Park · Norway
Kongsten Fort
Kongsten Fort is a park, at a modelled elevation of 17 m. Tjuetåsen stands 176 m to the north-northeast, 13 miles off.
How to reach it
Coordinates59.19803, 10.96288
Named places within 25 miles
Historic sites
- Kongsten Fort: 0.0 mi
- Tårnet på Isegran: 0.6 mi
- Roald Amundsen: 0.7 mi
- Garnisonskirkegården på Isegran: 0.8 mi
- Operasjon Polar Bear: 1.1 mi
Artworks
- Fredrik II: 0.5 mi
- Severin: 0.9 mi
- Statue Ann: 1.4 mi
- Egil Hovland statue: 1.5 mi
- Rektors Pupp: 3.7 mi
Parks
- Ridhusplenen: 0.5 mi
- Tamburparken: 0.5 mi
- Kunstparken: 0.7 mi
- Jernbaneparken: 0.9 mi
- Bibliotekparken: 0.9 mi
Nature reserves
- Fuglevikbukta naturreservat: 1.1 mi
- Regimentsmyra naturreservat: 1.1 mi
- Gansrød naturreservat: 1.1 mi
- Søndre Haugstenåsen naturreservat: 1.4 mi
- Alshusbukta naturreservat: 1.8 mi
Peaks
- Enhusfjellet: 1.7 mi
- Åkerberget: 1.8 mi
- Kariknatten: 1.9 mi
- Grimstadåsen: 2.5 mi
- Breifjell: 3.1 mi
Beaches
- Glombo brygge: 2.1 mi
- Enhus: 2.4 mi
- Sandbukta: 2.8 mi
- Faratangen: 3.6 mi
- Vispen: 3.9 mi
Museums: 42
- Glasshytta: 0.4 mi
- Gamlebyen Modelljernbanesenter: 0.4 mi
- Fredrikstad Museum: 0.5 mi
- Bastion 5: 0.5 mi
- Fotballmuseet: 1.6 mi
Attractions: 40
- Friluftsbadet: 0.1 mi
- Gamlebyen: 0.5 mi
- Vannmølla på Isegran: 0.7 mi
- Metaberget Bunker: 3.2 mi
- Bøndernes hus i Borge: 3.5 mi
Waterfalls: 14
- Sarpefossen: 8.0 mi
- Sølvstufossen: 10.8 mi
- Julsrud foss: 17.6 mi
- Dritufoss: 17.8 mi
- Brekke foss: 19.0 mi
Gardens: 4
- Skolehagen: 1.6 mi
- Alby: 20.0 mi
- Asgard: 21.8 mi
- Kristinas hage: 21.9 mi
Cliffs: 3
- Odden: 7.5 mi
- Grusveggen: 17.9 mi
- Dragonfjellet: 21.5 mi
Lighthouses: 2
- Pikesten fyr: 10.0 mi
- Fyrvokteren: 21.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
- Rasteplass: 10.8 mi
- Vanninga: 19.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.1 miles of Kongsten Fort. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tjuetåsen | NNE 12° | 176 m | 13.3 mi |
| Østtorp | NE 51° | 176 m | 14.7 mi |
| Høgfjellet | N 10° | 174 m | 13.5 mi |
| Brennfjell | NE 45° | 174 m | 15.3 mi |
| Ryggåsen | NE 49° | 157 m | 14.5 mi |
| Kompås | N 11° | 153 m | 14.9 mi |
| Stikkaåsen | N 10° | 149 m | 9.3 mi |
| Torebråte | N 359° | 149 m | 18.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:20 | 17:36 | 18:29 |
| June solstice | 04:01 | 21:20 | 22:36 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:25 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 09:11 | 13:28 | 15:18 |
Local time (Europe/Oslo).
- Mallard255 obs
- Eurasian Coot125 obs
- European Herring Gull118 obs
- Rock Pigeon103 obs
- Hooded Crow89 obs
- Common Gull83 obs
- Eurasian Jackdaw83 obs
- House Sparrow80 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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