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Vellamelen fuglefredningsområde

Vellamelen fuglefredningsområde from directly overhead

Vellamelen fuglefredningsområde is a nature reserve, at a modelled elevation of 0 m. Øyensskavlen stands 687 m to the northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Pikhaugen, a peak 3.8 miles away. 26 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Built
2003-12-19

What to expect

Operated by
Steinkjer kommune

How to reach it

Coordinates64.10919, 11.37565

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls
  • Sagfossen: 4.8 mi
  • Skulen: 5.5 mi
  • Dølfossen: 6.1 mi
  • Hyllfossen: 6.7 mi
  • Svefossen: 6.9 mi
Peaks: 26
  • Pikhaugen: 3.8 mi
  • Jønnemsklumpen: 4.4 mi
  • Vardeheia: 7.7 mi
  • Isbolen: 8.7 mi
  • Oftenåsen: 9.3 mi
Artworks: 13
Museums: 10
  • Østbysaga: 5.9 mi
  • Egge museum: 6.6 mi
  • Kulturgården Bjerkem: 12.0 mi
  • Inderøy Bygdemuseum: 16.5 mi
  • Stikladstadir: 22.2 mi
Parks: 7
  • Egge: 6.7 mi
  • Dampsaga: 7.1 mi
  • Bystranda: 7.2 mi
  • Gravfeltet på Helge: 7.3 mi
  • Nilsparken: 16.6 mi
Historic sites: 7
Picnic sites: 6
  • Nudiststranja: 6.2 mi
  • Gapahuk: 11.4 mi
  • Rostad Kaia: 19.8 mi
  • Havfrua: 22.7 mi
  • Nordtun: 24.5 mi
Attractions: 3
  • Gammelstien: 9.3 mi
  • Tide watermill model: 16.8 mi
  • Bølareinen: 17.4 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Hestbergfjurru: 11.7 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Olavsbedet: 22.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Vellamelen fuglefredningsområde. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
ØyensskavlenNW 323°687 m14.8 mi
Finnvollheia/RaassjeW 271°675 m15.3 mi
DåapmaW 271°644 m17.8 mi
FollahøgdaSW 230°642 m12.8 mi
StorheiaWNW 285°600 m19.4 mi
JønnemsklumpenNE 38°531 m4.4 mi
TillerknoppenSSE 150°476 m19.0 mi
BarstadbølaNNE 16°448 m22.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:1717:2518:29
June solstice02:4421:5423:50
September equinox06:5718:1619:19
December solstice10:09—14:17

Local time (Europe/Oslo).

  • Common Sandpiper1 obs
  • Eurasian Oystercatcher1 obs
  • King Bolete1 obs
  • orange-tip1 obs
  • Red Clover1 obs
  • tufted vetch1 obs
  • European beech1 obs
  • white clover1 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/994952814

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