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Kongsholmen naturreservat

Kongsholmen naturreservat from directly overhead

Kongsholmen naturreservat is a nature reserve, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Rislåknuten stands 377 m to the north-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Malmen naturreservat, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away.

What the record says

Built
1980-03-28

What to expect

Operated by
Statsforvalteren i Aust- og Vest-Agder

How to reach it

Coordinates58.25564, 8.49177

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Nordmannsviga: 0.8 mi
  • Øygarden: 1.7 mi
  • Kalvild Træsliperi: 3.4 mi
  • Lillesand batteri: 5.1 mi
  • Rønningen: 5.4 mi
Peaks
  • Røvarden: 2.9 mi
  • Fløresteinen: 2.9 mi
  • Kniben: 3.7 mi
  • Barbro Slott: 3.9 mi
  • Vardehei: 4.9 mi
Attractions: 52
Waterfalls: 51
  • Fossen: 10.6 mi
  • Judefoss: 11.1 mi
  • Hoggfoss: 11.2 mi
  • Teinefoss: 11.2 mi
  • Jernfoss: 11.2 mi
Cliffs: 45
  • Hauefjell: 4.9 mi
  • Kløfta: 5.0 mi
  • Kløfta: 5.0 mi
  • Husefjell: 5.4 mi
  • Kjerringfallet: 5.5 mi
Museums: 38
  • Jortveit Gårdsmuseum - Homborsund: 1.3 mi
  • Kastellet kultursenter: 1.8 mi
  • Knut Hamsuns dikterstue: 3.4 mi
  • Lillesand By- og Sjøfartsmuseum: 4.1 mi
  • Grimstad sykkelmuseum: 6.9 mi
Beaches: 34
  • Bystranda: 4.2 mi
  • Morvigsanden: 4.4 mi
  • Stranda: 4.7 mi
  • Bystranda: 6.6 mi
  • Lundesanden: 7.3 mi
Parks: 22
  • Bystranda: 6.6 mi
  • Byhaven: 6.9 mi
  • Madam Petersens have: 6.9 mi
  • Terje Vigens brygge: 7.0 mi
  • Gundersen park: 7.0 mi
Artworks: 16
  • Kaptein Sabeltann: 13.3 mi
  • Artificial tree: 13.5 mi
  • Volare: 15.6 mi
  • Hugin og Munin: 17.1 mi
  • Seilende Amorin: 17.2 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Murane: 22.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.9 miles of Kongsholmen naturreservat. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
RislåknutenNNW 329°377 m12.9 mi
ToplandsheiaNNW 345°365 m16.1 mi
DobbedalsheiN 349°361 m15.2 mi
RisdalsheiaNNW 330°355 m12.4 mi
StormyrheiaN 355°340 m13.7 mi
SjåheiaN 351°327 m13.8 mi
SolliheiaNNW 332°319 m10.6 mi
RomeheiaN 2°293 m17.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3017:4718:39
June solstice04:2121:2422:36
September equinox07:1118:3619:29
December solstice09:1313:5915:36

Local time (Europe/Oslo).

  • Japanese Wireweed2 obs
  • Common Gull1 obs
  • Eurasian Blackbird1 obs
  • Great Spotted Woodpecker1 obs
  • common toadflax1 obs
  • round-leaved sundew1 obs
  • cypress spurge1 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/425126979

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