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Lågen naturreservat

Lågen naturreservat from directly overhead

Lågen naturreservat is a nature reserve, at a modelled elevation of 15 m. Higravtind stands 1,148 m to the southeast, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Grunnfør dyrefredningsområde, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Lofoten passes 5.7 miles off.

What the record says

Built
1997-12-19

What to expect

Operated by
Statsforvalteren i Nordland

How to reach it

Coordinates68.41618, 14.55218

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Delpen: 1.6 mi
  • Delfsheia: 1.7 mi
  • Gjersvollheia: 2.2 mi
  • Fjordmannen: 2.4 mi
  • Sørvest for Gjersvollheia: 2.9 mi
Attractions: 13
  • Rorbuanlegget Svolvær Havn: 12.7 mi
  • Magic Ice Bar Svolvær: 12.9 mi
  • Vågan kirke: 14.0 mi
  • Hadsel kirke: 14.1 mi
  • Skulpturlandskap Nordland / Bruparken: 14.1 mi
Parks: 11
  • Melbu Musikkpaviljong: 8.5 mi
  • Frydenlundsparken: 8.6 mi
  • Melbuparken: 8.6 mi
  • Melbuparken: 8.7 mi
  • Museumsparken: 8.7 mi
Historic sites: 10
Museums: 10
Waterfalls: 9
  • Kvitforsen: 4.5 mi
  • Fjøsforsen: 9.4 mi
  • Storfossen: 19.3 mi
  • Svartskarforsen: 19.8 mi
  • Forsen: 22.9 mi
Artworks: 5
Beaches: 3
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Lågen naturreservat. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
HigravtindSE 124°1,148 m7.4 mi
GeitgallienSE 127°1,085 m8.3 mi
RultenSE 144°1,064 m10.0 mi
LitlkorsnestindenESE 123°980 m10.1 mi
BreitindenE 88°976 m9.6 mi
BlåskavtindenESE 113°975 m8.1 mi
StortindenSE 137°971 m9.4 mi
StrønaE 85°906 m5.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:0317:0218:17
June solsticeMidnight sun——
September equinox06:4217:5419:09
December solsticePolar night——

Local time (Europe/Oslo).

  • Red-throated Loon8 obs
  • White-tailed Eagle3 obs
  • Willow Ptarmigan2 obs
  • black crowberry2 obs
  • fireweed2 obs
  • Great Cormorant1 obs
  • Eurasian Oystercatcher1 obs
  • Northern Wheatear1 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/696003353

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