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Risøya plantefredningsområde

Risøya plantefredningsområde from directly overhead

Risøya plantefredningsområde is a nature reserve, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Vealøs stands 500 m to the north, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Kisteholmen biotopvernområde, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away.

What the record says

Built
2006-06-30

What to expect

Operated by
Statsforvalteren i Telemark

How to reach it

Coordinates59.02822, 9.75553

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Storefjell: 2.2 mi
  • Tveitåsen: 4.1 mi
  • Gurpekollen: 4.4 mi
  • Røaåsen: 4.5 mi
  • Prestskjeggen: 5.6 mi
Beaches
  • Rognstranda: 2.3 mi
  • Rognstranda: 2.3 mi
  • Rognstranda: 2.3 mi
  • Sandvika: 2.9 mi
  • Hvitsand: 2.9 mi
Historic sites: 58
Parks: 52
  • Mule Varde: 5.3 mi
  • Trekanten: 7.0 mi
  • Frednesøya: 8.5 mi
  • Rådhusparken: 8.5 mi
  • Minneparken: 8.5 mi
Artworks: 42
  • Anker: 4.4 mi
  • Carl Reynolds Statue: 8.7 mi
  • Anker: 8.8 mi
  • Ambolt: 9.0 mi
  • Carl Nesjar: 9.7 mi
Attractions: 28
Museums: 25
Waterfalls: 12
  • Holmfoss: 13.9 mi
  • Kistefossen: 14.8 mi
  • Dalsfoss: 16.4 mi
  • Tveitereidfoss: 16.6 mi
  • Langfoss: 17.3 mi
Cliffs: 3
  • Knutebratten: 14.2 mi
  • Kjellsen-steinen: 14.4 mi
  • Toppen: 21.7 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Gardens: 1
Springs: 1
  • Andrineolla: 21.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.1 miles of Risøya plantefredningsområde. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
VealøsN 352°500 m14.5 mi
FjerdingenN 4°360 m7.4 mi
SvartebergetN 6°359 m12.6 mi
ØvrumkollenN 354°327 m10.5 mi
JordstøypNNE 31°320 m13.2 mi
MiddagskollenNNE 17°290 m13.7 mi
HørsfjellW 260°288 m8.8 mi
HavsåsenW 273°283 m9.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2417:4118:34
June solstice04:0821:2422:39
September equinox07:0618:3019:24
December solstice09:1513:3715:25

Local time (Europe/Oslo).

  • Bloody Crane's-bill5 obs
  • Red Admiral4 obs
  • viper's-bugloss4 obs
  • Mezereon3 obs
  • Mallard2 obs
  • rough horsetail2 obs
  • European beech2 obs
  • Dark Mullein2 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/996321162

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