Hellisgerði
Hellisgerði is a park, at a modelled elevation of 83 m. Hvirfill stands 621 m to the south-southeast, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Bjarni Sívertsen, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Ring Road passes 6.0 miles off.
How to reach it
- 6.0 mi off the Ring Road
Overlooks nearby
- Bird watching · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bjarni Sívertsen: 0.0 mi
- Jötnar: 0.9 mi
- Við Ægisdyr: 1.5 mi
- Landslag: 1.6 mi
- Uppsprettan: 1.7 mi
- Steinbogi: 0.5 mi
- Upplýsingaskilti — Setbergsrústin: 1.0 mi
- Fyrsti Krýsuvíkurvegurinn: 1.5 mi
- Wegener-stöpullinn: 2.3 mi
- Kópavogsfundurinn: 2.8 mi
- Ásfjall: 1.5 mi
- Vatnshlíð: 2.1 mi
- Sandahlíð: 2.4 mi
- Nónhæð: 2.6 mi
- Hnoðraholt: 2.9 mi
- Álfaborg: 0.7 mi
- Sky Lagoon: 3.1 mi
- Leikskólalundur: 3.3 mi
- Vatnsgjáin: 3.9 mi
- Eldfjallasýning: 4.1 mi
- Búrfoss: 4.8 mi
- Ullarfoss: 4.8 mi
- Skáfossar: 5.0 mi
- Kermóafossar: 5.1 mi
- Sjávarfoss: 5.1 mi
- Byggðasafn Hafnarfjarðar: 0.1 mi
- Bookless Bungalow: 0.2 mi
- Kvikmyndasafn Íslands: 0.7 mi
- Hönnunarsafn Íslands: 1.7 mi
- Þjóðminjasafn Íslands - varðveisla: 3.1 mi
- Víðistaðatún: 0.2 mi
- Óla Run tún: 0.9 mi
- Bali: 1.0 mi
- Rútstún: 2.9 mi
- Hlíðargarður: 3.0 mi
- Hamarinn: 0.5 mi
- Stekkjarhraun: 1.1 mi
- Garðahraun - neðra: 1.2 mi
- Ástjörn og Ásfjall: 1.4 mi
- Gálgahraun: 1.5 mi
- Skátalaug: 11.9 mi
- Hot spring: 19.2 mi
- Mud Pot: 20.2 mi
- Mud Pot: 20.6 mi
- Mud Pot: 20.6 mi
- Gálgaklettar: 1.7 mi
- Virkið: 6.9 mi
- Langahlíð: 8.2 mi
- Lambafellsgjá: 8.7 mi
- Lambafellsgjá: 8.8 mi
- Vífilsstaðagarður: 2.2 mi
- Hermannsgarður í Guðmundarlundi: 4.1 mi
- Mislundur: 4.5 mi
- Rósagarðurinn: 4.5 mi
- Urtagarður í Nesi: 6.1 mi
- Vífilsstaðahlíð: 2.6 mi
- Hjallaflatir: 4.0 mi
- Langisandur: 17.1 mi
- Þorli: 22.6 mi
- Hverahild: 19.1 mi
- Hvammsvík Hot Springs: 24.0 mi
- Akranesviti: 16.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.5 miles of Hellisgerði. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hvirfill | SSE 147° | 621 m | 9.2 mi |
| Stóra-Kóngsfell | ESE 118° | 602 m | 10.3 mi |
| Kistufell | SSE 153° | 602 m | 10.6 mi |
| Drottning | ESE 118° | 516 m | 10.7 mi |
| Rauðuhnúkar | ESE 109° | 449 m | 10.9 mi |
| Grænadyngja | SSW 203° | 398 m | 10.1 mi |
| Stapatindur | S 189° | 397 m | 9.5 mi |
| Miðdegishnúkur | SSW 192° | 392 m | 10.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 18:39 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 02:58 | 22:07 | 00:03 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:29 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 11:22 | — | 15:31 |
Local time (Atlantic/Reykjavik).
- Humpback Whale18 obs
- Whooper Swan16 obs
- Mallard16 obs
- Common Eider10 obs
- Nootka Lupine10 obs
- Copse Snail8 obs
- Mother of Thyme8 obs
- Cross Orbweaver7 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.
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