Besshøe
Besshøe rises to 2,258 m. Surtningssue stands 2,368 m to the west-northwest, 3.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Besseggen, a peak 1.7 miles away. Valdresflye passes 4.3 miles off.
The story
Besshøe is a mountain in Vågå Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The 2,258-metre (7,408 ft) tall mountain is located in the Jotunheimen mountains within Jotunheimen National Park. The mountain sits about 48 kilometres (30 mi) southwest of the village of Vågåmo and about 28 kilometres (17 mi) northwest of the village of Beitostølen. The mountain is surrounded by several other notable mountains including Kollhøin to the north, Veslfjellet and Besseggen to the southeast, Bukkehåmåren and Eggi to the south, and Gloptinden to the west. The mountain lies right above the lake Bessvatnet, along the Besseggen hiking trail. On the mountain's north-eastern side is a small cirque glacier, and it is surrounded by a large ice-cored moraine, a relatively rare feature in Norway. From Besseggen there is a nice view over the lakes Gjende and Bessvatnet. Gjende is about 400 m lower than Bessvatnet. While Bessvatnet has a blue colour common to lakes, Gjende has a green colour due to glacier runoff depositing clay into the lake (rock flour).
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Wikidata Q4573297, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2258 m
How to reach it
- 4.3 mi off the Valdresflye, National
- 17.8 mi off the Sognefjellet, National
Overlooks nearby
- Smørkollen · 17 mi
- Leirdalen · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Besseggen: 1.7 mi
- Veslfjellet: 2.3 mi
- Bessfjellet: 2.7 mi
- Surtningssuoksle: 2.8 mi
- Knutshøe: 3.4 mi
- Svartberget: 8.1 mi
- Veslsæterberget: 16.8 mi
- Oledalsbrynane: 16.8 mi
- Kauvbergje: 17.1 mi
- Hekkelbergje: 18.0 mi
- Hellerfossen: 9.4 mi
- Stuttgongfossen: 11.7 mi
- Dumfossen: 18.3 mi
- Nedre Tråsåfossen: 20.4 mi
- Høyfossen: 21.0 mi
- Baklie naturreservat: 8.0 mi
- Stuttgonglie naturreservat: 9.1 mi
- Veogjelet naturreservat: 13.1 mi
- Smådalsvatni naturreservat: 13.9 mi
- Sanddalstjedn naturreservat: 15.3 mi
- Klimapark 2469: 14.9 mi
- Lom bygdamuseum: 22.4 mi
- Norsk Fjellsenter: 22.5 mi
- Fossheim Steinsenter: 22.5 mi
- Stavkyrkjesenteret i Lom: 22.5 mi
- "Rock on Top of Another Rock": 8.9 mi
- Reinsbukken: 16.2 mi
- Skulpturstopp: 21.0 mi
- Milestone: 24.2 mi
- Gjendebu: 8.0 mi
- Glittersjå Fjellgård: 20.3 mi
- Brandbustrønde: 14.9 mi
- Small spring: 17.6 mi
- Liastølen: 20.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Besshøe. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surtningssue | WNW 287° | 2,368 m | 3.9 mi |
| Store Memurutinden austtoppen | WNW 298° | 2,367 m | 7.4 mi |
| Store Hellstugutinden | WNW 282° | 2,347 m | 8.7 mi |
| Knutsholstinden | SSW 213° | 2,342 m | 7.7 mi |
| Tjønnholstinden | SSW 195° | 2,331 m | 5.2 mi |
| Leirhøe | NW 305° | 2,330 m | 8.8 mi |
| Sørtoppen | W 281° | 2,302 m | 3.6 mi |
| Austre Memurutinden | WNW 299° | 2,301 m | 6.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:28 | 17:41 | 18:39 |
| June solstice | 03:42 | 21:44 | 23:13 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:31 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 09:44 | — | 15:04 |
Local time (Europe/Oslo).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/26862555
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