Hljómskálagarðurinn
Hljómskálagarðurinn is a park, at a modelled elevation of 69 m. Esja stands 914 m to the northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Á heimleið, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Ring Road passes 4.7 miles off.
How to reach it
- 4.7 mi off the Ring Road
Overlooks nearby
- Bird watching · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Á heimleið: 0.0 mi
- Hafmeyjan: 0.1 mi
- Sonur: 0.1 mi
- Piltur og stúlka (Kata og Stebbi): 0.1 mi
- Skúlptúr: 0.1 mi
- Bertel Thorvaldsen: 0.1 mi
- Jónas Hallgrímsson: 0.1 mi
- Sæmundur á selnum: 0.2 mi
- Ólafur Thors forsætisráðherra: 0.2 mi
- Tryggvi Gunnarsson: 0.4 mi
- Öskjuhlíð: 1.1 mi
- Laugarás: 2.3 mi
- Nónhæð: 3.3 mi
- Hnoðraholt: 3.8 mi
- Hvarfshólar: 4.3 mi
- Búrfoss: 3.2 mi
- Sjávarfoss: 3.2 mi
- Ullarfoss: 3.5 mi
- Skáfossar: 3.8 mi
- Stórifoss: 3.9 mi
- Reykjavik Excursions: 0.3 mi
- Garðahlynur: 0.4 mi
- Rainbow street: 0.4 mi
- FlyOver Iceland: 0.5 mi
- Bæjarins Beztu Pylsur: 0.5 mi
- Listasafn Íslands: 0.2 mi
- Safn Ásgríms Jónssonar: 0.3 mi
- Tónlistarsafn Íslands: 0.3 mi
- Listasafn Einars Jónssonar: 0.4 mi
- Listasafn ASÍ: 0.4 mi
- Fossvogsbakkar: 1.7 mi
- Valhúsahæð: 1.9 mi
- Borgir: 2.2 mi
- Akurey: 2.2 mi
- Laugarás: 2.2 mi
- Hallargarðurinn: 0.2 mi
- Einarsgarður: 0.3 mi
- Mæðragarðurinn: 0.3 mi
- Höggmyndagarðurinn: 0.4 mi
- Alþingisgarðurinn: 0.4 mi
- Skátalaug: 16.7 mi
- Hot spring: 19.3 mi
- Mud Pot: 20.3 mi
- Mud Pot: 20.3 mi
- Mud Pot: 20.3 mi
- Virkið: 2.8 mi
- Gálgaklettar: 3.3 mi
- Langahlíð: 12.4 mi
- Lambafellsgjá: 13.4 mi
- Lambafellsgjá: 13.4 mi
- Urtagarður í Nesi: 2.3 mi
- Rósagarðurinn: 3.3 mi
- Vífilsstaðagarður: 4.5 mi
- Hermannsgarður í Guðmundarlundi: 5.8 mi
- Mislundur: 6.0 mi
- Vífilsstaðahlíð: 5.9 mi
- Hjallaflatir: 7.0 mi
- Hvammsvík Hot Springs: 19.7 mi
- Hverahild: 20.3 mi
- Akranesviti: 12.5 mi
- Langisandur: 12.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.9 miles of Hljómskálagarðurinn. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Esja | NE 50° | 914 m | 11.2 mi |
| Hátindur | NE 55° | 909 m | 12.5 mi |
| Kambshorn | NE 41° | 851 m | 8.7 mi |
| Gunnlaugsskarð | NE 55° | 843 m | 10.8 mi |
| Þverfellshorn | NE 47° | 840 m | 9.4 mi |
| Stóra-Kóngsfell | SE 139° | 602 m | 12.9 mi |
| Háihnúkur | N 359° | 553 m | 12.3 mi |
| Melahnúkur | NNE 28° | 537 m | 11.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 18:39 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 02:56 | 22:07 | 00:05 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:29 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 11:23 | — | 15:30 |
Local time (Atlantic/Reykjavik).
- Whooper Swan748 obs
- Greylag Goose669 obs
- Black-headed Gull644 obs
- Mallard568 obs
- Tufted Duck501 obs
- Lesser Black-backed Gull474 obs
- Common Eider463 obs
- European Starling456 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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