Nature reserve · Iceland
Búðahraun
Búðahraun is a nature reserve, at a modelled elevation of 82 m. Snæfellsjökull - Miðþúfa stands 1,446 m to the west, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Búðaklettur, a peak 0.8 miles away.
How to reach it
Coordinates64.80782, -23.39919
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Búðaklettur: 0.8 mi
- Axlarhyrna: 2.0 mi
- Mælifell: 3.4 mi
- Miðfell: 4.4 mi
- Knarrarfjall: 4.5 mi
Attractions: 15
- Búðir: 1.1 mi
- Eystrigjá: 7.0 mi
- Stone arch in the ocean: 7.2 mi
- Rauðfeldsgjá: 7.3 mi
- Tindur SH179: 10.2 mi
Waterfalls: 15
- Bjarnarfoss: 2.8 mi
- Rjomafoss: 6.8 mi
- Rauðfeldsgjá: 7.3 mi
- Kvernárfoss: 8.6 mi
- Kirkjufellsfoss: 8.6 mi
Artworks: 4
- Bárður Snæfellsás: 7.3 mi
- Veðurhorfur: 8.9 mi
- Jöklarar: 16.1 mi
- Beðið í von: 16.2 mi
Historic sites: 4
- Sýn: 8.9 mi
- Laugarbrekka: 9.1 mi
- Laugarbrekka: 9.2 mi
- Kristjón Jónsson: 15.9 mi
Museums: 4
- Pakkhús: 10.9 mi
- Sjóminjasafnið á Hellissandi: 16.1 mi
- Sjómannagarðurinn: 16.1 mi
- Bjarnarhöfn Museum: 18.3 mi
Cliffs: 3
- Þúfubjarg: 12.1 mi
- Þúfubjarg: 12.2 mi
- Þúfubjarg: 12.3 mi
Nature reserves: 2
- Ströndin við Stapa og Hellna: 7.5 mi
- Bárðarlaug: 8.9 mi
Parks: 1
- Sjómannagarðurinn: 10.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.1 miles of Búðahraun. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snæfellsjökull - Miðþúfa | W 268° | 1,446 m | 11.2 mi |
| Snæfellsjökull - Vesturþúfa | W 267° | 1,442 m | 11.5 mi |
| Norðurþúfa | W 269° | 1,390 m | 11.1 mi |
| Sandfell | W 268° | 1,217 m | 12.1 mi |
| Þríhyrningur | W 273° | 1,191 m | 10.9 mi |
| Böðvarskúla | NNE 14° | 988 m | 6.0 mi |
| Kaldnasaborgir | N 7° | 986 m | 6.4 mi |
| Hólsfjall | ENE 67° | 950 m | 12.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 18:43 | 19:48 |
| June solstice | 02:42 | 22:19 | 00:30 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:33 | 19:38 |
| December solstice | 11:41 | — | 15:24 |
Local time (Atlantic/Reykjavik).
- wood crane's-bill19 obs
- Eight-petal Mountain-Avens18 obs
- Mother of Thyme15 obs
- Meadow Pipit13 obs
- Sea Thrift13 obs
- common silverweed13 obs
- White deadnettle11 obs
- Roseroot11 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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