Høgeloft
Høgeloft rises to 1,920 m. Store Jukleeggi stands 1,834 m to the southwest, 1.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Knipenborg, a peak 1.2 miles away. Valdresflye passes 26 miles off.
The story
Høgeloft is a mountain on the border between Lærdal Municipality (in Vestland county) and Hemsedal Municipality (in Buskerud county), Norway. At 1,920 metres (6,300 ft) above sea level, it is the highest mountain in the Filefjell mountain range. Høgeloft is one of the mountains in the Hemsedal Top 20 group. Høgeloft is located about 22 kilometres (14 mi) east of the village of Borgund in Lærdal Municipality, not far from the European route E16 highway and the old Filefjell Kongevegen road. The lake Juklevatnet lies at the southern base of the mountain and the lake Eldrevatnet lies 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) to the southwest of the mountain.
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Wikidata Q4567626, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1920 m
How to reach it
- 25.7 mi off the Valdresflye, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Knipenborg: 1.2 mi
- Store Jukleeggi: 1.3 mi
- Vesle Jukleeggi: 3.1 mi
- Storeknippa: 3.6 mi
- Buaknuppen: 4.1 mi
- Oddedalsberget: 6.3 mi
- Kristenskøridn: 6.8 mi
- Endeknabben: 7.6 mi
- Vetle Honingberget: 7.7 mi
- Nilsegjerdbergi: 8.4 mi
- Bekkefossen: 8.1 mi
- Bergstølfossen: 8.5 mi
- Eltunsføssen: 9.8 mi
- Sprangfossen: 12.8 mi
- Fossane: 13.0 mi
- Tøso naturreservat: 11.6 mi
- Uri naturreservat: 12.5 mi
- Husum naturreservat: 14.3 mi
- Øynad'n naturreservat: 16.1 mi
- Lykkja naturreservat naturreservat: 21.9 mi
- Juklevasstrandi: 1.8 mi
- Brusestølstrondi: 9.5 mi
- Kløvningadn: 12.3 mi
- Sanden: 12.8 mi
- Pålssanden: 16.2 mi
- Margaretastova: 7.1 mi
- Borgund stavkyrkje museum: 13.4 mi
- Borgund stavkyrkje: 13.5 mi
- Hemsedal bygdetun: 20.0 mi
- Utladalen Naturhus: 23.2 mi
- Stiftsstøtta: 8.7 mi
- Putnaklanten: 11.3 mi
- Kvernhusa ved Leine: 12.8 mi
- Vangsteinen: 13.0 mi
- Myrestein: 13.5 mi
- Milestone: 11.5 mi
- Sun clock: 13.4 mi
- Selfie-Sphere: 13.4 mi
- Rallarmonumentet: 22.2 mi
- Reinsbukken: 22.6 mi
- Vindhellavegen: 14.0 mi
- Danseplass: 17.3 mi
- Gamle Lærdalsøyri: 24.8 mi
- Vasstrone: 18.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.7 miles of Høgeloft. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Store Jukleeggi | SW 236° | 1,834 m | 1.3 mi |
| Storebottegge | ESE 104° | 1,824 m | 7.7 mi |
| Bleia | WNW 291° | 1,821 m | 4.7 mi |
| Raudbergnuten | SSW 208° | 1,819 m | 12.5 mi |
| Suletinden | NNW 328° | 1,780 m | 5.6 mi |
| Rankonøse | E 94° | 1,771 m | 9.9 mi |
| Hestebottnuten | SSW 195° | 1,746 m | 13.0 mi |
| Knipenborg | NNW 347° | 1,740 m | 1.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:30 | 17:44 | 18:41 |
| June solstice | 03:51 | 21:43 | 23:09 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:34 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 09:41 | — | 15:11 |
Local time (Europe/Oslo).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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