Kænugarður
Kænugarður is a park, at a modelled elevation of 81 m. Esja stands 914 m to the northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Fýkur yfir hæðir, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Ring Road passes 4.9 miles off.
How to reach it
- 4.9 mi off the Ring Road
Overlooks nearby
- Bird watching · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Fýkur yfir hæðir: 0.0 mi
- Horfur: 0.1 mi
- Miðja Reykjavikur: 0.1 mi
- Ingibjörg H. Bjarnason: 0.1 mi
- Jón Vídalín: 0.2 mi
- Skúli Magnússon: 0.1 mi
- Georg Schierbeck landlæknir: 0.1 mi
- Svarta keilan, minnisvarði um borgaralega óhlýðni: 0.1 mi
- Jón Sigurðsson: 0.1 mi
- Tryggvi Gunnarsson: 0.1 mi
- Öskjuhlíð: 1.5 mi
- Laugarás: 2.4 mi
- Nónhæð: 3.8 mi
- Hnoðraholt: 4.2 mi
- Hvarfshólar: 4.6 mi
- Búrfoss: 3.5 mi
- Sjávarfoss: 3.5 mi
- Ullarfoss: 3.8 mi
- Skáfossar: 4.1 mi
- Stórifoss: 4.2 mi
- Garðahlynur: 0.1 mi
- Lifsverndarklukka: 0.1 mi
- Steinbryggjan: 0.2 mi
- Bæjarins Beztu Pylsur: 0.2 mi
- Minør: 0.2 mi
- Reykjavík 871±2: 0.1 mi
- Aðalstræti 10: 0.1 mi
- Listasafn Reykjavíkur: 0.2 mi
- Ljósmyndasafn Reykjavíkur: 0.2 mi
- Icelandic Punk Museum: 0.3 mi
- Valhúsahæð: 1.6 mi
- Akurey: 1.8 mi
- Fossvogsbakkar: 2.2 mi
- Laugarás: 2.4 mi
- Grótta: 2.6 mi
- Fógetagarðurinn: 0.1 mi
- Landakotstún: 0.1 mi
- Alþingisgarðurinn: 0.1 mi
- Mæðragarðurinn: 0.2 mi
- Bakarabrekkan: 0.2 mi
- Skátalaug: 17.1 mi
- Hot spring: 19.5 mi
- Mud Pot: 20.4 mi
- Mud Pot: 20.5 mi
- Mud Pot: 20.5 mi
- Virkið: 2.7 mi
- Gálgaklettar: 3.7 mi
- Langahlíð: 12.8 mi
- Lambafellsgjá: 13.8 mi
- Lambafellsgjá: 13.8 mi
- Urtagarður í Nesi: 2.0 mi
- Rósagarðurinn: 3.7 mi
- Vífilsstaðagarður: 4.9 mi
- Hermannsgarður í Guðmundarlundi: 6.3 mi
- Mislundur: 6.4 mi
- Vífilsstaðahlíð: 6.4 mi
- Hjallaflatir: 7.4 mi
- Hvammsvík Hot Springs: 19.4 mi
- Hverahild: 20.6 mi
- Akranesviti: 12.0 mi
- Langisandur: 12.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.1 miles of Kænugarður. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Esja | NE 52° | 914 m | 11.0 mi |
| Hátindur | ENE 57° | 909 m | 12.3 mi |
| Kambshorn | NE 44° | 851 m | 8.5 mi |
| Gunnlaugsskarð | ENE 57° | 843 m | 10.6 mi |
| Þverfellshorn | NE 50° | 840 m | 9.2 mi |
| Háihnúkur | N 359° | 553 m | 11.8 mi |
| Melahnúkur | NNE 29° | 537 m | 10.7 mi |
| Jökulbunga | N 4° | 527 m | 12.5 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 | 22:08 | 00:05 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:29 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 11:23 | — | 15:30 |
Local time (Atlantic/Reykjavik).
- Whooper Swan745 obs
- Greylag Goose663 obs
- Black-headed Gull654 obs
- Mallard563 obs
- Tufted Duck501 obs
- Lesser Black-backed Gull480 obs
- Common Eider472 obs
- European Starling452 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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