Nature reserve · Norway
Risdalen naturreservat
Risdalen naturreservat is a nature reserve, at a modelled elevation of 160 m. Ropstadknuten stands 488 m to the west, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Bjorvannsheia naturreservat, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away.
What the record says
- Built
- 2005-12-16
What to expect
- Operated by
- Statsforvalteren i Aust- og Vest-Agder
How to reach it
Coordinates58.29619, 8.13749
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Bjorvannsheia naturreservat: 0.5 mi
- Langåsen naturreservat: 1.9 mi
- Øygardsmarka og Brattefossheia naturreservat: 2.7 mi
- Berse naturreservat: 3.6 mi
- Tveitvann naturreservat: 4.0 mi
Historic sites
- Øygarden: 0.6 mi
- Høyvoll: 1.1 mi
- Stafjell: 1.7 mi
- Stolen: 2.2 mi
- Furåsen: 3.2 mi
Peaks
- Bormåsen: 1.3 mi
- Sandnesheia: 3.0 mi
- Hesteheia: 3.4 mi
- Styggehei: 3.9 mi
- Stemtjønnåsen: 3.9 mi
Waterfalls
- Øygardsfossen: 2.4 mi
- Hengefoss: 2.5 mi
- Stampefoss: 3.4 mi
- Boenfoss: 3.5 mi
- Flakkefossen: 3.7 mi
Attractions: 55
- Mollestadeika: 2.5 mi
- Lillesand Flaksbandsbanen: 5.4 mi
- Baktrisk kamel: 7.5 mi
- Europeisk oter: 7.5 mi
- Papegøyer: 7.5 mi
Cliffs: 45
- Solsletta: 4.0 mi
- Husefjell: 9.0 mi
- Brattsberg: 9.8 mi
- Oddersjaa klippe: 9.9 mi
- Laxefeltet: 10.0 mi
Museums: 42
- Grasham museum: 3.4 mi
- Myhre torvstrømuseum: 4.2 mi
- Setesdalsbanen - Grovane stasjon: 5.7 mi
- Vennesla skole- og bygdemuseum: 6.4 mi
- Edvards Hus: 7.9 mi
Beaches: 32
- Badestranda: 7.5 mi
- Hamresanden: 7.7 mi
- Solstrand: 8.1 mi
- Paradisbukta: 8.9 mi
- Bystranda: 9.4 mi
Parks: 22
- Lillemoen: 4.2 mi
- Paradisdumpa: 6.1 mi
- Grønn slette: 10.0 mi
- Ravnedalen: 11.4 mi
- Stener Heyerdahls park: 11.4 mi
Artworks: 16
Picnic sites: 2
- Murane: 16.8 mi
- Kosevika friområde: 18.5 mi
Gardens: 1
- Odden Hagen: 23.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.1 miles of Risdalen naturreservat. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ropstadknuten | W 281° | 488 m | 13.9 mi |
| Rislåknuten | NE 37° | 377 m | 10.3 mi |
| Risdalsheia | NE 40° | 355 m | 10.3 mi |
| Solliheia | NE 50° | 319 m | 10.3 mi |
| Naspevarden | W 277° | 314 m | 8.4 mi |
| Hesteheia | WSW 243° | 300 m | 11.7 mi |
| Vehusknausen | WSW 245° | 285 m | 10.8 mi |
| Solheia | WSW 249° | 282 m | 10.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:31 | 17:48 | 18:41 |
| June solstice | 04:22 | 21:26 | 22:38 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:38 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 09:15 | 13:59 | 15:37 |
Local time (Europe/Oslo).
- Common Brimstone1 obs
- Orange-spined Drone Fly1 obs
- European White Waterlily1 obs
- Common Blue Damselfly1 obs
- Woodland Dor Beetle1 obs
- European Peacock Butterfly1 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/425127000
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