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Vassenden naturreservat

Vassenden naturreservat from directly overhead

Vassenden naturreservat is a nature reserve, at a modelled elevation of 16 m. Kalåskniben stands 506 m to the north, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Jakobsholmen, Lilleholmen og Rundholmen naturreservat, a nature reserve 1.8 miles away.

What the record says

Built
1978-12-22

What to expect

Operated by
Statsforvalteren i Aust- og Vest-Agder

How to reach it

Coordinates58.10289, 6.90256

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Bordalskniben: 3.2 mi
  • Skjolnesveten: 4.2 mi
  • Trofjellet: 4.4 mi
  • St. Olavsvarden: 4.6 mi
  • Homskniben: 5.1 mi
Artworks: 59
  • Skårungen: 3.6 mi
  • Torvkone: 3.7 mi
  • Tuppa på haugen: 5.3 mi
  • Lyngdalskua: 6.5 mi
  • Toras dans: 6.5 mi
Historic sites: 57
  • Lodshavn fort: 4.1 mi
  • Hausvik Fort: 4.7 mi
  • Hausvik Fort: 4.8 mi
  • Farsund kystfort: 5.1 mi
  • Hausvikodden: 5.2 mi
Waterfalls: 39
  • Skrelifallan: 3.4 mi
  • Åptefossen: 7.3 mi
  • Glofossen: 8.2 mi
  • Kvellandsfossen: 8.9 mi
  • Kleivfossen: 10.9 mi
Museums: 34
Beaches: 32
  • Strontan: 1.9 mi
  • Laulandsstronda: 2.3 mi
  • Sørstranda: 2.5 mi
  • Barbrostranden: 3.5 mi
  • Kvaviksanden: 5.3 mi
Attractions: 21
  • Abraham Larsens hus: 2.4 mi
  • Skrelifallan: 3.5 mi
  • Jørplehus: 5.2 mi
  • Kverna: 6.4 mi
  • Walk of fame: 7.6 mi
Cliffs: 18
  • Solbjørfjellan: 2.7 mi
  • Knyggen: 2.9 mi
  • Høylandsfjellet: 3.7 mi
  • Buskoran: 4.6 mi
  • Gjennberget: 5.3 mi
Parks: 12
  • Farøyparken: 3.4 mi
  • Rådhusparken: 6.5 mi
  • Gullsmed parken: 6.6 mi
  • Klokkergården bygdetun: 7.6 mi
  • Selvaagparken: 7.6 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Skjærgårdsparken Paradisbukta: 3.5 mi
  • Midtfjordsplassen: 7.9 mi
  • Skjærgårdsparken Lister, Tangen: 10.0 mi
  • Bausje: 10.6 mi
  • Skjærgårdsparken Lister, Haugelandstrand: 10.9 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Haien: 6.8 mi
Lighthouses: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of Vassenden naturreservat. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
KalåsknibenN 10°506 m6.4 mi
HomsknibenN 3°475 m5.1 mi
AustheiaN 359°453 m8.2 mi
KampåsenN 355°428 m7.8 mi
RamsåsenN 350°379 m7.2 mi
TrofjelletWNW 303°361 m4.4 mi
St. OlavsvardenWNW 302°360 m4.6 mi
StorefjellWNW 297°346 m7.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3617:5418:46
June solstice04:2821:3022:41
September equinox07:1718:4319:35
December solstice09:1814:0815:44

Local time (Europe/Oslo).

  • Common Chaffinch2 obs
  • Eurasian Woodcock1 obs
  • Garden Warbler1 obs
  • Harbor Seal1 obs
  • purple foxglove1 obs
  • bog bilberry1 obs
  • Lion's Mane Jelly1 obs
  • black crowberry1 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/165491874

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