølet: 0.9 mi
- Hagasand: 1.1 mi
- Leinastranda: 1.8 mi
- Dulpen: 2.1 mi
- Sandobrygga badeplass: 2.4 mi
Nature reserves
- Gåserumpa naturreservat: 1.0 mi
- Langøya naturreservat: 1.7 mi
- Mulåsen naturreservat: 2.5 mi
- Solfjellåsene naturreservat: 3.1 mi
- Holtnesdalen naturreservat: 3.1 mi
Peaks
- Borgaren: 1.6 mi
- Fjellstuåsen: 2.1 mi
- Brånaåsen: 2.5 mi
- Kjelleråsen: 3.2 mi
- Rødåsen: 3.3 mi
Artworks
- Nils Kjær: 2.1 mi
- Torsken: 2.1 mi
- Vikingskipet: 2.2 mi
- Rock Collection: 2.2 mi
- Tom ”Finger'n” Stensnes 282,16 kg: 2.2 mi
Museums
- Berger museum: 2.1 mi
- Holmestrand museum: 2.2 mi
- Olav og Emma Duuns hus «Fjellvang»: 2.2 mi
- Aluminiummuseet: 2.3 mi
- Støa: 3.5 mi
Attractions
- Høgås Alpinsenter: 4.5 mi
- Polarskipet Maud: 6.2 mi
- Tordenskioldeika: 6.6 mi
- Batteriøya: 6.7 mi
- KNM Blink: 7.7 mi
Historic sites
- Mine: 6.7 mi
- Svelvik befestninger: 7.3 mi
- Elias Kræmmer: 7.5 mi
- Grethe Kausland: 8.1 mi
- Biørn Biørnstad: 10.9 mi
Cliffs: 14
- Dragonfjellet: 10.1 mi
- Åroskastet: 13.7 mi
- Grusveggen: 18.6 mi
- Trongkleiv: 19.0 mi
- Fosildalen: 19.1 mi
Waterfalls: 13
- Mossefossen: 12.2 mi
- Sjulstadfossen: 17.0 mi
- Hengefoss: 17.6 mi
- Sætrefossen: 19.6 mi
- Ulefoss: 21.0 mi
Gardens: 8
- Kristinas hage: 10.5 mi
- Asgard: 10.6 mi
- Alby: 10.9 mi
- Strømsøhagen: 16.0 mi
- Økohagen: 17.7 mi
Picnic sites: 7
- Ruseberget: 3.3 mi
- Høgåsen: 14.5 mi
- Utebadet Drammensbadet: 16.2 mi
- Heisetra: 20.6 mi
- picnic_table: 22.5 mi
Springs: 6
- Jutultønna: 17.9 mi
- Jennys kilde: 18.0 mi
- Andrineolla: 18.1 mi
- Majorskilden: 22.3 mi
- Pipekvila: 23.1 mi
Lighthouses: 1
- Fyrvokteren: 9.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Bjørkøya naturreservat. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hvittingen | WNW 291° | 404 m | 6.0 mi |
| Seteråsen | N 359° | 396 m | 7.7 mi |
| Storås | N 352° | 380 m | 8.8 mi |
| Kjeksrødhvittingen | WNW 296° | 340 m | 6.5 mi |
| Trestikelåsen | N 349° | 333.6 m | 7.3 mi |
| Sveltleinåsen | NNW 345° | 330.1 m | 9.2 mi |
| Tyriåsen | WNW 290° | 316 m | 4.9 mi |
| Høgåsen | N 359° | 313.5 m | 4.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:22 | 17:38 | 18:32 |
| June solstice | 04:00 | 21:24 | 22:42 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:27 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 09:17 | 13:22 | 15:18 |
Local time (Europe/Oslo).
- Western Roe Deer1 obs
- Eurasian Red Squirrel1 obs
- European Rose Chafer1 obs
- common selfheal1 obs
- Dark Bush-cricket1 obs
- sea kale1 obs
- Eurasian Bee Beetle1 obs
- guelder-rose1 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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